Monahans, the South West’s largest independent accountancy firm, has appointed its second new director in three months as it continues with what its managing partner has called the most exciting period in its history. Alice Elsmore, pictured, has joined Monahans, which has eight offices across the region including in Bath, from national accountancy firm RSM...
Accountancy group Deloitte has appointed Louise Durkan as a partner in its national special situations mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team in a move that brings her back to the firm. Louise, pictured, spent more than ten-and-a-half years at Deloitte in Bristol as an assistant director and director. She has re-joined the firm after three...
Bath technology firm founders and investors are being invited to join a trade mission later this year to explore opportunities in Hong Kong’s burgeoning tech sector. Taking place between 13 and 17 November, the visit is open to firms with export-ready technologies in areas such as cleantech, healthtech, fintech, AI, robotics, regtech and smartcity tech. ...
Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, the West of England’s first home-grown, place-based impact investor, has appointed a new chair and two new board members to support its ambitious growth. Investment industry leader Mark Mansley has joined as deputy chair and solicitor Richard Leeming as a non-executive director. Existing board member Ruth Foreman, who has...
Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has advised the shareholders of one of the UK’s leading accounting companies focused on the tech start-up ecosystem on its sale to a fast-growing accountancy group hailed as the ‘rebels of the sector’. Ihorizon is a leading London-based accounting firm specialising in innovative accounting and finance services designed to help...
The South West ’s strength in burgeoning sectors such as cleantech, fintech and AI (artificial intelligence) helped push up venture capital investment in the region last year by 9%, outperforming the national picture. Firms in these sectors, along with manufacturers, attracted some of the largest investments out of the annual total of £455m across 124 deals,...
Monday March 6 Finals: Clarkson, BATM Advanced Communications Interims: Craneware, Seeing Machines Trading announcement: Telecom Egypt Economic announcement: PMI Construction Tuesday March 7 Finals: Direct Line, Just Group, IWG, Keller Group, Fresnillo, H&T Group, Elementis, Foxtons Group, Greggs, Johnson Service Group, STV Group, Reach Interims: Revoltion Bars Group, Dotdigital Group Q2 result: Ferguson Q3 result: Ashtead Group Economic announcements: BRC Sales Monitor, Halifax...
The West of England’s space industry could double in size over the next four years to employ around 2,000 people, with the University of Bath playing a key role. Space West, the cluster of advanced manufacturing firms, specialised tech businesses and academic and research organisations making up the industry in the region, is viewed...
Bath manufacturer Rotork has hailed a return to growth last year after a challenging period when it was beset by supply chain issues and the aftermath of the pandemic. The group, which designs and makes flow control equipment for the global oil, gas, water and chemical industries, increased annual pre-tax profits by 17.2% to...
A compulsory purchase order could be issued on in Bath’s King Edward’s School Building, which has been left empty for nearly four decades, under plans to revitalise the Milsom Quarter area of the city centre. The Grade II listed building on Broad Street, pictured, which dates from 1752, closed as a school in 1986....
