Bath Building Society has appointed Joanne Evans as its first female chair as it enters a new phase in its 118-year history. Joanne, pictured, joined the society’s board as a non-executive director in 2021 and has also chaired its risk committee. Her career in financial services started as a management trainee at a building society,...
The private client team at RWK Goodman, the Bath-headquartered law firm, has been boosted by the arrival of Cherry Stuckey as a partner. Cherry, pictured, has more than 15 years’ private client experience specialising in estate planning and estate administration. Prior to joining RWK Goodman, she was head of the Bristol private client team...
Interaction, the Bath-based office design company, has taken on an experienced senior designer who has helped create some of the South West’s most acclaimed new workplaces. Sarah Pasquall, pictured, joins from the Bristol office of architecture practice AWW, where spent nearly six years as a senior interior designer working on large-scale building projects. These...
Monday January 30 Final: SThree Q3 result: Larsen & Toubro Trading announcements: Computacenter, DP Eurasia Tuesday January 31 Interims: NWF Group, ITM Power Trading announcements: Hochschild Mining, Pets At Home Group, Diversified Energy Economic announcements: BRC Shop Price Index, Mortgage Approvals, Consumer Credit, M4 Money Supply, Nationwide House Price Index Wednesday February 1 Finals: Glencore, Wynnnstay Group Q4 result: Glaxosmithkline Trading announcements: Vodafone,...
Confidence among the South West’s small businesses has plunged to the lowest level since the country emerged from Covid lockdowns, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly confidence report from the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) reveals that fears of inflation, falling consumer demand and the general cost of doing business left optimism...
Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative lender, has hailed as a success a change in strategy which shifted its focus to core lending products from its own resources. As a result, its lending book reached an all-time high of more than £150m at the end of November. The turnaround at the firm, which specialises in...
Revenues at Avon Protection, the defence manufacturing group, edged ahead by 6% in the past three months on higher sales of its body armour, it said today in a trading update. The Melksham-based group, which specialises in protective gear, masks and breathing equipment for the military and first-responder markets, also said it had a strong...
Shares in Inspecs, the Bath-headquartered spectacles designer and manufacture, soared by more than 50% after it said cost cutting and efficiencies brought in late last year and a stronger order book were paying off. The group suffered a tough end to 2022 following a warning over future sales and the resignation of its chair,...
Did you know that eight of out 10 parents in the South West have no legal guardian in place to care for their children in the event of their deaths? And did you know that social services or the courts can step in to decide what happens to your children, should you die without...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Treasury launches R&D tax reliefs review The consultation will look into merging the two schemes. Click here to read more The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) welcomes repayment claimant protections Lack of regulation leaves customers at risk and costs...
