Welcome snowfall across the Alps has topped-up the previously below-average depths, and with a new service between Bristol Airport and Zurich plus up to five flights a day to Geneva this season, now is the perfect time to plan your next ski trip. There are plenty of last-minute offers available as well, writes Bath Business News Travel Editor...
A 1970s office building regarded as one of the 15 most important developments of its kind in the UK, is to be given a new lease of life by Bath-based landscape architecture practice Grant Associates. Grade II listed Mountbatten House in Basingstoke was commissioned in 1973 and has since become an icon of the...
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The former boss of a global sexual wellness business has been appointed by international healthcare firm Alliance Pharma as chief operating officer in a move it said would support its growth strategy focused on consumer health. Chippenham-headquartered Alliance, whose products range from stomach ulcer treatments to anti-dandruff shampoo, is also taking on an interim...
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) has made a number of changes to its board, including appointing former World Bank lead economist Christine Allison as its new chair. Christine, pictured, who was also a special advisor to the Treasury Select Committee, takes over from Richard Coombs, who had been in the role for...
The University of Bath has strengthened its research and educational ties with CERN, the world-leading European Laboratory for Particle Physics, in a move that will open up new opportunities for its students. The new collaboration agreement builds on the university’s existing research partnership with Switzerland-based CERN’s Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, one of its...
Monahans, the South West’s largest independent accountancy firm, has appointed a new director and is taking on a second as it prepares for further growth this year along with the relocation and expansion of one of its eight offices. Becky Young, pictured, who re-joined the firm last year as a senior client portfolio manager,...
Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, has appointed Emma Carter as its new membership director. Emma, pictured, started work at 16 after the Thames Valley Chambers of Commerce visited her school to talk about modern apprenticeships. At 18 she was selling memberships for the chamber and now, 24 years later, she has...
South West accountancy and finance group Old Mill is continuing its drive to become the fastest-growing practice in the region with the appointment of highly experienced tax specialist David Gage as partner and head of VAT. David, pictured, - who joins from Evelyn Partners’ Bristol office, where he was director of VAT – has joined Old Mill...
The Treasury has confirmed that Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD for ITSA) will be delayed by a further two years until April 2026, writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter. It will now be introduced in phases from 6 April 2026, rather than 6 April 2024. The original start date for MTD...
