Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. IR35 off-payroll rules repealed Changes to IR35 will come into effect next year Click here for further information Autumn Budget brought forward to 31 October An OBR forecast will be published alongside the statement. Read more here...
Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative funder, has launched a tree planting scheme to support a greener future and broaden its commitment to sustainability as it continues to expand. Under the initiative, called #OneTreeAtATime, the firm will plant a tree for every new employee it recruits, ensuring the growth of the business has a positive...
An IT parts supplier has become the first – and so far only – firm in the UK to receive the highest possible certification for the way it securely handles and disposes of customer’s redundant data. Warminster-based Blackmore, one of more than 100 registered secure IT asset disposal companies in the UK, has been...
South West accountancy and finance group Old Mill has recruited a further 26 trainees this autumn as it continues with its ambitious plan to become the fastest-growing practice in the West of England. The firm, which has offices in Chippenham, Wells, Yeovil and Exeter, announced a restructure a year ago with the aim of expanding by...
Bath digital marketing agency Fueld Media has been appointed by a Bristol-based hospital charity to help increase its presence on social media. Southmead Hospital Charity, the official charity of North Bristol NHS Trust, starts working with Fueld this month with a remit to increase its brand recognition and reach. Fueld’s team of experts will...
Solar energy and battery storage developer Luminous Energy has appointed a new chief investment officer as it approaches its 10th anniversary. Guy Lavarack, pictured, is an experienced investor and developer of energy and infrastructure projects with more than a decade in the renewable energy sector. In his new role at Corsham-based Luminous he will be responsible for raising finance for Luminous’ solar energy and battery storage projects to enable it to build out,...
The ‘mini-Budget’ that the government insisted wasn’t, in fact, a Budget at all, came at 9:30am on Friday 23 September and brought with it some significant, unexpected and – in some cases – controversial measures (not to mention a subsequent U-turn on one of the main policy changes announced), writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter....
A portfolio manager from a major European asset management group has been appointed to the board of Bath-based advanced analytics firm Actual Experience less than a month after its founding chief executive quit with immediate effect. Harmesh Suniara, who works at Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe), has joined Actual Experience as a non-executive director....
The organisation behind the Bath’s chamber of commerce has become the first in the country to use a revolutionary new on-line customs tool that can ease post-Brexit complications when exporting to the Europe. Called Genesis, the system validates the origin of goods to make EU customs checks quicker and easier. It was used for...
The Legal 500, the UK’s most-respected directory for the profession, has once again showcased the Bath area’s leading law firms and individuals, recognising them as among best in the region. Aimed at buyers of legal services, the Legal 500 is researched by an independent and expert team, and with four million-plus user visits to its website each...
