Truespeed, the Bath-based full fibre broadband provider, is celebrating connecting 300 business across the South West to its network. The firm, which started out as a community interest company in 2014 to help level-up the region’s digital capabilities, said its business customers were reaping the benefits of its guaranteed speed connectivity. Truespeed’s state-of-the-art network delivers...
Companies in the South West are more gloomy about the economy and their own prospects than those in all other regions of the UK, according to a new survey. Business confidence in the region fell three percentage points to 11% during July, making it the least confident region in the UK for the second consecutive month, the...
Bath-based strategic workplace design company Interaction has started work on a project that is set to be one of the UK’s most sustainable offices. Interaction has been commissioned by international law firm Osborne Clarke to work on the fit-out of its new state-of-the-art Bristol base in the city’s landmark, green office building Halo. When...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Association of Taxation Technicians president calls for no HMRC staff cuts The group has raised concerns over MTD and HMRC waiting times Click here for more information FCA seeks fair treatment of SMEs Banks have been told to maintain...
Changes at the top of growth finance group BGF, including a new chief executive officer, have been welcomed by the head of its South West and Wales region. The group, a major investor in businesses in the region over recent years, has promoted its chief investment officer Andy Gregory, current to its board as...
More than seven in 10 West of England firms consider climate change to be a core business issue for them but many admit they need help to do anything about it due to cost pressures. As a result, fewer than a quarter have taken concrete steps to reduce their impact, such as measuring their...
National logistics group Wincanton has appointed Tom Hinton as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Mr Hinton, pictured, joins the Chippenham-headquartered group on 15 August after nearly two years as CFO at London-based international mining and chemicals business WE Soda. He has also worked in CFO roles for Infinis Energy and Domestic & General...
Staff at regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon have stepped up their efforts to improve the environment in the South West and support its communities by sweeping clean a Somerset beach. Just under 20 staff took part in a day of action at Stolford Beach, near Bridgwater, as part of the Million Mile Clean campaign...
Teams from the Bath headquarters of law firm RWK Goodman and regional accountants Bishop Fleming have advised on the sale of Wiltshire-based renewable energy supplier Powerful Allies to a national energy and sustainability services provider. Powerful Allies, based near Devizes, was founded 10 years ago by James Robson, who wanted to “make things better”...
Bath-headquartered specialist funder Time Finance has appointed Paul Seddon to the newly created role of head of credit to help to strengthen and shape the firm’s asset finance proposition. The move comes as the firm continues to increase its lending to UK small and medium-sized enterprises looking to invest in business-critical equipment. Paul brings more...
