An associate with legal firm Thrings is helping to shape the future of junior practitioners in the family law sector following her election as co-chair of the national committee of Young Resolution (YRes). Zhenja Cann, pictured, has taken up the role at the organisation, part of the Resolution organisation, whose members work towards delivering non-confrontational...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. More than a million miss self-assessment deadline Late filing rises by 10% compared to last year. Click here to find out more HMRC introduces compulsory payrolling of benefits-in-kinds New rules will apply from April 2026. For...
Monday February 5 Final: Porvair Q3 result: Federal Bank (The) GDR Trading announcements: Vodafone Group, HG Capital Trust, CEPS, Aptamer Group, Gaming Realms, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, Bushveld Minerals, Fireangel Safety Technology Group Economic announcements: PMI composite, PMI services Tuesday February 6 Final: React Group Interims: Renishaw, Mattioli Woods, Alumasc Group Q4 result: BP Trading announcements: Virgin Money UK, DiscoverIE Group...
Passenger numbers at Bristol Airport soared to their highest ever last year as it confirmed its status as the UK airport with the fastest recovery from the pandemic. Some 9.8m people passed through the terminal in 2023 – a 10% increase compared to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels in 2019. The busiest day was in late...
Plans to electrify mainline rail services through Bath have been revived following a move to lower the price of the scheme, which was scrapped on cost grounds eight years ago. The project, which would have cut journey times to London by up to 20 minutes, hit the buffers in 2016 when the government pulled...
The South West’s small firms are the least confident in the UK about their prospects for this year as they continue to struggle against the state of the economy, high labour costs and the lack of available staff. Worryingly, one in five say they may have to cut their workforce to stay in business...
The South West office of growth finance group invested nearly £70m in small and mid-sized businesses in 2023, taking its total for the past three years to £190m. The long-term investor, which makes initial investments of between £1m to £20m for a minority equity stake, said it backed businesses across a wide range of...
Monday January 29 Interim: Games Workshop Group Tuesday January 30 Final: SThree Interims: Diageo, Oxford Cannabinoid Tech Holdings, Kromek Group, Scancell Holdings, Accrol Group Holdings Q4 result: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Trading announcements: Luceco, Pets At Home Group, Diaceutics Economic announcements: Nationwide house price index, Mortgage approvals, M4 money supply Wednesday January 31 Finals: Glaxosmithkline, abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust, Banco...
Fast-growing Bath-based alternative finance provider Time Finance has increased its lending capacity after securing a new finance worth £15m. The block discounting facility was announced shortly after Time Finance revealed a 35% increase in half-year pre-tax profits to £2.7m on revenue up 19% at £15.7m. The interim results also showed own-book lending origination rose...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. Mandatory payrolling of benefits-in-kind announced by HMRC Rules will apply from April 2026. Click here for more information HMRC still awaiting 3.8m self-assessments It urges tax returns for the 2022/23 tax year. Find out more here
