Bath law firm Withy King has further boosted its growing private client practice with the arrival of Edward Vidnes as a senior associate. Edward, pictured, joins from rival Bath firm Burningham & Brown, where he worked for more than10 years. He has a special interest in elderly people and incapacity issues as well as...
Superior, the fast-growing design, print and fulfilment group, has secured a £1m investment from its long-term bankers Barclays to support further expansion. The funding comes a year after Barclays supplied £2m to fund a purpose-built design studio and increase printing capacity at Superior’s Melksham headquarters. Superior, which has doubled its turnover to £15m in...
Independent West of England-based financial consultancy Jelf, which has an office in Bath, has shrugged off what it admitted were “challenging” market conditions to enjoy a positive start to the second half of the year. As a result it expects its results for the year to September 30 to be in line with market...
Bath law firm Withy King has been awarded top marks in seven categories in the annual trainee survey run by Lex 100, the student guide to law. For the second year running, Withy King, which also has offices in Swindon and Marlborough, was named as a ‘winner’ in the categories of job satisfaction, meeting...
Monday 21 October Trading statements: Informa, Senior AGM: Renewable Energy Economics: Rightmove house price data Tuesday 22 October Interims: BP Marsh & Partners, Whitbread Finals: Epistem, Spirit Pub Company Trading statements: ARM Holdings, BHP Billiton, Eurasia Drilling Company, GKN, Petropavlovsk, UBM, Reckitt Benckiser Economics: Public sector borrowing figures Wednesday 23 October Interim: Home Retail...
Burningham & Brown, the Bath-based private client legal practice, has recruited Mary McCartney as an associate solicitor. She joins with more than 30 years’ experience of practising in Bristol at the highest level, most recently with Meade King, bringing with her expertise in wills, probate, tax and trust law. Mary, pictured, is a member...
South West accountancy firm Bishop Fleming is hoping to gain another two national awards next month to take its tally for the year to a record of six. The firm, which has an office in Bath, is shortlisted in two categories in the National Accountancy Awards – Best Mid-Tier Firm and Best Employer. The...
Bath University is to develop a world-class research facility for low-emission vehicles following the award of funding worth £3.2m. The centre, which will lead research into alternative fuels, electric and hybrid electric vehicles, will be the only one of its kind in the UK. The investment, from a number of sources including the university...
Bath is facing a shortage of quality office space following a deal that means one of city’s most prestigious office buildings is now fully let, according to leading property agent. Financial services company Altus has relocated from the Widcombe area and taken 7,000 sq ft in Royal Mead. The building, close to Bath Spa train...
Bath-based business coach Robert Craven, described by the Financial Times as ‘The Entrepreneurship Guru’, is has lanched two major online initiatives this month. The prolific writer with five best-selling business books to his name has released a new, updated version of Customer Is King – first published in 2002 – on Kindle. Sir Richard...
