Accountants and financial planners Old Mill have appointed highly-experienced corporate tax specialist Elaine Kinsella as its new head of tax. Elaine, , started her career at international accountants Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in 1988 where she trained as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser, before moving onto KPMG and Capital One Bank. Most...
Staff at the Bath offices of law firm Withy King have raised £12,144.25 for Children’s Hospice South West with a wide range of fund-raising activities. These included a 180-mile staff cycle-ride from Children’s Hospice South West, based in Bristol, to Helen and Douglas House in Oxford, a Santa Fun Run around Bath, the Bath...
West businesses will be looking for Chancellor George Osborne to reallocate departmental budget savings to local areas so they can determine their own economic futures in his spending review this Wednesday. Businesses feel the Government needs to meet its commitment to implement Lord Heseltine’s recently-announced proposals for a Single Pot. However, there is uncertainty...
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Businesses across the West were celebrating last night as they received awards for community and sustainability work from Business in the Community. The national charity, led by HRH The Prince of Wales, is committed to building resilient communities, diverse workplaces and a more sustainable future. The annual Responsible Business Awards ceremony, at St George’s...
Businesses are being urged to do their bit to help combat Bath’s urban gull problem. Bath & North East Somerset Council has reaffirmed the measures it is taking to deal with the issue – including deterring the birds by making building smell as if they are on fire. Businesses can help by only putting...
The table is being set to welcome some of the country’s top chefs to Bath this autumn for a month-long food festival. The Great Bath Feast in October will put Bath firmly on the UK’s culinary map with a celebrity line up that reads like a who’s who of gastronomy. Events during the festival...
Lane House Arts has opened its first permanent gallery in Bath, with a commitment to encourage and support local artistic endeavour. The gallery, in Nelson Place East at the top of Walcot Street, specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, sculpture and prints selected by director Jenny Pollitt for their quality and originality. Lane House Arts...
Wessex Water and the University of Bath have teamed up in a new research and development collaboration worth more than £2.5m. The link up will fund research into five areas such as sustainable water and sewage treatment, keeping bills affordable and reducing carbon footprint – all of which will be explored by a multi-disciplinary...
More than a quarter of West law firms are at risk of failure in the next 12 months, according to an alarming new report. But the research by R3, the insolvency trade body, shows that the West’s expected failure rate of 28% over the next year is lower than the national average of 31%....
