Bath entrepreneurs and the city’s popular annual Carnival are among shortlisted entries for a major new awards scheme celebrating the West of England’s inspirational small businesses. The Enterprising West of England ‘Ones to Watch’ awards 2020 take place next week to champion the region’s most exciting entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs. Some 27 outstanding individuals...
Firms are being invited to enter teams for this year’s Brain of Bath Quiz to help end rough sleeping in the city. Up to 24 corporate teams of 10 will go head to head at the event, staged by Julian House, Bath’s main homeless charity, to raise much-needed awareness and funds to help vulnerable...
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The wealth management team at accountants Old Mill has been boosted with the arrival of chartered financial planner Neil Rushton. Neil, pictured, has more than 18 years’ experience in financial services having held roles across the sector. He joins Old Mill from independent financial planning firm Citimark’s office at Flax Bourton, near Bristol, where...
Bishop Fleming, the regional accountancy firm with an office in Bath, has continued its growth with the appointment of a new head of risk assurance. Alastair Campbell, pictured, left, with Bishop Fleming partner Joe Scaife, joins from rival RSM, where he worked for more than 20 years, most recently as a senior manager. He has...
Regional accountancy group MHA Monahans has strengthened the team in its Bath office with the appointment of Carmelo Lattuca as client portfolio manager. Carmelo, pictured, has joined from the Bristol office of regional accountants Milsted Langdon, where he spent nearly two years as a senior general practice manager. He has also worked for Bristol...
A pioneering programme to help catalyse investment into some of the West of England’s fastest-growing start-ups has been launched by TechSPARK, the region’s tech sector information hub. The first of its kind in the UK, the Investment Activator Programme (IAP) will include activities to increase the flow of money into the area and showcase...
More than 60 charities are to benefit from regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming’s grand total of £150,000 raised during its centenary year – £50,000 more than the amount it set itself at the beginning of 2019. The £100,000 target was achieved halfway through the year as the firm’s staff took up the challenge with...
If you’re a landlord or second-home owner, it can feel like the tax rules and regulations that apply to you are constantly in flux, writes Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden. In the past few years, we’ve seen changes to mortgage interest relief, the introduction of a stamp duty surcharge, a ban on letting fees,...
The South West needs its own government minister to champion the case for more funding and spur its economic growth, the CBI’s director general said on a visit to the region. Such a move – along with more autonomy for the West of England’s Metro Mayor over government funding – would ‘power up’ the...
