Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. This week we look at . . . Are UK businesses in a state of decline? How to spot and avert failure in your business. Does this affect you? Click here to find...
As we have now passed the end of another tax year, attention may well be increasingly focussed on the completion of tax returns for the year ended April 5, 2019 and annual accounts for those businesses with a March (or April 5) year end, writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter. However, businesses shouldn’t forget...
Bath-based wealth management firm Epoch has been acquired by Brewin Dolphin in a deal that will give the national investment management and financial planning firm its first office in the city. Epoch managing partner Barry Newbury and his 37 staff will transfer to Brewin Dolphin along with its clients. Epoch’s Queen Square office will...
Former Bath Rugby players Ed Jackson and Olly Barkley are inviting the city’s firms to support a not-for-profit organisation Ed has set up following a severe spinal injury that left him paralysed from the neck down and unlikely to ever walk again. Ed sustained the injury in 2017 while diving into a friend’s swimming...
Charities and community groups from across Bath are being urged to apply to Bath Building Society for funding and support under its annual charity awards. Eight charities and community groups will share £6,500 under the scheme while a further three will receive a pair of Bath Building Society hot air balloon tickets – which...
Two rival Bath investment firms have competed in a charity football match to net money for the city’s Cancer Unit Support Group (BCUSG). A team made up of staff from Royal London battled it out with players from Novia Financial in aid of the charity, which provides essential equipment for cancer patients at Bath’s...
Bath-based eyewear design house INSPECS has been named as one of the 10 firms across the UK with exceptional growth potential. The firm, based in Bath’s old Gas Light and Coke building on Upper Bristol Road, was selected from a 30-strong shortlist to appear in the ‘Ones to Watch’ section of the prestigious Sunday...
A pilot scheme for a new out-of-hours helpline for outpatients receiving chemotherapy treatment at Bath’s Royal United Hospital has been hailed a success. Now the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group (BCUSG), which funded the pilot, is seeking donations so it can raise more money to continue providing this essential service along with other vital...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. This week we look at . . . The structural dilemma facing buy-to-let landlords More landlords are incorporating their business as tax measures begin to bite. Click here to find out if this...
Towergate Insurance Brokers has appointed an experienced director to drive growth across its West Country and Channel Islands region. Julian Hilton, pictured, joins the firm – one of the UK’s leading insurance brokers – with more than 30 years’ experience in the industry. He previously spent more than 11 years with Yate-based insurance...
