Super fit staff at Bath wealth management firm Epoch have raised tens of thousands of pounds for charity by tackling some of the world’s toughest and remotest terrain. Managing partner Barry Newbury and co-founding partner Jon Rolfe have just returned from Central America where they completed a gruelling challenge in aid of The Lewis...
The tax benefits of making pension contributions can be significant and although there have not been any major changes in this area in recent years – despite speculation that the government would do so – it is always useful to recap the main tax benefits, writes Pearson May partner David Richards BA (Hons) ACA...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming’s Bath office partner Andrew Sandiford has been promoted to managing partner and will now lead a newly constituted management board. Andrew, who is also head of the firm’s corporate and business services group, takes over from Matthew Lee, who held the post since 2001. Under Matthew’s leadership the firm has...
Members of Bath’s business community have heard how they can support the Bath Half Marathon, the city’s biggest annual fundraising event. More than 40 businesses attended a networking breakfast organised by the Half Marathon team in the Pump Room to find out more about the opportunities linked to the race. Many firms use the...
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Bath firms considering doing business in China this year – or those already trading there – are being urged to take part in the region’s largest Chinese New Year reception and banquet. Organised by the Bristol & West of England China Bureau, the event brings together business leaders, key figures from the Chinese business...
The managing director of Bath-based specialist lender 1pm’s asset finance division is to retire following the successful integration into the group of Academy Leasing, which it bought for £12m in 2015. Michael Nolan, who founded Lancashire-based Academy, will continue to serve in his role for his contractual 12-month notice period with a view to...
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As we approach the end of another eventful year for business, Phil Smith, managing director of Business West – the regional organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce – looks back at the highs and lows of 2017. After a tumultuous 2016, many of us were perhaps expecting 2017 to be something like the...
West of England accountancy and financial planning group Old Mill’s longest-serving employee, receptionist Di Hale, has retired after 41 years. Di, pictured, 69, joined the firm in 1976 when it was called Berkeley Hall & Co with offices on the High Street in Shepton Mallet. At the time the firm had just...
