Bath businesses looking to expand into high-growth global markets will receive enhanced advice and support following the signing of four new international partnership agreements by Business West. The organisation, which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, is the largest international trade support body in the South West. The four new agreements are with business bodies...
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to tear up the rule book on business rates and introduce a much fairer form of local corporation tax in his Budget next week. The plea comes from regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has a large office in Bath. It wants to see an urgent and radical...
The successful Bath Business Expo returns to the city on March 16, offering unrivalled exhibition and networking opportunities for firms across the West of England. One of the region’s largest general business exhibitions, it takes place on Thursday March 16 between 10am and 3pm in the Assembly Rooms. Visitors can attend for free. The...
The self employed could see their tax bills rise in measures expected to be announced in next week’s Budget, warns Jon Miles, director at Bath accountancy firm Richardson Swift. Changes to self-employed taxation are expected to be mentioned in the Budget on Wednesday and are likely to result in a consultation. The Chancellor may...
The UK’s most active provider of growth capital to small and mid-sized businesses, BGF (Business Growth Fund), is continuing to expand its team covering the South West with the appointment of James Skade as an investor. Before joining BGF, James, pictured, spent five years at accountancy group EY, most recently in the corporate finance...
The highly experienced judging panel for one of this year’s prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards has been announced. Among the judges are former winners of the award – widely regarded as the region’s top business accolade – as well as respected figures from the business community. Now in their...
The Bath office of Chase de Vere, the national independent financial advice firm, has taken on a specialist consultant to work exclusively with medical professionals in the area. Megg Irvine, pictured, is one of a team of seven business development professionals recruited by Chase de Vere across the country. They will work in hospitals and...
By Donna Kehoe, the Bank of England’s agent for the South West of England What should we make of the prospects for the UK economy just over a month into what promises to be another eventful year? On the face of it there’s much to be positive about. Growth has proved surprisingly resilient since...
Regional chartered accountancy firm Monahans has appointed Anne Gardner-Thorpe as senior tax manager, based primarily in its Bath and Taunton offices. Anne, pictured, has joined from the Bristol office of national accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson, where she was a senior manager in the private client tax team. She has...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, is calling on Chancellor Philip Hammond to use his Spring Budget next month to bolster confidence amid fears that higher inflation and skill shortages will combine to hit West of England firms hard. While latest official jobless figures show unemployment continuing to fall, the strength of the...
