Accountancy firm EY plans to almost double the size of its South West & Wales financial services practice next year as it targets the key sector for further expansion. The regional financial services team has already grown by nearly 70% over the past year and now employs 80 people at its Bristol base. That...
Bath-based superfood wholesaler Supernutrients has appeared for the second year running in a prestigious league table of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses. Rising demand for healthy and natural foods helped grow Supernutrients’ annual sales by an average of 86% over the last three years. That placed the firm, which supplies Holland & Barrett and Waitrose,...
Sorbus International, the Frome-based firm supplying specialist and hi-tech equipment to the arboriculture, forestry and environmental care industries, has expanded into larger premises as the result of a new finance package with Barclays. The new 7,000 sq ft base includes bespoke offices, showroom and warehouse with room for further expansion. The new showroom also...
Hi-tech engineering firm M+W Group is to help develop the UK’s largest waste-to-energy plant of its kind. When completed, the £200m Energy Works scheme in Kingston upon Hull will be able to generate up to 28MW of electricity a year by treating waste – enough to supply 40,000 homes. It will be the largest...
Two leading mobile technology businesses have come together to create one of the UK’s largest firms in their fast-growing market. Mobile software firm M-Netics, which makes software that helps retailers and logistics businesses streamline their supply chains, has been acquired by the UK arm of US group Peak-Ryzex. Both firms are based on Chippenham’s...
Confidence among professional services firms is at its highest for more than two decades with most planning to increase spending on recruitment, marketing and IT next year, according to a new survey. Some 99% of respondents to accountancy firm Smith & Williamson’s annual professional practices survey said they were positive about year ahead –...
Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management has been awarded the prestigious title of Accredited Financial Planning Firm by the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP). Epoch is one of 75 firms nationally – and the only independent financial adviser in Bath – to join the elite group of accredited firms. This puts Epoch in the top 1%...
The corporate deals market has bounced back in the South West and is on course for its strongest year since 2010, according to an analysis of recent mergers and acquisitions published by accountancy firm Grant Thornton. Some 142 deals – ranging from acquisitions to management buyouts and flotations – are projected to complete this...
Bath-based chartered financial planning firm Moore Stephens has expanded its team by promoting Samantha Skuse to financial planning consultant. Samantha, pictured, who has been with the firm for three years, has been working in the industry for more than six and in that time has gained the relevant financial planning experience and qualifications needed...
A Keynsham care home business has added a further 11 bedrooms to its operation after securing a finance package from Barclays. St Philips Care Home has invested more than £700,000 to take its number of bedrooms to 32 – an increase of 50% – by joining its existing properties in Priory Road with a...
