Small business network Enterprise Nation has announced the final line-up for its major event next month aimed at helping female-founded businesses to grow. The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs (FFE) in Bristol will hear from successful women in their field to inspire and advise those setting up on their own or wanting to take an...
Barclays has expanded its South West corporate banking team by appointing Lee Everson as its new head of large corporate banking. Lee, pictured, will lead the team of relationship directors responsible for Barclays Corporate clients who typically turn over more than £50m. He has been with Barclays for 11 years, working in group strategy...
Global accountancy group KPMG has appointed Karen Witton to succeed its South regional chair Phil Cotton from October 1. Karen, pictured, has worked at KPMG for 10 years, most recently as indirect tax partner. The firm’s indirect tax outsourcing service has grown significantly throughout the South over recent years. Karen will draw on her...
Small and medium-sized businesses from the Bath area are being encouraged to apply to a £4m fund that aims to help them develop new products and services and create jobs. The University of the West of England’s (UWE Bristol) Innovation4Growth (I4G) programme part funds research and development projects with grants of between £25,000 and...
A series of free workshops to help businesses keep abreast of the latest health and safety laws is being launched by accountancy firm Monahans at its office in Trowbridge. The first event – Health and Safety for Start-ups – on Tuesday September 29 will focus on what start-ups and small firms need to know...
Digital ticketing developer ACT (Applied Card Technologies) has been acquired by Japanese IT giant Fujitsu in a multi-million pound deal that paves the way for the UK’s first smartphone-based rail ticket issuing system. ACT, based at Kington Langley, near Chippenham, designs, builds and manages smart transaction systems for retail, tourism, public sector and transport...
Shares in SciSys, one of the area's largest specialist IT firms, rose today after it said it had resolved a potentially damaging funding crisis. In June the Chippenham-headquartered firm, which works with blue-chip clients including Government departments, the BBC and the European Space Agency, warned it was at risk of breaching its banking covenants...
Bath area businesses are helping the South West buck the national trend for exporting, with the value of overseas sales from the region rising while the national figure decreases. Data released yesterday by HM Revenue and Customs shows that the value of UK exports decreased by 2.6% to £285bn in the year to the...
Accountancy giant PwC has made two key appointments to its West & Wales regional leadership team following Matt Hammond’s move to the Midlands as regional chairman. Katharine Finn has replaced Mr Hammond as regional chair for West and Wales while Lynn Pamment has taken over as senior partner to lead PwC in Cardiff. The...
Bath’s ambitious medium-sized businesses are being held back by gaps in the provision of long-term lending, according to a new report. With improved bank lending, an increased flow of invoice finance facilities and huge growth in peer-to-peer lending over the last few years, much of the finance landscape is on the mend. But for...
