Anticipation is building with less than a week to go before delegates gather for the region’s biggest free business event. Organisers hope to welcome up to 3,000 delegates to Business Showcase South West 2015 next Thursday and Friday. Star attractions include keynote speakers ‘Millionaires’ Mentor’ Bev James and Levi Roots of Reggae Reggae Sauce...
National independent financial advice firm Chase de Vere has appointed Andrew Hawkins and Kate Thomas as independent financial advisers in its Bath office. They will join the office’s team of 28 advisers providing retirement, investment and financial planning advice to clients across the South West. Andrew has 14 years’ industry experience having previously worked...
Organisers of next month’s Business Showcase South West have come up with five compelling reasons for Bath business people to attend what will be the biggest event of its kind in the region The event, on May 14 and 15 at Colston Hall, in Bristol, will celebrate the best in innovation, creativity and enterprise...
Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management has strengthened its compliance team with the appointment of Alan Henderson as investment operations and compliance manager. Mr Henderson, pictured, has been working in financial services since 2004 and has specialised in compliance matters for the last eight years. He joins Epoch from Lansdown Place Financial Management in Bristol where...
New flights from Bristol Airport to Paris and Düsseldorf took off earlier this week as operator bmi regional extended its route network in the West of England. The flights, which are expected to boost trade between the region and France and Germany, were launched just over a week after rival easyJet started services on...
David Cameron will be returned to Downing Street as the leader of a Conservative government with a very small majority, former Tory minister turned Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe predicted at a business event in the region last night. That, she said, could pave the way for the new government to repeal the...
Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management has moved into new offices to accommodate its fast-growing team of financial specialists and support staff. The firm – recently named one of the UK’s top 100 independent financial advisers by industry magazine New Model Adviser – has relocated to Queen Square House, in Queen Square Place, from its former...
Anticipation is building ahead of next month’s Business Showcase South West 2015 and Bath firms being warned not to miss out on unparalleled sponsorship, exhibition stands and free delegate passes for what will be the region’s biggest business show this year. The two-day event on May 14 and 15 will provide a platform for...
Property finance provider Cambridge & Counties Bank is gearing up for growth in the South West by hiring a new staff member and promoting another in its business development team. Paul Howard, pictured right, who opened the bank’s South West office in Bristol last year, is promoted to senior business development manager. He is...
Former Conservative minister turned Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ann Widdecombe will give West of England financial directors and accountants an insight into the General Election when she speaks at a major business event in the region next week. Ms Widdecombe, pictured, who was born in Bath and attended the city’s La Sainte Union School,...
