Business leaders, academics and student entrepreneurs will share their business and research expertise and showcase their start-up successes at the University of Bath’s second annual Enterprise Day next week. Enterprise Day on Wednesday, March 29, is part of the university’s Enterprise and Entrepreneurship programme, which supports staff, students, graduates and entrepreneurs with their ambitions. The...
Pioneering clean energy firm Good Energy has launched a new smart export tariff for households with solar panels as part of its strategy to expand its decentralised energy services offering. Called Power for Good, the tariff will pay customers 10p per kWh, which the Chippenham-headquartered group describes as a leading rate for a variable...
Bath firms need more help from the government in the face of stubbornly high inflation, including transitioning to more energy efficient sources and easing supply chain difficulties, the region’s biggest business organisation has said. With annual inflation unexpectedly jumping from 10.1% in January to 10.4% last month, Business West – which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon’s tax team in its Bath office has been strengthened by the arrival of Zoe Chandler as a tax manager. Zoe, pictured, has joined after more than six-and-a-half years at accountants Old Mill, where she trained and went on to become a senior tax specialist. A highly qualified Chartered Tax...
The Novia Foundation, which was formed five years ago by Bath-based wealth management firm Novia Financial to more efficiently channel its fundraising efforts in the city, is to be extended to new areas. The move follows the appointment of a new chair at the end of last year and nearly two years after Novia...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Rachael Rackham, director at Bath accountancy firm Richardson Swift, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched: The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser. Book you read: The classic The Dinosaur that Pooped the Bed....
The Bath area has been named as the best place in the UK to launch and run a successful microbusiness. The city, along with North East Somerset, has the highest concentration of thriving microbusinesses and self-employed people, according to the Business Financed website. The website, which provides banking and finance information for UK businesses, set...
A pioneering medical device company with a base in Bath that focuses on the emerging field of surgical endoscopy has raised nearly £34m to fill a funding gap and speed up its expansion. Creo Medical Group develops and commercialises minimally invasive electrosurgical devices from its bases in Chepstow and Bath. The firm, which is...
Specialist packaging firm Westfield Medical has acquired a manufacturer of sterilisation pouches in a deal handled by Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman and regional accountants Bishop Fleming. Midsomer Norton-based Westfield, a subsidiary of international infection control products group Sterimed, said the takeover of Granton Medical would enable it to extend its offer to supply...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. This week we look at two of the key measures introduced in the Spring Budget. Pension lifetime allowance charge abolished from April Chancellor aims to bring over-50s back to the workforce. Click here to find out more...
