Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Treasury launches R&D tax reliefs review The consultation will look into merging the two schemes. Click here to read more The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) welcomes repayment claimant protections Lack of regulation leaves customers at risk and costs...
Barclays has appointed James Jordan as head of mid-corporate to lead its mid-corporate market team in the South West. James, pictured, has joined from HSBC UK, where he spent more than two decades in a variety of senior roles across its corporate and commercial divisions, including area commercial director for Bath for Bristol. More recently he led...
Financial planning firm Chilvester has more than doubled its office space by relocating in a move that also gives it ample room to expand. The company, which oversees client investments of £100m-plus, has upped sticks from Calne, where it was founded in 1999, to Chippenham to set it up for growth. Its new premises at Avon Reach on...
Firms are being encouraged to help staff develop their numeracy skills by signing up to a new national training initiative delivered locally by Bath College in partnership with Bath & North East Somerset Council. Called Multiply, the national Skills for Life initiative has been designed to support businesses to invest in their workforce. The...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. MPs demand improvements to HMRC services HMRC has three months to address “unacceptable” standards. Click here to read more Taxpayers reminded to report crypto gains Cryptoassets are subject to income tax and capital gains tax. Find out more here ...
A recent trend in the UK mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape is the increased prevalence of search funds as acquirers of established trading businesses. This relatively new phenomenon provides an interesting potential acquirer to owner-managers that are looking to sell their business. What is a Search Fund? In its simplest form a search fund...
Businesses are being encouraged by regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon to carry on preparing for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax in spite of the announcement of a two-year delay. Milsted Langdon, which has five offices – including one in Bath – said the further changes to the much-delayed MTD initiative by HM...
Craft brewery The Wild Beer Co, which ceased trading shortly before Christmas, has been bought out of administration, with its new owner promising to honour the subscriptions and discounts available to its members and former shareholders. Wild Beer, best known for its unusual approach to brewing and the quirky-flavoured beers that came from it, went...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. R&D relief guidance under review Reforms to come into effect on 1 April. Click here to read more Spring Budget set for 15 March The announcement will be accompanied by a forecast from the OBR. Find out more here
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) has made a number of changes to its board, including appointing former World Bank lead economist Christine Allison as its new chair. Christine, pictured, who was also a special advisor to the Treasury Select Committee, takes over from Richard Coombs, who had been in the role for...
