This will be our seventh year in the hamper business – and every Christmas is busier than the last! So this year, to keep up with ever-increasing demand, we’ve taken on fantastic local firm Blisters to help us with fulfilment. We have also employed a new salaried office manager to make sure we keep...
The value of many cryptoassets has fallen considerably as a result of the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange. The failure of such a big platform and the potential loss of billions of pounds worth of cryptocurrency value has rocked the confidence of the market. This has caused both well-known digital currencies such as...
Bath-based financial services software provider Altus has officially opened its new UK headquarters in the city – marking a significant milestone for the business as well as for the city’s regenerated Quays office district. Altus – along with Bath-based chartered financial planning group Fidelius – are the first tenants in the showpiece 44,470 sq...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Tax hikes rumoured for the Autumn Statement The delayed announcement will take place on 17 November. Click here for more information OTS addresses complications for landlords Accountants welcome proposals for tax rule simplification. Find out more here ...
Accountancy group EY has strengthened its presence in the South West with the appointment of its first dedicated transaction diligence partner focused on the region. Marcus Graham, pictured, will provide financial due diligence on mid-market transactions across the South West, with the aim of building EY’s Bristol-based transactions diligence team alongside its other transaction-related service lines. ...
Late September into mid-October was a turbulent time for the government and a confusing time – at best – for taxpayers and advisers alike, after former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s fiscal statement on 23 September, writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter. Indeed, not long after we wrote last month’s article on the ‘mini-Budget’, the new...
Humanitarian charity People against Poverty has appointed a new CEO as it looks to grow its operations to help more people experiencing poverty in the UK and abroad. Belinda Wadsworth, pictured, brings extensive third sector expertise to the Wiltshire-based organisation gained through leadership roles in a variety of national and international charities over the past...
Confidence among small business in the South West has fallen to a record low as fears grow about rising costs – with the region now the most pessimistic of any part of the country. The gloomy outlook comes from the latest survey by the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses), which measures business sentiment each...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Tax take hits £368.9bn in six months Income Tax and National Insurance drive the increase. Click here for more information Median real terms pay falls by 2.6% Soaring inflation means real terms rate dropped in the year...
Shares in Inspecs, the Bath-based spectacles designer and manufacturer, lost more than half their value in one day after it warned that sales would continue to be hit by the cost of living crisis into next year. The departure of Inspecs chairman, the former Tesco boss and City grandee Lord MacLaurin, on 1 December...
