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...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Groups call on Chancellor for further reforms Pressure mounts for further action ahead of the fiscal plan. Click here for more information Under 100 days until Self Assessment deadline Taxpayers have until 31 January to file their...
Regional accountancy group PKF Francis Clark has appointed an experienced audit partner to serve its growing client base of owner-managed businesses across Somerset. Rob Whitehead has relocated from Yorkshire, where he gained more than 30 years’ experience in audit, accounts, business planning and tax, and was most recently a partner in a regional accountancy...
