Bath-headquartered lifestyle and homeware retailer Graham and Green has secured a multi-million pound finance package from Barclays to expand its operations amid spiralling demand. The firm, which opened its first shop in 1974 in Notting Hill, London, and relocated its head office to Bath in 2016, has used the funding to buy a 100,000 sq ft warehouse on Trowbridge’s...
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A new service to boost domestic and international travel trade business in Bath has been launched as the city’s visitor economy continues to recover from the impact of the pandemic. The team at Visit West, the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) that runs Visit Bath, identified a potential gap in the market as logistical planning for...
Children’s Hospice South West is teaming up with independent glass production company Bath Aqua Glass to launch a new bauble at a special fundraising event next week. Called Precious Glass for Precious Lives, the charity evening will also feature an auction of the first CHSW glass bauble live as well as a raffle of...
The four-day work week is a hot topic right now. There has been much in the press, not least the six-month pilot that is currently under way with 70 UK companies trialling a four-day week. The benefits to employer and employees are fairly obvious, working one day fewer allows for a better work-life balance...
Three new partners have been appointed by regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming as it continues its rapid growth. The firm, which has one of its seven offices in Bath, has made Anna Averis, Mark Munro and Richard Harborne partners, taking its partnership to 37. Bishop Fleming has recently announced ambitious plan to double the...
Bath Unlimited, the organisation that celebrates the city’s most dynamic, successful, world-class companies and their talented employees, is to launch a networking group for young professionals. Called Unlimited Potential, it aims to bring together under-35s based in Bath who are contributing to its development as a centre for innovation – or intend to in...
Accountancy group Deloitte has continued to invest in the South West by promoting three staff to partner, one to associate partner and 12 to director. They are among 182 promotions in its regional office in Bristol, which employs more than 600 people. The three new partners are Georgina Miles, Paul Markham and John Buckley...
The tax benefits of making pension contributions can be significant and although there have not been any major changes in this area in recent years, it is always useful to recap the main tax benefits. Here Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden looks at personal pensions. These can be set up by individuals or employers...
Business leaders are urging the government to continue to invest in the West of England amid signals its ‘levelling-up’ agenda is switching spending to other areas of the country as the economy falters. The plea has come from Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, and follows a shock economic forecast...
