BLB Solicitors, the regional law firm with offices in Bath, Bradford on Avon and Trowbridge, has promoted the heads of two of its team members to directors. Caroline Entwistle and Sarah Loveless joined the firm in 2019 and 2020 respectively, although both have practised in the area for many years. Caroline, pictured right, who...
Harbourside, the South West’s newest corporate finance boutique, has completed its first significant deal – helping a specialist UK roof tile firm on its sale to a major Belgian supplier. Harbourside was spun out of regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, which has an office in Bath, last November. Its team was brought in by...
Regional law firm Goughs Solicitors is offering to write not-for-profit and discounted Wills next month as part of its charity-of- the-year partnership with the Youth Adventure Trust. Single and joint Wills will be offered at a 50% discount by Goughs, with all proceeds going to the Youth Adventure Trust, the charity that uses...
A new director of asset finance has been recruited by Bath-headquartered Time Finance in a move the firm says demonstrates its commitment to offering asset-backed funding to growing businesses. Steve Nichols, pictured, has assumed overall responsibility for the operation and performance of asset finance for the business and will become a member of...
The takeover of a high-profile Bath business helped dealmakers from accountancy firm Deloitte’s regional mergers & acquisitions team complete a record number 17 deals last year. The total number, with a collective value of just under £2bn, was almost double that of 2020, when the team completed nine. Eight of the deals were within...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, which has an office in Bath, has become the latest business to support the Menopause Workplace Pledge. The move follows latest statistics showing that almost 900,000 women in the UK quit their jobs due to the menopause. Milsted Langdon said that, while it was already incredibly supportive of employees...
The impact of the pandemic is still being felt by Bath-headquartered alternative finance provider Time Finance, it has admitted – but added that it remained upbeat as momentum was building in its core offering. The group, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, reported a 1% rise in pre-tax profits to...
Renewable electricity firm Good Energy has completed the disposal of all its wind and solar farms and will use the proceeds to help fund its on-going shift to energy and mobility services. These include building a new platform for small-scale generators and continuing to invest in its subsidiary Zap-Map, UK’s leading EV mapping platform. ...
Investments by the South West team of growth finance group BGF passed the £100m mark for the first time last year as it continued its strong run of funding ambitious businesses. The team injected £115m of equity into firms in 2021 – a 72% increase on 2020’s total and more than three times that...
More than nine in 10 of mid-market businesses in the South West have adopted hybrid or remote working as a way of overcoming the impact of the pandemic – but many are struggling to make it a success, according to a new survey. Research by accountancy firm Grant Thornton reveals 92% of the region’s...
