With the ongoing impact of the pandemic, climate change and Brexit, 2022 will be another tough year for many Bath businesses. Phil Smith, managing director of Business West – the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce and the Bath and North East Somerset Initiative – looks at the needs and challenges for this year? ...
Bath-based accountancy firm Richardson Swift has appointed Debbie Boulton as its first managing director. Debbie, pictured, has been a director of the firm for seven years and takes up the new role this month. Richardson Swift director Derek Swift, who co-founded the business with Mike Richardson in 2009, said the decision to promote...
Bath-based broadband provider Truespeed is poised for further expansion after securing £100m from Aviva Investors – its largest funding since its launch nearly eight years ago. It is the second investment from the global asset management arm of UK-based insurance giant Aviva and follows on from the £75m it invested in Truespeed in...
International audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars has strengthened its team in the region with the promotion of Jon Barnard to audit partner and a major intake of new trainees. Jon, pictured, joined Mazars’ South West office in Bristol nearly 17 years ago as a student chartered accountant and has worked there ever since, including...
Additional support announced shortly before Christmas by Chancellor Rishi Sunak for businesses impacted by the Omicron variant were welcomed by business groups as well as Bath & North East Somerset Council – although some in the hospitality sector dismissed it as “too little, too late”. The £1bn package is mostly aimed at hospitality and...
The Chancellor must step up and provide an urgent package of measures to support Bath businesses as they suffer the effects of another Covid-hit Christmas, according to West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris. He has called for a package of support until the end of January to get businesses across the region...
Bosses at Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative finance provider, have said they remain “vigilant and cautious” over the economic impact of the pandemic despite a strong ending its recent half year trading period. The group, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, closed the six months to November 30 with a...
A BSc Management student at the University of Bath has become the 1,000th to receive business innovation skills training in a pioneering scheme run by SETsquared, the world-leading tech incubator. The Intrapreneurial Knowledge Exchange Enterprise Pathway (IKEEP) was set up nearly a year ago by SETsquared, which is backed by a group of six...
Bath-based financial services software and consultancy provider Altus is putting its weight behind Great Britain’s top bobsleigh crew for the second year running as they enter a busy season. Altus began sponsoring Team Bobsleigh Brad, which is made up of six world-class athletes and led by Bath-based bobsleigh pilot Bradley Hall, a year...
Insolvency and restructuring trade body R3 has appointed insolvency litigation specialist Charlotte May as its new regional chair. Charlotte, pictured, is an associate director for South West and Wales with Manolete, the UK’s leading insolvency litigation finance company. She takes over as chair from Philip Winterbourne, pictured below, a partner at Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright solicitors,...
