West of England accountants Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bath, has taken on three former partners of rival Smith & Williamson with more than 60 years at the firm between them. Corporate financiers Martyn Fraser and Matthew Pearson have joined Bishop Fleming’s large corporate finance team while tax specialist Peter Ball has...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, which has an office in Bath, is celebrating the hard work, passion and commitment to clients of its general practice manager Lynsey Rowley as she marks 25 years with the firm. Lynsey joined the firm in 1997 after graduating from the University of Bath with a BSc in Economics...
A landmark student accommodation building has been sold by Bath Spa University to a property investment fund owned by insurance giant Aviva as the market for student flats in the city shows no sign of slowing. Green Park House, pictured, opposite Green Park station, has 461 accommodation units over six floors and is let...
Bath Spa University’s research and innovation hub, The Studio in Bath, has for the second year running launched a fund to help creative tech micro-businesses, freelancers and third sector organisations recover from the effects of the pandemic. The £25,000 fund, which is open to businesses, organisations and individuals based in Bath & North East...
More than six tons of laptops, PCs and other tech items have been saved from landfill, thanks to a scheme started in lockdown to redistribute unwanted devices to schools and charities. Community interest company Wiltshire Digital Drive asked for donations to help students with their learning and to provide technology to those who otherwise...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has further boosted its expertise in insolvency dispute resolution with the appointment of Julie Killip as a partner. Julie, pictured, has joined from the London office of international commercial law firm Ince, where she spent nearly eight years as a partner and joint head of restructuring and insolvency. ...
A Bath couple are set to open an artisan bakery and café in a new riverfront community being developed on the site of a former dairy. The Good Loaf Café will be launched by Emma Savage and Alan Bennett, pictured, at Avonside in Melksham – an area that was originally housed a Unigate Dairy. Promising homemade,...
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...
