The chief executive of green utility business Good Energy, one of the UK’s oldest 100% renewable power suppliers, today called for major reforms to the crisis-hit energy market as consumers face soaring bills and food shortages and rival firms teeter on the edge of insolvency. Nigel Pocklington, pictured, of Chippenham-headquartered Good Energy said the “risky...
Bath’s Christmas Market is to be drastically reduced this year after being hit by what organisers Bath & North East Somerset Council described as a ‘double whammy’ of Brexit and Covid. The council said these two factors had led to a national shortage of logistics and security staff, as well as specialist equipment, making...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring the top national finance stories. Employers and employees to pay 1.25% more NICs Rise in National Insurance to fund development of the health and social care tax. Find out more here Shareholders and directors hit by dividend tax rate rise The three dividend...
Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon has welcomed 14 new trainees, including one in its Bath office, as part of its commitment to train the next generation of tax and accounting experts. The firm, which also has offices in Bristol, Taunton and Yeovil, said it had selected some of the best students from the region’s...
Global accountancy group PwC has appointed partner Richard Cleary to the role of risk leader for its West & Wales region. Richard, pictured, has more than 20 years’ major transformation programme experience across numerous sectors, including retail, utilities and defence, and is PwC’s commercial markets leader nationally for technology and data. His focus in recent...
Smith & Williamson, the national accountancy group, has launched a series of webinars for partners in professional practices. Its autumn series, which began last week, continues with Financial Planning for Professionals on November 2. The webinar will consider the implications of the current tax environment and provide guidance on strategic investment options. The final webinar in the...
The CBI has appointed a new South West team, including a new regional director and deputy regional director, to lead its activities in the region and support member businesses as they look to rebuild from the impact of Covid-19. Ben Rhodes steps up from the deputy director role he has held since 2017 to...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King’s corporate team has advised the company behind Savvy Investor, the thought-leadership platform for institutional investors, on its acquisition by global business information provider Pageant Media. Savvy Investor pulls together more than 10,000 white papers and other third-party content from across the investment management industry for more than 55,000...
Another key appointment has been made by Time Finance, the Bath-based alternative financial services group, as it targets further growth for its sales operation. Adrian Payne, pictured, joins as head of sales in its invoice finance division – a role in which he will be responsible for leading and managing the sales team in the...
Bath firms are being urged to help people in the city develop new skills by adding their unused apprenticeship levy funds to a shared funding pot. Nearly half a million pounds has already been pledged to the Share to Support scheme by apprentice-levy paying employers from across West of England passing on their unused levy...
