National business group the CBI has appointed Adrian Bratt, the General Counsel of luxury motorboat manufacturer Princess Yachts, as the next chair of its South West region. Adrian, pictured, who is also a board director at the Plymouth-based firm, takes over from Pennon chief executive Susan Davy, who has held the role since 2018. CBI...
Bath Building Society has escaped the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic to increase its mortgage lending to record levels while also taking on more savers. The society, which has more than 20,000 savers and 1,200 mortgage customers, described its financial performance last year as “remarkable” and said, despite unprecedented challenges caused by Covid-19,...
The South West continues to be the best place in the UK for gender equality at work, according to research by accountancy group PwC. The firm’s latest annual Women in Work Index places the region in the top spot for the second year in a row. It has also extended its lead over second-ranked Scotland...
A team from Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has advised the shareholders of two fast-growing businesses that maintain grass verges on roads and central reservations on their sale to one of the UK’s leading traffic management firms. Camps Highways and Camps Environmental Services (CES) were acquired by Chevron TM, which provides traffic management...
Many businesses across the West of England are facing uncertainty and challenges that could not have been foreseen a year ago when the pandemic hit our economy and livelihoods. With our new relationship with the EU, we also know that doing business with Europe has changed. This has meant adapting to new ways of...
Bath firms of all sizes are being urged to take part in a scheme that aims to boost industry by creating work placements for skilled students in the city. IKEEP – Intrapreneurial Knowledge Exchange Enterprise Pathway – is looking for local businesses and organisations of all sizes that would benefit from being matched up...
A combined legal and financial service to help people going through a divorce or separation has been launched by regional law firm Mogers Drewett, which has an office in Bath. The move coincides with the appointment of chartered financial planner and Fellow of the Personal Finance Society Daniel Gornall. His arrival in the Mogers...
Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News each week to bring you the top national finance stories. The furlough scheme from now to September The extension is expected to save 340,000 jobs, according to the OBR. Click here to find out more Details of the ‘final’ two SEISS grants An extra 600,000 taxpayers are...
Accountancy group Deloitte’s South & Wales mergers and acquisitions (M&A) team has completed five deals in just five weeks, including a successful refinancing of iconic Somerset shoe brand Clarks and an investment in Bath-based specialist online publisher SelectScience. The team worked with private companies and private equity houses on the deals, which span the consumer...
National accountancy firm Smith & Williamson is launching a series of webinars for partners in professional practices later this month. The series begins on Thursday, March 25, with ‘Introduction to the Partnership,’ which will guide newly appointed equity partners through the transition from employee to equity partner. This will be followed by ‘Financial Planning...
