Regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance has strengthened its board again with a non-executive director appointment as it prepares for its new chair to take up her role. The arrival of Chris Butters, pictured, who has considerable non-executive director and senior executive experience, comes ahead of Christine Allison taking over from current chair Malachy...
Bath-based financial services software and consultancy services provider Altus has agreed to sponsor Great Britain’s top bobsleigh crew after being motivated by their enthusiasm and their energy. Team Bobsleigh Brad, which is made up of six world-class athletes and led by Bath-based number one bobsleigh pilot Bradley Hall, finished sixth in the overall world...
Bath area firms are being urged to join a scheme that aims to bridge a digital divide made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic by refurbishing laptops and donating them to disadvantaged families. Wiltshire Digital Drive was launched last year by a group of businesses in Bath and West Wiltshire working on a pro bono...
Twenty-one firms that represent Bath’s innovative business culture and talented workforce will be highlighted this year as the city’s Bath Unlimited campaign is stepped up. Bath Unlimited was launched last October to support the city’s Invest in Bath inward investment arm in attracting businesses to the area by celebrating some of its dynamic, successful,...
Bath’s small businesses can access help and advice to grow internationally through a new, free, post-Brexit programme. The Export Academy involves overseas trade experts from the Department for International Trade (DIT) hosting a series of online workshops and events offering advice and support directly to business owners. The programme has been designed for businesses...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Furlough scheme extended to April Government-backed loans will also run until March. Click here for details New grants to help hardest-hit firms survive lockdown Treasury confirms grants of up to £9,000 per property are available. Find out...
Innovative Bath firms and freelancers with creative technology projects focused on post-Covid renewal and recovery are being invited to apply for grants of between £500 and £5,000. The grants, which total £20,000, are being offered by The Studio at Palace Yard Mews, Bath Spa University’s enterprise and innovation hub, and are aimed at freelancers,...
An inspirational Bath-based entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist will talk about her career – including building up and selling Europe’s first holiday rental website – in a webinar to be hosted by financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson. Marcelle Speller OBE, pictured, is appearing at the online event, called An Entrepreneur’s Journey Through Business to Impact, at 5pm next Tuesday, January 12. She launched holiday-rentals.com, which advertised private holiday...
Malachy McReynolds, the chair of regional alternative finance lender SWIG Finance, is to step down in March after five years in the role. He will be replaced by Christine Allison, a former lead economist for the World Bank, who has been a non-executive director of SWIG Finance for the past three-and-a-half years. During that...
Significant changes to Capital Gains Tax could be in the pipeline this spring following a report from the Office for Tax Simplification (OTS), writes Pearson May partner Jacqui Bowden. Chancellor Rishi Sunak commissioned the report back in July 2020, asking the OTS to consider the scope of the tax and the rates which apply,...
