A team from Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King put their best feet forward to complete a gruelling 22.5km hike in the Peak District to raise funds for two charities – and more than doubled their original £1,000 target. The seven-hour hike took place in challenging and windy conditions and included 850m of ascent. ...
Goughs Solicitors continues its series of free, online seminars for business owners to get up-to-date, relevant and pragmatic employment advice with a session later this month on discrimination. The monthly Wednesday Wisdom Webinars, which kicked off last month, are led by the firm’s head of employment Rebecca Dennis, pictured. They give employers the opportunity to tune in...
The four-day work week is a hot topic right now. There has been much in the press, not least the six-month pilot that is currently under way with 70 UK companies trialling a four-day week. The benefits to employer and employees are fairly obvious, working one day fewer allows for a better work-life balance...
Bath Unlimited, the organisation that celebrates the city’s most dynamic, successful, world-class companies and their talented employees, is to launch a networking group for young professionals. Called Unlimited Potential, it aims to bring together under-35s based in Bath who are contributing to its development as a centre for innovation – or intend to in...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Peter Woodhouse, head of business sector and social enterprise sector at Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? Actually real life going out to the...
Three lawyers at regional firm Mogers Drewett have been promoted – one to partner and two to senior associate – as it starts its new financial year. Former senior associate John Osman, who joined the firm’s litigation and dispute team last year, has become a partner while Jenna Allsop and Simon Walker are...
A special competition staged by Bath law firm Mogers Drewett Solicitors for schoolchildren to design eye-catching bunting to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee attracted more than 400 entries. The firm, which also has offices in Sherbourne and Wells, invited all primary school-aged children in the region to come up with original designs to mark...
Bath law firm Mogers Drewett and regional accountants Old Mill have advised on the sale of a market-leading electrical control products firm. Family-owned Golledge Electronics, which was founded in 1990 by Jon Golledge and his father Peter, has been acquired by electronics group Techpoint with support from investment company Literacy Capital. Ilminster-based Golledge has grown...
Goughs Solicitors is to launch a series of free, online seminars for business owners to get up-to-date, relevant and pragmatic employment advice. The monthly Wednesday Wisdom Webinars will be led by the firm’s head of employment Rebecca Dennis, pictured, and will give employers the opportunity to tune in to a cost-free way to stay...
Experienced family solicitor Juliet Gordon has been appointed to law firm Goughs Solicitors’ farming & rural land team to support families in the area’s farming communities. Juliet, pictured, has joined the firm, which has seven offices across Wiltshire, including in Chippenham, Trowbridge, Melksham and Corsham, from Thompson Smith and Puxon Solicitors in Colchester. She decided...
