The Institute of Directors (IoD) is recruiting a new chair to lead its South West region as the role’s current holder Muir Macdonald comes to the end of his three-year term this autumn. The successful candidate will act as the voice for regional directors, working alongside a dedicated team at the IoD to build on...
Investment by foreign businesses into the South West rose last year despite the pandemic in contrast to a fall for the UK as a whole. According to a new report by accountancy group EY, the South West achieved a 6.7% increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in 2020 – up by two to...
West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris is calling on employers to help increase the number of apprenticeships in the region. With an estimated £4m to £8m of unused Apprenticeship Levy funds returned to the Treasury each year, Mayor Norris is calling for apprentice levy-paying employers to give their unused funds to a new scheme called Share to Support. Administered...
Small businesses in Bath and North East Somerset can access a free business support service to help them grow and reach their full potential. The BANES Business Support Service is designed to help firms through the Covid-19 crisis and beyond by providing the support they need to adapt, recover and adjust to a changing...
The region’s largest business group has urged the Prime Minister to help create a more sustainable future for business at this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall. The British Chambers of Commerce South West (BCCSW) – which includes Bath Chamber of Commerce parent group Business West – has written to Boris Johnson ahead of the global...
A cross-sector team from Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has advised on a major takeover in the UK laundry equipment businesses. Barnsley-based Wolf Laundry, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of commercial laundry equipment, acquired Brewer & Bunney for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. Brewer & Bunney, based Redruth, Cornwall, is the...
Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King is staging a free webinar aimed at professionals working in children’s services. Titled Public Benefit Partnerships for Children’s Services, the webinar on July 8 will explore new ways of improving children’s services, based on creating long-term partnerships with social enterprises and charities. Case studies will be used to demonstrate...
Stowe Family Law, the UK’s largest specialist family law firm, has opened an office in Bath, its 16th across the country and third in the West of England. The opening coincides with a 95% increase in the number of people seeking information about divorce from the firm over the past year, triggered by the...
Mei-Ling Huang has been appointed as chair of Bath-headquartered Royds Withy King in line with a new governance and management structure at the fast-growing law firm. The firm, which employs around 520 people across its offices in Bath, London, Oxford and Swindon, has introduced a board-level partnership committee to oversee its strategic growth and...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has strengthened its residential property practice with the appointment of partner Mark Scott. Mark, pictured, has joined the firm’s London office from Blake Morgan, where he was a legal director and head of its London residential property team. He was previously a lawyer at Mishcon de Reya. Mark...
