Outstanding business leaders and entrepreneurs from the Bath area are being urged to enter the region’s top awards recognising excellence in the boardroom. Launched this week, the Institute of Directors South West Director of the Year Awards 2018 showcase the wealth of executive talent and leadership across the region. New categories have been added...
Law firm Stone King is to open a new Bath base to accommodate ongoing growth and bring together partners and staff working from two of its three offices in the city. Most of the firm’s 150-plus Bath-based employees and partners will move into the 8,500 sq ft office on the second floor of...
Law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has appointed commercial property expert Fionnuala Nolan as a partner to advise its fast-growing portfolio of real estate sector clients. Fionnuala, pictured, who joined from City law firm Banks Kelly Solicitors, has more than 20 years’ experience in the areas of retail, property development and...
Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards has recently acted for the owners of city-based animation and design studio A Large Evil Corporation on its sale to US giant Funko for $4m (£2.98m). Since its foundation by owners Guy Thomson and Seth Watkins in 2006, A Large Evil Corporation -also known as Evilcorp – has developed...
Bath firms considering doing business in China this year – or those already trading there – are being urged to take part in the region’s largest Chinese New Year reception and banquet. Organised by the Bristol & West of England China Bureau, the event brings together business leaders, key figures from the Chinese business...
R3, the insolvency and restructuring trade body, has appointed accountant Louise Durkan as the new chair of its South West and Wales region. Louise, pictured, an insolvency practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience in restructuring, is the financial advisory and restructuring director at accountancy group Deloitte’s Bristol office, where she leads a team...
A top lawyer has urged Bath’s not-for-profit organisations to embrace the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an opportunity to strengthen existing relationships and improve the way they are run. Graeme Fearon, intellectual property partner at West law firm Thrings – which has an office in Bath – believes while the new rules...
A series of inspirational talks by high-profile business women is to be launched next year by The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel in conjunction with the University of the West of England’s Bristol Business School. Called Phenomenal Women, the bi-monthly events will run from February to November with the aim of celebrating, supporting and inspiring...
Specialist elderly client and incapacity lawyer Edward Vidnes has been made a partner in the Bath head office of regional law firm Royds Withy King. Edward, pictured, who joined the firm four years ago, is part of its 30-strong private client team in Bath and specialises in later life issues, working closely with...
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s support for the tech sector – a vital part of Bath’s economy – and his commitment to devolve more funding for infrastructure and skills to the West of England in Wednesday’s Budget have been welcomed by business figures. However, there was criticism that his measures lacked the dynamism and vision needed...
