Bath businesses will welcome Chancellor Philip Hammond’s focus on investment in the Autumn Statement, particularly in areas where growth pressures are highest, according to Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce. Phil Smith, pictured, managing director of the region’s largest business organisation, described the statement as “a sombre, not flashy, affair”...
Business organisation the CBI “warmly welcomed” Chancellor Philip Hammond’s commitments to boost research and development, housing and infrastructure. But it said these must be acted on. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn, pictured below, said: “The Chancellor has prioritised a pragmatic down payment on future productivity growth. “His emphasis on R&D, housing and local infrastructure will help...
Chancellor Philip Hammond his presented his first Autumn Statement: Here are the main points, as announced: Office for Budget Responsibility says growth this year will be 2.1%, 1.4% next year (down from 2.2%), 1.7% in 2018 (down from 2.1%), 2.1% in 2019/20 (down from 2.1%) and 2% in 2020/21, (down from 2.1%). As expected, the...
Bath solicitor Heledd Wyn, from law firm Mowbray Woodwards, has joined organisations representing older and vulnerable people to raise serious concerns around the government’s online tool for creating Lasting Powers of Attorney. A Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) is a powerful legal document that allows a person to appoint trusted individuals to make important...
Lawyers from Royds Withy King based in Bath have compiled a Directors’ Briefing to help business owners keep on top of the latest legal developments which may affect their working practices and home life. Staying on the right side of retail price-fixing rules The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently issued an open...
Experts from law firm Stone King, which has an office in Bath, are advising on a national project to help people break the damaging cycle of high-cost debt. The Affordable Loans portal – a partnership between private and social sector bodies – will make it easier for people with poor or no credit rating...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Sarah Lane, head of business property at Bath law firm Stone King, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? At the cinema it was Bridget Jones’s Baby....
Bath law firm Mogers Drewett has become the first headline sponsor of the city’s spectacularly popular Christmas Market. The market, which this year runs from November 24 to December 11, is staged by Bath’s destination marketing organisation VisitBath. It is the South West’s biggest shopping event with more than 170 wooden chalets lining streets...
Regional law firm Thrings has added to its tax planning and trusts offering with the appointment of Michael Westbrook as a partner in its Bath office. Joining from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon – where he worked for six years and was most recently a senior associate – Michael brings a wealth of...
Pioneering recycling business Moore’s has been acquired by a Wiltshire waste management group in a deal handled by the Bath office of regional law firm Thrings. Family-run Moore’s Recycling collects and recycles waste plastic, packaging and cardboard from national blue-chip clients such as DHL, Coca Cola, Bernard Matthews, Argos and Marks & Spencer. It is...
