Mogers Drewett, the Bath-based law firm, has strengthened its links with Team Bath Netball by becoming its education partner. The firm will fund Team Bath Netball’s school workshop programme while there are also plans to stage a corporate netball tournament with Team Bath Netball early next year to raise funds for a local charity....
Confidence among West of England firms has slumped to its lowest level since 2012 as they continue to react to the EU referendum, according to a new survey. The latest quarterly ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), which gauges how businesses view the economic prospects facing them over coming year, shows confidence falling into negative...
Hundreds of business owners from across the West of England are expected to attend the annual Bath Business Show next month as it returns bigger and better than previous years. Last year’s sold out event attracted more than 450 delegates and 55 exhibitors and organisers believe this year’s show on October 14 will be...
Bath’s largest law firm Withy King and city of London practice Royds officially merged today, sealing the move with a new name – Royds Withy King. The newly-combined firm employs around 450 people across offices in Bath, Oxford, Swindon, Marlborough and London, and is projected to generate revenues of around £33m in 2016-17. The...
Two Bath lawyers are to go head-to-head in the same category for a prestigious national legal excellence award. Mowbray Woodwards’ family partner Daniela Nickols and Rebecca Stevens, senior associate solicitor-advocate at Withy King have been nominated for the Law Society Excellence Award for Solicitor of the Year – Private Practice. The nominations come less...
Bath-based law firm Stone King has helped Wiltshire brewer Wadworth expand into London for the first time as part of its ambitious growth strategy. Stone King’s commercial team advised Wadworth on all licensed property deals on the acquisition of the Kings Arms in Fulham from rival brewery Greene King including a lease assignment. The...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week Tom Webb, company commercial partner at law firm Mogers Drewett, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? James Bond – Spectre. I am a big fan of...
By Heledd Wyn, associate solicitor, and Patrick Mears, partner, at Mowbray Woodwards Most people are familiar with Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) as something that a relative may have with regard to their personal affairs. However, not many give much thought to what would happen to their business affairs if they were incapacitated? Physical or mental...
No other news service in the Bath area can compete with Bath Business News for authoritative, independent online business news and information. Here are 9 reasons why Bath Business News is essential reading for anyone serious about business. 1) We have a strong track record of quality journalism and news coverage dating back more than 30 years. Our award-winning editor Robert Buckland...
Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards has recruited widely experienced Court of Protection, estate planning and care matters lawyer Heledd Wyn as an associate solicitor. Heledd, pictured, is a regular commentator in the legal press on issues relating to estate planning, care and mental capacity and is also an active social media commentator on these...
