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Good results for Bath finance firm 1pm
Revenue and profits are up at a Bath asset finance firm.1pm has revealed revenues are up 35.6 per cent to £4.2 million.The firm's end of year results also showed profit before tax was up 73 per cent to...
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Fundraiser Helen Witcombe from Epoch Wealth Management takes on...
An employee from Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management is preparing to scale Africa's highest mountain in support of children with life-limiting conditions.Helen Witcombe, who is a personal assistant at...
View ArticleAwards listing joy for Milsted Langdon
Bath-based Milsted Langdon has been shortlisted in the British Accountancy Awards.The company, which has offices on Queen Square, is a finalist in the Independent Firm of the Year – South West category...
View ArticleAccountancy firm Baker Tilly warns over eBay income
Accountancy firm Baker Tilly has issued a warning to those trading on sites such as eBay or Airbnb after a man was sentenced to two years imprisonment for failing to declare income from online...
View ArticleEight days left to invest in £1.6M solar project near Bath
Bathonians still have eight days to invest in a solar array near Bath which could generate enough clean electricity to power more than 650 average homes.Bath and West Community Energy said its share...
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Bath shoppers expected to spend £831.95 on Christmas
Shoppers in Bath are expected to spend half of a month's wage packet on Christmas this year.According the shopping channel QVC people in the city will spend £831.95 on presents, entertaining,...
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Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement is good news for...
The Chancellor's Autumn Statement has offered some hope to small businesses in Bath.As part of his annual health check on the British economy George Osborne promised £500 million of bank lending to...
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Revealed: Winners of the Bath Chronicle Cash for your Community...
Fundraisers at the Genesis Trust have won £4,000 to help vulnerable adults in Bath through the Bath Chronicle's Cash for your Community campaign.Twenty groups were shortlisted for the competition, run...
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Five benefits of losing the booze for Dry January 2015
Going alcohol-free this January?If you are one of the thousands becoming a teetotaller for a month to counter the excesses of the festive season, you should count the benefits of your brave alcohol...
View ArticleEthics 'plays big part' for Bath investors
Investors in the city would rather their money was used in ethical projects and enterprises.According to ethical bank Triodos, 78 per cent of savers and investors in the South West, including those in...
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Number of Bath residents struggling with debt up by 24 per cent
Growing numbers of people in Bath are struggling with debt and are only just able to meet their living costs, new figures reveal.Nearly 1,000 people living in the Bath area sought help from a charity...
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Bath accountants warn of tax code error by HMRC
People who have more than one source of income could be facing backdated tax bills of £2,000 a year.That is the message from Bath-based firm Milsted Langdon which has warned people about an error made...
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Budget 2015: Bath businesses welcome Chancellor's last budget...
The Chancellor's last budget before the General Election has been welcomed by business leaders in the city.Ian Bell, executive director Bath Chamber of Commerce and the Initiative B&NES, said news...
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NATIONAL NEWS: Petrol will not drop below £1 litre says AA
The AA has said that petrol is unlikely to drop below £1 a litre after prices rose more than 5p in six weeks.Prices fell in the first six weeks of 2015 with plummeting oil prices, but only after...
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Introducing Bath's new business connector Sally Ainsworth
More accustomed to sorting IT issues Sally Ainsworth is hoping her sabbatical will help community groups and charities desperate to make a difference.Ms Ainsworth is Bath and north east Somerset's new...
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Credit union brings personal banking back to Peasedown St John...
Personal banking has returned to Peasedown St John thanks to the efforts of a local church.The last personal banking-type facilities disappeared from the village 25 years ago when the Natwest branch in...
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Bath cafe Java remains closed
Mystery surrounds the sudden closure of a popular cafe in the centre of Bath. Java Coffee House, on Kingsmead Square, closed without warning more than a week ago. A sign in the window of the cafe...
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Crowdcube investors were the secret ingredient for the Thoughtful...
Baker Duncan Glendinning turned to Crowdcube in 2013 to raise money for a new bakery and baking school for his Thoughtful Bread Company, which had previously run from a stall at Green Park Station.He...
View ArticleWhat is crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding is a way to raise capital that involves individuals or businesses pitching new projects online to raise money. There are various types of crowdfunding, associated with greater or lesser...
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RBS shares owned by government to be sold in Britain's biggest...
The Government plans to sell its share of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Britain's biggest ever privatisation.Chancellor George Osborne announced the plan to sell the Government's 80 per cent stake in...
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