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Once again the Chancellor faces the dual challenges of incentivising economic growth while also generating more tax revenue to pay down the national debt. The key questions are how this Budget will balance these objectives and what role the Chancellor sees UK businesses playing in the recovery of the economy.
With the country slowly recovering from the fallout of the pandemic and the government needing to reduce the massive deficit, next week's autumn Budget will need to strike a balance between tax rises and stability.
Residents of a specialist dementia care home in Wellington, Somerset, have been thoroughly enjoying themselves in the company of Captain, an Irish Cob horse, who was brought to visit them in the garden of the home.
National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP’s Debt Recovery team has been recognised in the 2022 Legal 500 guide, which ranks the best law firms and solicitors in the UK.
Local funeral venue, Bristol Memorial Woodlands, has sponsored this year’s Good Grief Bristol Festival, which is taking place on 30 and 31 October.
Smith & Williamson’s Corporate Finance team in Bristol has advised Bath-based security, fire and safety systems business BWS Security on its sale to Sonmarg Capital, the permanent capital investor.
Details on the funding of the 10-year strategy which builds on the UK's world-class capability in life sciences, and on lessons from the pandemic, could be outlined in this month's spending review.
With a rapid rise in cases of parental alienation in the UK, a recent Judgement has shown that Courts are not taking the matter lightly and are unafraid to take action against offenders.
A report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last month following an unannounced inspection of Avalon Nursing Home in Bridgwater officially concludes that the home provides a ‘Good’ level of service across the board, and highlights the contribution made by service manager Jess Hawker.
A brand new show home has been launched at The Chocolate Factory development in Greenbank where the next phase of 3- and 4- bedroom homes are available to reserve.
Extending the reduced VAT period and doing more to overcome a shortage of skilled workers top the wish-list of Bristol hoteliers ahead of this month’s budget.
Lawyers at international legal practice Osborne Clarke in Bristol have advised investment firm Tiger Global Management on its lead investment in Lifebit Biotech’s £44.3 million Series B funding round.
Bristol-based lawyers at international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised leading independent infrastructure and private equity investment manager Foresight on its acquisition of the 50MW Blackpark energy storage project in Scotland.
The willingness of staff and residents at a Bridgwater dementia care home to ‘go the extra mile’ during the pandemic has been recognised with a special party and awards to acknowledge and celebrate their work.
Bristol's business and cultural links with China were celebrated when a delegation from the West Country visited the award-winning "Guangzhou Garden" at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The gold medal-winning garden, designed by Bath-based landscape architecture practice Grant Associates for the Chinese city of Guangzhou, which is the sister city of Bristol, aims to highlight how planners must work in harmony with nature.
Smith & Williamson, which is part of leading wealth management and professional services firm Tilney Smith & Williamson, has strengthened its senior team in Bristol with the announcement of several new promotions.
After 18 challenging months for the social sector, a group of dementia care workers from Wellington, Somerset, and families of people living with dementia have combined their efforts to take on a whole different challenge and raised £1,000 in sponsorship money.
A common condition that affects one in ten women of child-bearing age and can lead to difficulties falling pregnant - polycystic ovary syndrome - is under the spotlight this month with fertility experts in the South West and Wales taking part in PCOS Awareness Month throughout September in a bid to increase understanding of the condition.
