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Budget 2024: Zoe Martin, partner, Bishop Fleming. Owner-managed businesses are facing a squeeze

October 30, 2024
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Budget 2024: Zoe Martin, partner, Bishop Fleming. Owner-managed businesses are facing a squeeze

Businesses have been heavily impacted by this Budget, with several key changes being introduced, adding to their tax and operational costs. The rise in employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NICs) will impact employers significantly, particularly small businesses.  Employers’ NIC increases by 1.2% to 15% from April 2025. And the threshold...

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Budget 2024: Andrew Browne, partner and head of tax, Bishop Fleming. Tax rises and higher costs for businesses are on the way

October 30, 2024
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Budget 2024: Andrew Browne, partner and head of tax, Bishop Fleming. Tax rises and higher costs for businesses are on the way

Rachel Reeves’ first Budget is the largest tax-raising Budget since 1993, with around £40bn being raised for government programmes of ‘national renewal’. Following months of speculation, we finally know the details of what this Budget has in store. While it will take some time to fully examine and understand...

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Budget 2024: Regional business reaction. Increased tax burden could stifle Bristol firms’ growth

October 30, 2024
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Budget 2024: Regional business reaction. Increased tax burden could stifle Bristol firms’ growth

Tax rises in the Budget aimed at companies could slow much-needed economic growth and undermine investment decisions, the region’s largest business organisation fears. Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce, said it recognised that the Chancellor faced a tight fiscal position and so had to make hard decisions....

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Budget 2024: The key points

October 30, 2024
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Budget 2024: The key points

Chancellor Rachel Reeves started her Budget speech by saying the country voted for change on 4 July. As a result, the Labour government could now “fix the foundations”. The way to ensure growth was to “invest, invest, invest”, she added. In total, the Budget will raise taxes by £40bn. Business...

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Bristol businesses need to get ready for a raft of changes in tomorrow’s much-anticipated Budget

October 29, 2024
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Bristol businesses need to get ready for a raft of changes in tomorrow’s much-anticipated Budget

Business owners are on tenterhooks in advance of tomorrow’s Budget, the first by new Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Despite election campaign promises that tax rises would not affect ‘working people’, subsequent claims of the discovery of a £22bn black hole by the government suggest the nation’s finances are in a...

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Construction firm’s first social value report builds on its already strong 130-year track record

October 28, 2024
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Construction firm’s first social value report builds on its already strong 130-year track record

A regional construction company founded more than 130 years ago has produced its first framework outlining its commitments to supporting the communities where it works and the wider environment as well as its people and their skills. Beard said the Social Value Framework would reinforce the family-owned business’s long-standing...

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BBC puts chunk of its iconic Bristol site on the market after partial move to new city centre studio

October 25, 2024
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BBC puts chunk of its iconic Bristol site on the market after partial move to new city centre studio

A section of the BBC’s historic Whiteladies Road site in Bristol, which it has occupied for 90 years, has been put up for sale. The move follows BBC Studios’ relocation to Bridgewater House at Finzels Reach in the city centre and consolidation of the corporation’s main productions on another...

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Growing optimism among region’s firms tempered by their pre-Budget fears over rise in the tax burden

October 24, 2024
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Growing optimism among region’s firms tempered by their pre-Budget fears over rise in the tax burden

Business confidence in the South West has improved and remains firmly in positive territory amid strong domestic sales growth, according to new research. Published less than a week before one of the most important Budgets for a generation, the quarterly survey of chartered accountants in the region paints a...

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‘Hard work and commitment’ pay off for electrical contractor with award as UK’s best small operator

October 21, 2024
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‘Hard work and commitment’ pay off for electrical contractor with award as UK’s best small operator

An electrical contractor set up less than five years ago has scooped a national award for being the best small business in the industry. Source Electrical topped the Electrical Contractor of the Year (up to £5m turnover) category of the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) Awards in recognition of its “hard...

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Green light for work to start on architects’ ground-breaking community-led development

October 21, 2024
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Green light for work to start on architects’ ground-breaking community-led development

Architecture and placemaking consultancy Nash Partnership, which has an office in Bristol, has secured full planning permission for a scheme in the city that will be one of the UK’s largest community-led development projects of its kind. The approved proposals represent the first build phase of the ground-breaking masterplan...

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City of Bristol College and The Guild of Guardians become official partners of The Welcome Party

October 18, 2024
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City of Bristol College and The Guild of Guardians become official partners of The Welcome Party

Organisers of The Welcome Party, which will celebrate the cultural and economic contributions of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Bristol, have announced two significant new supporters – The Guild of Guardians and City of Bristol College. The pair join a list of sponsors for the high-profile event, which...

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Arcade machine and disco ball add some sparkle to Knight Frank’s ‘wellbeing-focused’ new Bristol base

October 17, 2024
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Arcade machine and disco ball add some sparkle to Knight Frank’s ‘wellbeing-focused’ new Bristol base

Global property consultancy Knight Frank has taken the wraps off its new Bristol office, the latest in the city centre to emphasise staff wellbeing, collaborative working and client events – including a spin room with colour LED lights and a disco ball. The 4,500 sq ft base, which takes...

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Beard recruits its first quality manager as it looks to build on a commitment to faultless delivery

October 17, 2024
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Beard recruits its first quality manager as it looks to build on a commitment to faultless delivery

Regional construction firm Beard’s focus on managing quality across its portfolio of work has been further bolstered by the creation of a new quality manager role. Paul Wills, pictured, has been appointed to the job in a move the firm, which has a base in Bristol, said cemented its...

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