Audit, tax and consulting firm RSM has appointed Joanne Webber as an employer solutions director in its Bristol office. Joanne, pictured, specialises in advising clients on domestic employment tax issues and international mobility, covering the impacts for companies and individual employees. She began her career at KPMG in Bristol...
Jeremy Richards, head of the Bristol office of international property agents JLL, said that while the Autumn Statement was had a macro-economic outlook there were some important messages for the regions, including the South West. “Hammond acknowledged that Britain’s economic prosperity is too heavily focused in London and the South East and the announcement...
Regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming, which has an office in Bristol, described Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement as a clarion call to industry to be more productive and to make the UK ‘match fit’ for a bumpy Brexit ride ahead. It said the Chancellor’s first fiscal statement promised billions of government...
Bristol 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. Phil Smith, pictured, managing director of the region’s largest business organisation, described the statement as “a sombre, not flashy, affair” which reflected the...
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...
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s housing market measures in the Autumn Statement have been welcomed – but were seen as not going far enough to ease the homes crisis in cities like Bristol. Martin Blake, pictured right, director of Keynsham-based estate agency Andrews’ land & new homes division, approved of the commitment to release £1.4bn...
Chancellor Philip Hammond presented his first Autumn Statement this afternoon. 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,...
Bruton Knowles, the national commercial property agency, has appointed experienced chartered building surveyor James Leeks to its Bristol-based building constancy team. James was the national head of building consultancy at ES Group, responsible for a team of 14 chartered surveyors, prior to its acquisition by Lambert Smith Hampton acquisition,...
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