Bath Ales has officially opened its flagship Graze Bar, Brewery & Chophouse in the city’s new Vaults development. At more than 5,000 sq ft and with capacity to serve 140 diners at a time, it is the independent brewer’s largest outlet yet. Graze Bath is also the first time the brewer has included a...
Handelsbanken, the fast-growing Swedish-owned bank with more than 140 UK branches, is to open a regional head office in Bristol. The soon-to-open base will support an expanding network of local branches across the region which offer bespoke banking services to corporate and individual customers. The South West is the fourth region to be established in the...
Bath law firm Withy King has launched a trust company to act as executors of wills and trustees of trusts as well as to manage the financial, property, social and welfare affairs of clients who are no longer able to manage their own affairs. Withy King Trust Company will fulfil many roles, including acting...
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Work is underway on the £600,000 project to create a new, larger lounge at Bristol Airport. When it opens next spring the Aspire by Servisair lounge will be 50% larger than the existing lounge and offer an improved service for business and leisure passengers with greater levels of comfort in a stylishly-designed environment. Kitchen...
Former dentist Dr Chris Evans has joined Bath law firm Withy King’s dental negligence practice on the back of rising numbers of complaints from unhappy patients. Dr Evans, pictrured, who worked as a dentist for 14 years before qualifying as a solicitor, has joined Withy King as it deals with more than 50 inquiries...
Budding young entrepreneurs are being offered help to start up in business thanks to a new scheme launched in the South West. The Start-Up Loans scheme aims to help anyone aged between 18 and 24 years old to ‘free the business in you’. The £82.5m national scheme was launched by the Government and Dragons’...
Aldermore Bank has appointed Paul Bowden as regional sales manager in its invoice finance team. Paul, pictured, joins the newly-established Bristol-based team, which is headed by regional director David Parsons and provides local businesses with financial help to manage their cashflow and facilitate their future expansion. Paul joins from Bibby Financial Services where he...
Firms could move out of Chippenham – taking with them much-needed jobs – if the future of the town’s major redevelopment area remains uncertain, local businesses are warning. The Central Chippenham Partnership (CCP), the consortium seeking to redevelop the high-profile 54-acre site, which includes the industrial area of Langley Park and the Hathaway Retail...
British Retail Consortium director general Stephen Robertson is to join Business West as chairman next month. The business support and advice organisation – which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce – has also appointed two new directors. Stephen, pictured, who is also non-executive director of Bristol-based FTSE-100 financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown and retail chain...
