A pioneering energy-based net zero housing policy being introduced by Bath & North East Somerset Council has been slammed as ‘undeliverable’ by the building industry’s trade association. The council has become the first in England to successfully adopt the move, which it sees as part of its commitment to tackling the climate emergency. It...
Barclays has appointed James Jordan as head of mid-corporate to lead its mid-corporate market team in the South West. James, pictured, has joined from HSBC UK, where he spent more than two decades in a variety of senior roles across its corporate and commercial divisions, including area commercial director for Bath for Bristol. More recently he led...
Financial planning firm Chilvester has more than doubled its office space by relocating in a move that also gives it ample room to expand. The company, which oversees client investments of £100m-plus, has upped sticks from Calne, where it was founded in 1999, to Chippenham to set it up for growth. Its new premises at Avon Reach on...
Firms are being encouraged to help staff develop their numeracy skills by signing up to a new national training initiative delivered locally by Bath College in partnership with Bath & North East Somerset Council. Called Multiply, the national Skills for Life initiative has been designed to support businesses to invest in their workforce. The...
National engineering consultancy Rodgers Leask has appointed Dave Bathurst as regional director as it aims to increase its presence in the South West. Dave, pictured, has joined to head the firm’s civil engineering team in Bristol, with Rodgers Leask saying he would be using his extensive international track record of working in different disciplines, sectors...
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Council chiefs have pledged that Bath’s new Fashion Museum will still go ahead despite the project failing to secure any investment from the government’s ‘levelling-up’ fund. Bath & North East Somerset Council had bid for £20m – more than half the project’s total budget – through the controversial scheme, which has been widely criticised...
The owners of Bath’s SouthGate shopping centre have hailed the decision by two major retailers to move there as a sign that the city is weathering the icy economic conditions. Fashion retail chain Zara has agreed to open a 32,000 sq ft store in SouthGate, pictured, – the brand’s first outlet in the city...
Eleven of the most luxurious suites at Bath’s five-star Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa have been refurbished. The work, masterminded by Paulton-based interior design group Clayton & Company, has created a contemporary, stylish feel while respecting the building’s historic Georgian past and celebrating the classic architecture, grand fireplaces and intricate mouldings, the Grade I listed hotel said. Each of the suites at the 45-bedroom Georgian...
Bath’s Olive Tree Restaurant has been ranked among the UK’s top 100 best dining establishments in a unique guide. The restaurant, pictured, part of Bath’s multi award-winning Queensberry Hotel on Russel Street, appears at number 90 in the latest Harden’s guide. The publication, now in its 32nd edition, is now the only UK restaurant...
