Property specialist Carter Jonas has appointed three new members of staff to its West valuation team. Rupert Williams joins as a senior associate and becomes one of four surveyors in the team based at the firm’s Bath office. A Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Rupert was previously a partner in a...
Former Bath law firm partner Yvette Morcombe has been appointed by specialist property practice Hoffman Male to head its newly-opened Bristol office. Yvette, pictured, a conveyancing solicitor with more than 20 years’ experience, worked at Mowbray Woodwards in Bath between 2006 and 2008. She has also worked as an in-house property lawyer at McLean...
Bath firms are being urged to consider export opportunities in high-growth Gulf markets at an event today. UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the UK Government department that helps companies succeed in the global economy, is staging a UK-wide roadshow this month to introduce small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...
West accountants Milsted Langdon, which has an office in Bath, has merged with Geoff Gollop & Co, the practice owned by Bristol’s elected deputy mayor. Under the tie up, which completed last Friday, all staff and clients from Geoff Gollop & Co have transferred to Milsted Langdon’s Bristol office with Cllr Gollop himself joining...
Business Doctors, the UK’s fastest growing support service for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), has opened an operation covering Bath run by local businessman Richard Tidswell. Mr Tidswell, pictured, who lives in Bath, has been working in senior strategic roles for the utilities sector in recent years. As he gets under way, he is...
Monday June 03 INTERIMS GW Pharmaceuticals FINALS GB Group, Graphene NanoChem, Phoenix IT Group AGMS Billington Holdings, Fairpoint Group, Global Brands S.A, Steppe Cement Ltd, Verona Pharma UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS PMI Manufacturing (09:30) Halifax house price index Tuesday June 04 FINALS Acal, B.P. Marsh & Partners, Sepura, Severfield-Rowen, Software Radio Technology, Tricorn Group, VP,...
Home Grown Hotels, the group behind The Pig chain of upmarket hotels, has bought Hunstrete House near Bath for £5m from von Essen Hotels founder Andrew Davis. The 18th century Georgian hotel has been closed for two years following the administration of the Bath-based von Essen group. Hunstrete House, set in about 70 acres,...
A high-profile Bath city centre site controversially earmarked for redevelopment as a budget hotel is back on the market. The 1.23-acre site at Green Park is being marketed as having “potential for comprehensive redevelopment for a variety of uses”. Bath-based architecture practice Nash Partnership has been commissioned to undertake a feasibility study to establish...
West accountants Bishop Fleming’s tax practice has been hailed as the best in any regional firm in the country. The accolade was announced at the 2013 LexisNexis Taxation Awards at a black-tie ceremony attended by 700 tax professionals at London's Hilton Park Lane Hotel. Bishop Fleming, which has a large office in Bath, is...
Bath-based Cornish pasty retailer Pasty Presto is to expand its chain of outlets after securing bank finance of around £450,000. The rapidly-expanding firm already operates 28 shops across the country having recently opened in two new locations, including its first in the Lake District. It concentrates on high-end tourist destinations and includes outlets in...
