Bath residents have for the first time received their annual council tax bills via a local postal delivery service that uses bicycles rather than vans. Docmail Local Post, owned by Radstock-based regulated postal operator CFH, has just finished delivering 35,000 items to residents in BA1 and BA2 – entirely by bike. The firm has...
The NHS is to take office space in Bewley House, Chippenham, in a deal that means the former headquarters of North Wiltshire District Council is fully occupied again. Wiltshire NHS Primary Care Trust has signed a 10-year lease with Bewley House owners, based-based HPH Commercial Property, for the entire first floor of the building....
City of Bath College has teamed up with social housing group Curo to open a pioneering city centre venue that aims to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs. The Adult Enterprise Centre, on the ground floor of Rosewell Court in Kingsmead Square, was officially opened by Bath MP Don Foster. The result of a...
Property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle has expanded its Bath team with the appointment of valuation expert Richard Clark. Richard, pictured, has joined as director in the valuation advisory team after a 13-year stint at rival DTZ in Bristol providing commercial and residential valuation advice. He specialises in the provision of valuation advice to banks...
Bath comedy club Komedia has been named Best Venue in Wales and the West in the Chortle Comedy Awards 2013 – the third time it has landed the prize. The awards, which celebrate the best of British comedy, took place at the Café de Paris in London’s Leicester Square and were hosted by Jo...
First Great Western is to continue running rail services between the West and London for another three years under a franchise extension announced today by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin. The train operator had previously been granted a six-month extension until October following the fallout from the West Coast franchise debacle last year. First Great...
Thrings, the M4 corridor law firm with a major office in Bath, has recruited Jane Oakland as a partner in its corporate team. Jane joins from the Bristol office of rival Clarke Willmott, where she was a corporate partner. She brings more than 20 years’ corporate experience in acquisition and disposal, strategic planning, reorganisation,...
Invest in Bristol and Bath, the recently-formed inward investment body for the West region, is reviewing important leads received at the world’s top property fair. The body created a show-stealing, 50 sq m mural at its stand at MIPIM in Cannes earlier this month to grab attention for the range of opportunities presented by...
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Shares in West luxury leather goods brand Mulberry fell sharply today after it announced weaker-than-expected trading in the post-Christmas period. The Chilcompton-based group, whose bags are regularly photographed on the arms of A-list celebrities, said the fall-off in sales meant revenues and pre-profit for the year ending March 31 were now expected to be...
