Nearly half of all small shops in the South West could be forced to close down without business rate relief, according to a major new report into the state of the region’s high streets. Business rates remain a “huge burden” on small retailers, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), which commissioned the research. ...
A charity campaign to raise vital funds to improve access to Bath’s vital parks and green spaces has signed up its first key business partner. Your Park Bristol & Bath launched the Reimagining Parks scheme in May following a report that revealed a third of the population across the two cities struggle to access their local park. ...
One of the top-rated inns in the Bath area has been put onto the market with a £95,000 price tag. The Wheelwright Arms, pictured, in the village of Monkton Combe three miles south of Bath was described as the quintessential English village pub but with the added attraction of a large garden by property...
One of the UK’s fastest-growing industrial and commercial refurbishment specialist firms is expanding into Bath and the West of England after making a high-profile appointment. Inco Contracts, which already has offices in the North West, South East and West Midlands, has appointed experienced construction specialist Adam Bidhendy as its South West director. The firm...
Plans to create up to 1,300 jobs on a major regeneration site near Bath have taken a step forward, with the regional combined authority approving £9m to pay for infrastructure projects. The funds will help unlock access to the Somer Valley Enterprise Zone (SVEZ), a 13.5-hectare greenfield site on the western edge of Midsomer...
Bath-headquartered restaurant and food retail group Walcot Group has snapped up an historic pub in the city as it continues its expansion. The group, which opened the 150-cover Walcot House on Walcot Street in 2019, has major plans for new addition The White Hart in Widcombe, pictured. Built in the 1700s, the grade II-listed...
A Bath luxury boutique bed and breakfast with the potential to be “a very profitable business” has come onto the market. Dorian House, a large, converted Victorian house in Upper Oldfield Park, pictured, is being sold by property agents Christie & Co off a guide price of £2.5m. The property, which has14 en-suite guest bedrooms,...
Bath’s long-awaited Quays North development is to be revised to include space for research, innovation and enterprise under a new link-up between Bath & North East Somerset Council and the University of Bath. The university said the partnership would boost the creation of start-up and spin-out businesses, attract more investment to the city and...
Global defence consulting firm BMT is to relocate its Bath staff to the city’s No.1 Bath Quays office building, making it the third firm to take space in the flagship development. BMT, which has two offices a stone’s throw away on Lower Bristol Road, joins financial services consultancy and software provider Altus and chartered...
The West of England’s economy is forecast to grow faster over the next five years than any other part of the UK outside London, according to two new reports. The region, along with South Wales, will achieve economic expansion of 1.4% a year between now and 2029, according to the analysis commissioned by the...
