A new commercial development in central Bath will offer a unique opportunity for businesses looking for a prime city centre location when it opens next month. The unit, pictured, on John Street between Queen Square and Milsom Street is being developed by city-based firm Longacre. It is currently under construction and due for completion...
The owner of a former council office block-turned-tech hub has invested in the latest fibre infrastructure as the building nears full occupancy. Bewley House in Chippenham, pictured, has become a key part of North Wiltshire’s burgeoning tech sector, attracting tenants such as Canadian software company Descartes Systems Group, global technology giant Siemens and international...
Bath City FC has stressed the community benefits of the regeneration scheme for its ground at Twerton ahead of the plans going before councillors early next year. The club not only says the decision is crucial to its long-term future at Twerton Park, where it has played since 1932, but for the community in...
International engineering practice BuroHappold’s Bath head office has celebrated the arrival of the festive season with a five-storey animation projected onto the side of the building. Following the huge success of last year, when the windows of its Lower Bristol Road HQ were used to turn it into a giant Advent calendar, partner and...
Bath-based landscape architect Grant Associates has rebranded with a new website which aims to express the creative, collaborative and pioneering approach of the award-winning practice. The firm also said the new look – which was designed entirely by Bath creative agencies – reflects its renewed mission to respond to the climate and biodiversity emergency...
Business organisations have welcomed the stability that the landslide Conservative General Election victory will bring – but question marks remain over the kind of Brexit deal a Boris Johnson-led government will strike. Business West, the South West’s largest business group which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce and the Bath & North East Somerset Initiative,...
Commercial property and investment company LCP has opened a South West office as it looks to continue to grow across the region. The office in Bristol will be led by Adam Martin, pictured, who joins LCP as an associate director from Knight Frank, where he was head of South West Lease Advisory and worked...
Some of the Bath area’s top tourism venues have spoken of their delight at being among the big winners at a prestigious regional awards scheme. Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, based just outside the city at Colerne, received five awards at the Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards 2019 while the Roman Baths won...
The Singapore-based hotel investor aiming to transform Bath’s Royal Mineral Water Hospital into an upmarket hotel and spa has modified the design ahead of applying for planning permission. Fragrance Group has submitted its plans for the redundant Grade-II*-listed Min, pictured, to Bath & North East Somerset Council having changed the appearance of a new...
A pioneering campaign to help firms in the South West prepare for life outside the European Union has earned a major national award for Business West, the region’s biggest business support organisation. Recognising that Brexit represents the single most radical transformation in the way that British businesses trade for decades, Business West – which...
