Independent design-led housebuilder Backhouse has sold the first homes at its landmark residential development in Somerset as it looks to shake up the market and create vibrant communities. Box-based Backhouse was founded in 2016 by former City investment banker Theodore Backhouse and ex-Devonshire Homes MD Steve Russell with a mission to develop aspirational...
Regional estate agent and property group Andrews has given a boost to a youth homelessness charity following a Christmas appeal. Keynsham-based Andrews’ ‘Jolly Good Christmas’ campaign invited any customer booking a valuation or mortgage appointment in December to vote for one of three charities that Andrews already worked with closely. The firm, known for...
Bath can become an international centre of excellence for financial services by playing to its strengths as a great place to live and run a business, a new sector group has heard. Launched last night to industry leaders, the Bath Financial Forum aims to grow the city’s reputation as fertile ground for finance firms. ...
Construction work is to start this spring on the first new major office development in Bath city centre for three decades – paving the way for the creation of a long-awaited new business quarter for the city. Building group BAM was this week appointed as main contractor for the 45,000 sq ft office scheme...
Firms across the West of England will be left on the wrong side of the ‘digital divide’ unless the government takes action to improve connectivity and pave the way for powerful 5G networks. The warning came this week from the CBI, which fears that, with Brexit dominating the political landscape, the need for an...
Bath businesses will be able to celebrate the Chinese New Year and look ahead to building improved trade links with the country at the regional China Bureau’s annual banquet later this month. The gala on February 27 has become a key event in the business calendar and this time marks the start of the...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has strengthened its South West team with the appointment of senior planning specialist Alan Pearce. Alan, pictured, joins LSH’s Bristol office as director of planning and development for the South West and Wales. In his new role he will focus on developing a full planning function across...
Far-reaching plans to link Bath with Bristol using a ‘high-frequency mass transit’ scheme are being drawn up to help ease the economic impact of traffic congestion on businesses across the West of England. The ambitious scheme, likely to be more than a decade away even if it gets the green light, would tie in...
Conferences and events worth more than £1m were brought to Bath by The Apex City of Bath Hotel in 2018 – its first full year of trading. The 177-bedroom hotel on James Street West opened in August 2017. The £50m property is the Bath’s largest hotel and only purpose-built city centre conference venue with...
The organisation tasked with helping shape the economic future of the West of England is hoping to attract more businesswomen to join its board to go some way to address its major gender imbalance. Out of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) 18 board members, just two are women. Now, as the...
