Updated plans for Bath’s long-awaited new office quarter have been unveiled to the city’s business community to coincide with the appointment of insurance giant Legal & General as development partner on part of the scheme. Dozens of representatives of businesses from across the city were given a brief overview of progress on the Bath...
Bath-based luxury hotels group Andrew Brownsword Hotels is to re-open Minster Mill in the Cotswolds next week following a £4.5m refurbishment. The group, which owns 13 upmarket venues across the UK, acquired Minster Mill, pictured, near Oxford in 2016 from the De Savary family, who had operated it and sister property The Old Swan...
A Bath guest house described as “outstanding” has come onto the market with a £1.3m price tag. Hill House on Belvedere has been owned and run by Harry Tedstone, who chairs BIGHA, the Bath Independent Guest House Association, and Douglas Yeates for just over seven years. A former pub, it was completely renovated in 2011...
More than 300 guests are expected to attend Bath & North East Somerset Council’s inaugural Our Young Stars Awards ceremony next week. The awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of the area’s extraordinary young people. More than 70 nominations were received and the 15 finalists – along with parents, guardians, friends and nominators – have...
The team behind Bath’s exclusive personal training service HEALTH has officially opened the doors to CLASS, the city’s newest health and fitness offering. The boutique fitness studio is part of the Bath Riverside development – and according to developer Crest Nicholson is helping re-define the area. The members-only fitness studios on the ground floor of Sovereign...
An innovative approach to bringing high-speed internet to the sprawling Bowood country estate by Westbury-based IT provider Priority has saved it thousands of pounds. The 4,000-acre Bowood Estate near Chippenham already had a high-speed service for its hotel, spa & golf resort but needed to extend it to the estate side of the business – which...
Regional estate agent and property group Andrews’ group chief financial officer Nick Wright has retired after 32 years with the business. Nick, pictured, joined Keynsham-headquartered Andrews when it relocated its head office from London in 1987. At the age of 27, he was the firm’s youngest ever director and, aside from the original directors...
Women in Property, the group that creates opportunities and inspires change for women working in the property and construction industry, has appointed Ros Trotman as its new South West chair. Ros, pictured, is an expert in planning matters in the Bristol office of regional law firm Thrings and has been on Women in Property’s...
Bath’s economy is to get a £32m shot in the arm to develop its much-needed Bath Quays North office scheme and create a state-of-the-art training hub to meet the city’s growing demand for hospitality and catering skills. Some £30.9m of the funding will go towards creating around 200,000 sq ft of offices at Bath...
Regional law firm Mogers Drewett has expanded its commercial property team with the appointment of Richard Pike as a new partner in its Bath office. Richard, pictured, joins from rival Thrings’ base in the city, where he worked for more than three years. Richard has extensive experience in commercial property law, with a particular...
