Thrings, the regional law firm with a base in Bath, has restated its commitment to the London legal market by relocating its office there to a prime City location. The firm, which has had a base in the capital since 2007, has signed a 10-year lease on 5,640 sq ft (523 sq m) of...
Bristol Airport today announced that Southampton Airport managing director Dave Lees has been appointed as its new chief executive officer. Mr Lees, pictured, will take up his new role on August 1. He has also served as operations director and planning & development director at Southampton Airport, which has achieved record passenger numbers and...
Bath’s economy is set for a boost this summer when 100 individually decorated owl sculptures descend on the city in its third – and most ambitious – public arts sculpture trail. Minerva’s Owls of Bath 2018 will be brought to the area by the same team behind the enormously popular King Bladud’s Pigs in...
Long-awaited efforts to improve the economy of the Midsomer Norton area have been given a double boost. High-quality, flexible workspace for expanding local firms is to be available at the former Great Mills head office at Old Mills, pictured, following the appointment of Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, as manager. And the...
The UK’s first app-only energy brand Pure Planet has relocated to Bath from Bristol as it prepares for a period of rapid growth. The firm, which was launched in Bristol last spring by some of the UK mobile telecoms industry’s most experienced executives, said it was attracted to Bath by the city’s “dynamic tech...
Energy management firm SMARTech energy has been awarded accreditation for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace. The Corsham-based firm gained the award from Alcumus SafeContractor, a leading third-party accreditation scheme which recognises extremely rigorous standards in health and safety management among contractors. SMARTech energy, founded by Stuart Pearce in 2014, offers...
Cats Protection, the UK’s largest feline welfare charity, is on the prowl across the South West for a suitable location for a major ‘department store’ and donation centre to serve the region. The charity has 120 charity shops nationwide – 19 of them in the South West – with the money raised from them...
Cambridge House, the upmarket Bath city centre serviced office, has reached 90% occupancy just six months after opening. The 13,000sq ft centre, pictured, on Henry Street is operator Clarendon’s first outside its heartland of London and the South East – and has proved among its most successful. Now it is planning a...
The Roman Baths & Pump Room and Lucknam Park Hotel have each nabbed a hat-trick of accolades at the region’s top tourism industry awards. And with fine dining restaurant Menu Gordon Jones, specialist travel firm Foot Trails and the American Museum in Britain also among the medal winners, it was a highly successful...
Bath-based Halsall Construction says it is now in the in the top echelon of its industry following a 23% increase in annual turnover to £33m. The rise, for the year to the end of 2017, follows a 34% jump in turnover in 2016. The firm, based at Peasedown St John, also achieved a threefold...
