Bath firms considering doing business in China this year – or those already trading there – are being urged to take part in the region’s largest Chinese New Year reception and banquet. Organised by the Bristol & West of England China Bureau, the event brings together business leaders, key figures from the Chinese business...
Thousands of businesses across Bath & North East Somerset are to be connected to an ultrafast full-fibre broadband network that promises some of the UK’s fastest speeds. The project is the result of a £10.3m investment deal signed by publicly funded body Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) with Oxfordshire-based ultrafast broadband provider Gigaclear. It...
As we approach the end of another eventful year for business, Phil Smith, managing director of Business West – the regional organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce – looks back at the highs and lows of 2017. After a tumultuous 2016, many of us were perhaps expecting 2017 to be something like the...
Obsolete office space in Bath city centre has been transformed into luxury holiday and short-term let apartments in a move that will strengthen the city’s high-end tourist offering. The redevelopment of 4-5 Westgate Buildings by Bath-based property developer Kersfield has created 17 upmarket studio and one-bedroom apartments arranged over three floors above a Tesco...
Keynsham-based estate agency and property group Andrews’ chairman Jim Glover is standing down next week after serving two terms in the post over a period of six years. He will be succeeded by Steven Esom, who has had a long career mainly in the retail sector. During his time in the role, Jim...
Bath-based commercial property developer HPH has completed an extensive refurbishment of its Chippenham office scheme Bewley House and now has 2,680 sq ft of high-quality space to let. The 21,485 sq ft town centre building, pictured – the former headquarters of North Wiltshire District Council – was acquired by HPH in 2000 and...
Tenants have been signed up for four units at a new retail scheme in Radstock five months before it will be finished – leaving just one still to let. Contractors moved in onto the former Charlton’s Timber Yard on Frome Road at the end of last month – with handover to the new occupiers...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its South West building consultancy division with the appointment of David Bridges as an associate director. David, pictured, arrives after six years in LSH’s Northampton office, where he worked across the full spectrum of building consultancy services. He joined the firm as a graduate in...
The South West will be one of the UK’s fastest-growing regions over the next three years, according to new research. The region, with a growth rate of 1.7%, will lag behind the South East (2%) and the West Midlands (1.8%), but will still outperform Northern regions, Wales and Scotland. The analysis by accountancy firm...
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has made five promotions in its Bath offices, including Sharon Hunter and Tom Lowe to associate partner. Sharon joined the firm in 2011 and has more than 12 years’ experience in the property industry. Based in its Wood Street branch in the city centre, she specialises in all aspects...
