Property

Cat charity looking for ‘purrfect’ location for new-style department store

February 8, 2018
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Cat charity looking for ‘purrfect’ location for new-style department store

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...

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Sky-high success of Bath’s new ‘five-star’ serviced office as it prepares to open roof terrace

February 8, 2018
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Sky-high success of Bath’s new ‘five-star’ serviced office as it prepares to open roof terrace

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...

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Epic night for Bath venues large and small in South West Tourism Excellence Awards

February 4, 2018
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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...

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Further strong growth at Halsall earns it place alongside larger rivals for new contracts

February 3, 2018
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Further strong growth at Halsall earns it place alongside larger rivals for new contracts

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...

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Bath hoteliers promise ‘exciting new projects’ after selling flagship Abbey Hotel

February 3, 2018
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Bath hoteliers promise ‘exciting new projects’ after selling flagship Abbey Hotel

Bath’s four-star Abbey Hotel has been sold to US-UK group KE Hotels by owners Ian and Christa Taylor, with the couple saying they will use the proceeds to fund ‘exciting’ new projects. The sale of the 62-bedroom hotel, pictured, for an undisclosed sum, leaves the Taylors’ Kaleidoscope Collection with just one establishment, No.15 Great...

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Fun and games – but also work – designed into robot developer’s new head office by Interaction

February 1, 2018
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Fun and games – but also work – designed into robot developer’s new head office by Interaction

Bath-based workspace design firm Interaction has developed a highly creative headquarters for innovative robot developer Reach as it prepares for further growth.   Interaction, which works with businesses in sectors spanning banking, finance and professional services to marketing, tech and engineering, worked with Bristol-based Reach to come up with a space that combines practical...

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Former Herman Miller ‘blue building’ gets new lease of life as defence warehouse for Wincanton

February 1, 2018
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Former Herman Miller ‘blue building’ gets new lease of life as defence warehouse for Wincanton

Logistics group Wincanton has leased the high-profile former Herman Miller distribution base in Chippenham to fulfil a new defence-related contract on behalf of a leading customer. The 79,000 sq ft building, pictured – a stone’s throw from Wincanton’s Chippenham headquarters – was designed for the iconic office furniture group by leading contemporary architect Sir...

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New members of LEP board appointed from among area’s top business leaders

January 27, 2018
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New members of LEP board appointed from among area’s top business leaders

Twelve leading individuals from the West of England’s business community have joined the board of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).  The appointments, made at the LEP’s meeting on Wednesday, will boost it in bringing together representatives from business and universities with elected leaders to shape and develop the region’s future. LEP chair Prof Steve...

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Andrews offloads profitable but ‘non-core’ chartered surveying business to The SimplyBiz Group

January 26, 2018
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Andrews offloads profitable but ‘non-core’ chartered surveying business to The SimplyBiz Group

Estate agent and property group Andrews has sold its surveying business Landmark Chartered Surveyors for an undisclosed sum to The SimplyBiz Group. Keynsham-based Andrews said the jobs of all 55 staff would be protected in the sale to the Huddersfield-based group, which since its launch in 2002 has become the UK’s largest provider of...

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Lack of office space will remain major challenge for Bath, says property market analysis

January 19, 2018
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Lack of office space will remain major challenge for Bath, says property market analysis

Investment in Bath’s commercial property market is continuing to grow strongly but businesses are increasingly being hit by the ongoing severe shortage of new office space, according to new research. Regional property agents Alder King’s influential annual Market Monitor shows Bath’s commercial property sector outperformed many other towns and cities across the South West...

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