Thermae Bath Spa has boosted its offering to guests with the opening of its innovative new Wellness Suite to guests, which replaces its steam room pods. Owners YTL Hotels, part of the Malaysian YTL conglomerate that owns Wessex Water and the neighbouring Gainsborough Hotel, admitted last year that the pods were showing ‘wear and...
Business advisors covering Bath are poised to deal with a wide range of concerns impacting on their clients following the triggering of Article 50 – from employment to tariffs and tax. They say the major worry – and one that is already affecting some firms – is the uncertainty over the status of EU...
The CBI called today’s triggering of Article 50 a “pivotal moment in country’s history” but said early wins were needed in the negotiations with the EU to keep business on side. President Paul Drechsler said the Prime Minister’s commitment to free trade and European values should “hearten those around the table and set a...
Just over half of West of England firms are either ‘negative’ or ‘very negative’ about the UK leaving the single market and customs union, according to the latest survey by the region’s largest business organisation. Released to coincide with last week’s triggering of Article 50, the results of the Business West survey reveal a...
International property agency JLL has made two director-level appointments that will bring a new breadth of expertise to its South and Wales region residential development services team. James Petherick has joined as director of residential development, having been an associate in rival GVA’s Bristol office for almost 10 years. Chris Dadds arrives as a...
Bath is to get its first major build-to-rent (BTR) scheme under plans announced this week for a 171-apartment development on a mainly derelict site on the edge of the city centre. Insurance giant Legal & General is to create the scheme through its LGIM Real Assets division at Roseberry Place, off Lower Bristol Road....
Bath’s iconic Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases – better known as The Min – could be converted into a luxury hotel and apartment complex, according to the property agents who have just placed it on the market. The Grade II* listed building was designed by John Wood the Elder – the father of...
A rare high-quality office in a Georgian building in Bath city centre has come onto the market. The 1,340 sq ft office at Grade I listed 27 Gay Street is one of only a handful of prime central offices likely to become available this year, offering a business the chance to take space in...
Regional law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has advised on the sale of a Wiltshire building supplies firm in a move that has helped West of England builders’ merchants Kellaway continue its growth. Marlborough Building Supplies becomes Bristol-based Kellaway Building Supplies’ 13th branch and extends the group further into Wiltshire, where...
