National property agency Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its South West office by appointing specialist surveyor Steve Puddicombe as senior director. Steve joins the project management & consultancy team in Bristol from JLL, where he led the Bristol building consultancy team for five years – a role he also performed at King Sturge for...
Business leaders from Bath and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar, attracting hundreds of senior businessmen...
Bath College is setting up a business academy to give students valuable industry experience at top companies across the region. More than 30 companies have been invited to attend the launch of the Bath Academy of Business at Bath College next Thursday (Sept 29). The evening will bring together potential partners and students who...
Bath Business Show has announced its full seminar programme offering a wealth of invaluable advice and inspirational support for the city’s entrepreneurs. All the show’s seminars are free to attend and places can now be booked online. The speakers have been chosen to inspire as well as deliver wisdom. Among them is James Buckley...
The Archway Project at the Roman Baths, which received planning permission earlier this month, has passed a major funding milestone with a donation from charitable grant-making foundation. The Garfield Weston Foundation has given a £75,000 grant to the project, which includes a new learning centre for the Roman Baths and a world heritage centre. London-based Garfield Weston...
The founder of renewable energy group Good Energy has slammed the government’s decision to go ahead with the much-delayed Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project. Juliet Davenport OBE, who built Chippenham-based Good Energy from scratch in 1999 into one of the largest businesses of its kind with a £37m market value, described the green...
The Archway Project, which includes a new learning centre for the Roman Baths, has been granted full planning permission and listed building consent. The complex, which includes an underground link to the nearby Baths, will also include a much-needed world heritage centre. The learning centre in Swallow Street will be a fully accessible state-of-the-art...
Property group Andrews has expanded its presence in Bath by acquiring City Central Lettings, the long-established, independent letting agency. Under the deal, more than 100 landlords on City Central Lettings’ books have been transferred to Andrews’ Bath Central branch. Andrews Lettings & Management managing director David Westgate said: “Over the last 17 years, City Central...
The former general manager of the Bath Priory hotel has returned to the West of England to take up a similar role at a luxury hotel in Wiltshire. Sue Williams will start at Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa, the exclusive five-star hotel near Malmesbury, later this month. Sue, pictured, is highly respected in the hospitality industry and...
Business leaders have welcomed the government’s historic decision to go ahead with the £18bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, saying it will create a huge economic boost for the West of England and lead to thousands of new jobs. The final decision after years of delays – and a further pause of several...
