The Institute of Directors South West regional chairman Nick Sturge has been appointed to the organisation’s national council as it seeks to ensure that a range of voices from across business are heard as Brexit unfolds. Nick Sturge, pictured, the co-founder and director of Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub, is one of a number of...
Bath and the West of England are being promoted as a financial services hotspot capable of attracting major international investment while also playing a lead role in the UK’s emerging financial technology (fintech) industry. The area is being showcased as one of nine UK ‘financial centres of excellence’ by the Government as it looks...
Bath Racecourse has officially opened its new Langridge Grandstand – completing the multi-million pound redevelopment that has made it one of the country’s leading racing venues. The three-storey building is set to become an instant landmark thanks to its exclusive roof garden, which offers visitors an unrivalled viewing spot on race days and is...
A beautiful rural setting, dogs in the offices and weekly Google-style lunches have earned content marketing agency M2 Bespoke the title of Baths Happiest Workplace. The prestigious award was handed to the Limpley Stoke-based firm, at a special ceremony in Chippenham on Wednesday. Judges in the contest – staged by Bristol-based workplace and interior...
The region’s largest business organisation, Business West, has called for “stability, clarity and action” from the Government after official figures showed a small rise in unemployment across the South West and fears grow of an economic slowdown. The number of people out of work and claiming benefit edged up by 8,000 – or 0.2%...
Plans have been submitted for a new state-of-the-art home for the City of Bath Sea Cadets to safeguard the long-running charity and community organisation’s future. Its existing headquarters in St John’s Road need urgent and extensive repairs. The new bespoke facility planned for the site would ensure the Cadets remain in the city centre in a riverside...
Permission has been granted by Bath & North East Somerset Council for construction work to begin on the new 117-bedroom Hotel Indigo. The boutique hotel is being reshaped from Pratt’s Hotel and The Halcyon and the former Circo nightclub in Grade I listed Georgian buildings on South Parade. The site was acquired by St...
Budget hotel group Travelodge is to open its third hotel in Bath after gaining planning permission to convert a former office building in Westgate Buildings. International real estate investment manager Savills Investment Management secured approval from Bath & North East Somerset Council for the 56-bed hotel on behalf of the Charities Property Fund (CPF). ...
Nash Partnership, the West of England built environment design, planning and regeneration consultancy, has recruited three experienced members to its team. Ciaran Andrews, Paul Miller and Richard Mather-Jones have joined the practice’s Bath and Bristol studios, bringing with them a wealth of experience of working with public and private sector clients. Ciaran joins the practice’s...
Nearly £34,000 was raised for charity when Keynsham-based building contractor Dribuild staged its annual summer afternoon of racing at Bath Racecourse. The firm hosted the event, which attracted businesses from across the South West, as part of its fundraising programme for Bristol hospital charity Above & Beyond, its Charity of the Year. The company...
