Civil engineering and waste management firm M J Church has strengthened its management team with a number of new appointments. Fiona Powell has joined the Marshfield-based company as business information systems and technology manager, Terry O’Callaghan as recruitment and training manager and Carol Heneghan as marketing and business development manager. Also recently appointed are...
Keynsham-based property group Andrews’ use of social media and its commitment to local communities earned it a hat-trick of trophies at the prestigious Lettings Agency of the Year Awards. The firm, which has offices across the South of England, landed Bronze in the Large Lettings Agency of the Year category, where it came up...
Bath-based content marketing agency M2 Bespoke has been named among the finalists in a unique competition to find the region’s happiest workplace. M2, based in the beautiful surroundings of Stokewood House at Limpley Stoke, will now line up against four other firms – three from Bristol and one from Swindon – in the final...
Bosses running West of England firms are almost three times more likely to vote in favour of remaining in the EU than leave – with the gap between the two views widening over the past three months. The latest snap survey by Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – of its members...
Commercial property specialist Colliers International’s South West industrial & logistics team has been expanded in response to rising demand for warehouses. Over the past six months the Bristol-based team has been involved in a number of major deals including representing German supermarket group Lidl in its purchase of 33 acres at Avonmouth for a...
Bath brand consultancy The House has helped property management firm Touchstone, also based in the city, to refresh its brand by reimagining its purpose. Working closely with Touchstone’s senior leadership, The House helped redefine the company’s brand purpose as ‘turning rental units into homes’. This has energised Touchstone’s business strategy and sparked a full...
The views of employers in Bath and across the West of England are being sought on recruitment experiences, skills gaps and more to influence the area’s future skills strategy. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Annual Employer Skills Survey, is aligned to its vision to develop a local workforce with the skills...
Andrews, the Keynsham-headquartered property group, has appointed Ellie Donaghy to the role of area manager for its letting and management business across Bath, Bristol and Midsomer Norton. Ellie, pictured, has worked at Andrews for nine years, having joined as a trainee negotiator. She was most recently district manager for Gloucestershire while also managing the...
The Bath Economic Question Time debate gave the city’s business leaders the chance to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Bath as well as get an update on the UK economy. The event, staged by law firm Withy King in association with accountants Bishop Fleming at the Macdonald Bath Spa Hotel, heard from HSBC’s...
Bath’s political leaders should be more courageous in their vision for the city or risk holding it back, according to senior business figures. A dearth of grade A office space and a lack of support for independent retailers were among the factors preventing the city achieving its potential, guests at the recent Bath Economic...
