Bath Business Improvement District (BID) has appointed former Cardiff city centre manager Louise Prynne as its new chief executive as it prepares to bring in new initiatives under its second term. Louise, pictured, took up her duties on Monday, just over two months after city centre firms approved another five-year term in a ballot....
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Plans for 95 homes on former Royal High School land in the Landown area of Bath have been given outline approval. The site, known as The Chill, is next to the former MoD Ensleigh north site, which is itself being redeveloped for housing. Bath-based regeneration practice Nash Partnership has masterminded The Chill scheme to...
Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo is to launch a programme of activities for 100 vulnerable young people who are not in education, employment or training after securing finance from a special fund run by NatWest. The Working Well programme will aim to improve participants’ wellbeing and employability through coaching in cooking, employment goals,...
Regional law firm Thrings has bolstered its commercial property offering with the appointment of Richard Pike as associate solicitor based in its Bath office. A highly-experienced commercial property specialist, Richard, pictured, joins from Swindon law firm Clark Holt having previously practised for eight years in the City with Shepherd and Wedderburn and in-house at...
Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week, David Munday, practice manager at DKA Architects, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched? I’m a huge fan of iTunes movies and Netflix so rarely venture to...
Bath businesses have supported the launch of a new book by local author and Homes under the Hammer presenter Martin Roberts to help vulnerable primary school children who may be suffering abuse or neglect. A free copy of Sadsville, written in support of the NSPCC Schools Programme, will go to every primary school child...
Bath architectural firm Nash Partnership’s urban design director Amanda Taylor has been appointed to a national network of design experts. Amanda is one of 150 professionals recruited recently as the first of 400 built environment experts (BEEs) by Design Council Cabe. She is one of just 22 to have been appointed in this round...
Sorbus International, the Frome-based firm supplying specialist and hi-tech equipment to the arboriculture, forestry and environmental care industries, has expanded into larger premises as the result of a new finance package with Barclays. The new 7,000 sq ft base includes bespoke offices, showroom and warehouse with room for further expansion. The new showroom also...
A sustainable transport project at Bath’s Riverside regeneration area that has exceeded its targets for the past three years has won the West of England’s top green travel award. The project, led by developer Crest Nicholson, took Gold at the Travelwest Sustainable Travel Business Awards, which recognise firms that go the extra mile to...
