By Matt Cross, head of inward investment, Invest Bristol and Bath. Business leaders, students, visitors and residents are the most powerful, passionate and authentic advocates of any town or city. People who live and breathe Bristol and Bath get the message across better than any other form of advertising or promotion. Why is that?...
Property consultancy Carter Jonas has recruited two graduate surveyors, bringing staffing in its Bath office to 30. Amy Percy has joined the valuations department while Adam Smith, 23, is working with the building consultancy team. Amy, 21, pictured right, who went to Sheldon School in Chippenham and studied property agency and management at the...
Plans for Bath’s first underground home parking system have been approved in a move city-based firm Cardok UK hopes will drive a home parking revolution in the area. The pioneering system, featuring a space-saving Cardok hydraulic car lift, is included in plans for a new five-bedroom home in Hermitage Road which have been given...
Bath firms remain optimistic about their prospects despite official figures showing the economy slowing, according to the area’s largest business organisation. UK gross domestic product (GDP) increased by a lower than expected 0.5% between July and September compared to growth of 0.7% in the previous three months, this week’s figures from the Office for...
The South West office of property advisory firm CBRE has strengthened its team with the appointment of Jason Herbert as regional director of retail. Jason, pictured, brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge of the regional market, having previously worked at Hartnell Taylor Cook in Bristol for 13 years. In his role...
Draco Pub Co, the group that has transformed three former West Country coaching inns into award-winning upmarket pubs, is set for ambitious expansion after securing £4m in a refinancing deal with Barclays. The Pilton-based business already has a fourth property lined up for conversion following the runaway success of its three previous projects, which...
The redevelopment of Bath’s historic Twerton Mill has been completed, creating a state-of-the-art student housing complex for the city’s burgeoning student population. The £16.6m project has 330 bedrooms in a mixture of studios, en-suite clusters and townhouses for students, which will free up scarce privately rented accommodation in Bath for families. Work began on...
Bath-based housing organisation Curo has started construction work on a collection of family homes in Devizes. The development in Drew’s Meadow includes two, three and four-bedroom properties, which are being built for sale. Curo, a not-for-profit housing and support organisation, has a strong track record of building new homes across the West of England,...
The growing trend for staff to work away from their offices is presenting a health and safety risk for their employers, according to a Bath-based ergonomics consultancy. Dr Dave Usher, pictured, of InterAction of Bath, which advises industry and the military, says because businesses are unable to control or monitor home working environments, there...
Bath-based Regency Offices has increased its portfolio of properties in the city to eight following a deal on a newly refurbished building in Gay Street. Regency Offices, which already occupies a neighbouring property in Gay Street, has leased its new building from owner Bath-based developer HPH, which extensively refurbished it. It already has two...
