A sustainable new building on a residential activity centre is in the running for a regional property award – with its lightweight steel roof supplied by Chippenham firm Metrotile UK contributing to its success. The accommodation block on PGL’s Liddington Campus near Swindon has been nominated for the South West LABC Building Excellence Awards...
The chief executive of Bath-based management consultancy Nine Feet Tall is among eight business leaders who have today been appointed to the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s board to help drive its growth ambitions. Esther McMorris is one of five new representatives who join three reappointed members on the newly formed LEP board,...
Keynsham’s recently opened Civic Centre has been named as the best corporate workplace in the South West, Thames Valley and South Wales by the British Council for Offices (BCO). The building, pictured, which replaced a number of outdated 1960s buildings in the town centre, won the award in the BCO’s regional property sector awards...
A design team led by Bath landscape architects Grant Associates has been shortlisted for a major contract in Singapore. The team is one of five in the running to develop an overall concept master plan for the city’s 24km-long Rail Corridor. Grant Associates teamed up with Dutch architects MVRDV and Singapore-based Architects 61 to bid...
Five members of staff in the Bath office of property consultants Carter Jonas have been promoted. Graham James and Clare Winnett from the firm’s valuations department have become partners while Euan Woodman, an associate in the residential team, is now an associate partner. Arthur Chambers, an associate in the rural team, is also made...
The Chippenham Business Improvement District (BID), the organisation promoting the town to bring in more visitors and improve it for residents, has appointed Ben Gregory as deputy chair. Mr Gregory, pictured, a director at printing firm Digiprint, will work closely alongside BID chair Melody Thompson, who is a director of recruitment firm 24-7 Staffing....
Bath can take advantage of the promise by Chancellor George Osborne to devolve more powers from London to regional cities – but only by working closer with other West of England authorities. The view has come from regional business leaders who fear that unless the four West councils collaborate better the region will be...
By Nigel Huxley, chairman of Bath Business Improvement District (BID) Being based in Bath over the past five years, I never fail to be impressed at the collaborative approach of the Bath Business Improvement District (Bath BID) and others. There are a large number of enthusiastic people in this city who bring their skills...
Bath firms are today making their way to the South West’s biggest free business event gets underway today with organisers saying it looks set to be a flyaway success. Up to 3,000 delegates are expected to attend the Business Showcase South West 2015, which returns to returns to Bristol’s Colston Hall today and tomorrow....
The CBI today called on the new Tory Government to set out clear plans for the next Parliament within the first 100 days. With the in-out referendum on EU membership, which has been promised with two years, grabbing political attention, the business organisation wants swift action on a number of key issues including airport...
