Bath-headquartered restaurant and food retail group Walcot Group has snapped up an historic pub in the city as it continues its expansion. The group, which opened the 150-cover Walcot House on Walcot Street in 2019, has major plans for new addition The White Hart in Widcombe, pictured. Built in the 1700s, the grade II-listed...
A Bath luxury boutique bed and breakfast with the potential to be “a very profitable business” has come onto the market. Dorian House, a large, converted Victorian house in Upper Oldfield Park, pictured, is being sold by property agents Christie & Co off a guide price of £2.5m. The property, which has14 en-suite guest bedrooms,...
Bath’s long-awaited Quays North development is to be revised to include space for research, innovation and enterprise under a new link-up between Bath & North East Somerset Council and the University of Bath. The university said the partnership would boost the creation of start-up and spin-out businesses, attract more investment to the city and...
Global defence consulting firm BMT is to relocate its Bath staff to the city’s No.1 Bath Quays office building, making it the third firm to take space in the flagship development. BMT, which has two offices a stone’s throw away on Lower Bristol Road, joins financial services consultancy and software provider Altus and chartered...
The West of England’s economy is forecast to grow faster over the next five years than any other part of the UK outside London, according to two new reports. The region, along with South Wales, will achieve economic expansion of 1.4% a year between now and 2029, according to the analysis commissioned by the...
Measures included in the King’s Speech aimed at boosting housebuilding and devolving more powers from Whitehall to the regions have been widely welcomed by key business figures in the West of England. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill – one of the 40 included in the speech that will shape the first year of the new...
Bath is in the running for the prestigious title of Best Small City in the UK, Europe and Beyond in a major national awards scheme. It was chosen as a finalist by a panel from the Academy of Urbanism, a not-for-profit organisation committed to creating, sustaining, and learning from great cities, towns, and neighbourhoods,...
Global real estate services firm JLL has made six promotions in the South West as it continues to invest in its regional offering. The individuals are drawn from teams covering value & risk advisory, project and development services, property & asset management, capital markets and development & regeneration. Mark Walter, pictured, is the new head...
The new government’s pledge to devolve more powers from Whitehall to the West of England offers “a really exciting opportunity” for the region, according to the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce. Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, said the move could trigger more jobs, homes and infrastructure as well as better transport...
More than 6,000 jobs were created across the South West last year as investment by overseas firms in the region recovered to its strongest for six years. The South West attracted 43 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in 2023 – a 23% increase on the previous year and the highest total since 2017. According...
