Two Bath hotels are to compete against the best in the country in an awards scheme that celebrates tourism businesses across England that have delivered excellence during the past year. The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa and No 15 by GuestHouse Bath have been shortlisted in VisitEngland’s Awards for Excellence. The Royal Crescent will...
Bath-based financial services firm Novia’s name – one of the best known in the city due to its long-running sponsorship of Bath Rugby – is to disappear under a rebranding exercise by its private equity owner. AnaCap Financial, which operates out of offices in London, Luxembourg, New Delhi, Madrid and Lisbon, acquired Novia in...
Bath’s visitor economy is to get a boost next month as it continues to recover from the impact of the pandemic with the opening of its new World Heritage Centre. The centre on York Street, which opens on 9 May, celebrates Bath’s unique cultural offering as UNESCO World Heritage Site and gives visitors an insight...
A warehouse site close to central Bath has been chosen for a pioneering co-living/co-working development aimed at young graduates and professionals. The scheme, pictured, the first of its kind in the city, would have 96 studio apartments on its upper storeys and business space on ground floor. The developer behind the plan, London-based Kosy...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Tax planning for mixed domicile marriages ‘Non-doms’ can benefit from a more lenient tax treatment. For more details, click here Figures paint ‘mixed picture’ for businesses Business confidence grows, regardless of challenges ahead. Find out more here
Strong trading during the first three months of this year helped Bath-based glasses designer and manufacturer Inspecs Group maintain its post-pandemic growth. The rapidly expanding firm, which is focussing on becoming a global brand, reported a 12% increase in first-quarter revenues to $75.1m in a trading update to shareholders. This performance was achieved through...
Regional law firm Goughs Solicitors has selected children’s hospice Julia’s House as its charity of the year. Staff at the firm, which has seven offices across Wiltshire, including in Chippenham, Trowbridge, Melksham and Corsham, are already planning fundraising events for the charity. These will kick off in July with the Julia’s House Great Wiltshire...
Bath’s city centre commercial property market is bouncing back from the impact of the pandemic with retailers, retaurants and leisure firms opening new units, according to research. Strong demand for units is coming from national and high-end independent retailers, breathing new life into the city centre, the Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) Council...
The University of Bath is to become a national centre of excellence for research into hydrogen and alternative low carbon fuels. The university, already one of the UK’s leading research institutions across a wide range of disciplines, this month began hosting an important new research project into how the UK could increase its use...
Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King has promoted 11 lawyers in key sectors across its six offices. Charlotte Melhuish has been promoted to partner in the firm’s education team having joined Stone King in 2018, while Christopher Jones – who also works in the education team – becomes a senior associate chartered legal executive. ...
