Bath-based commercial property developer HPH has completed an extensive refurbishment of its Chippenham office scheme Bewley House and now has 2,680 sq ft of high-quality space to let. The 21,485 sq ft town centre building, pictured – the former headquarters of North Wiltshire District Council – was acquired by HPH in 2000 and...
Tenants have been signed up for four units at a new retail scheme in Radstock five months before it will be finished – leaving just one still to let. Contractors moved in onto the former Charlton’s Timber Yard on Frome Road at the end of last month – with handover to the new occupiers...
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National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its South West building consultancy division with the appointment of David Bridges as an associate director. David, pictured, arrives after six years in LSH’s Northampton office, where he worked across the full spectrum of building consultancy services. He joined the firm as a graduate in...
The South West will be one of the UK’s fastest-growing regions over the next three years, according to new research. The region, with a growth rate of 1.7%, will lag behind the South East (2%) and the West Midlands (1.8%), but will still outperform Northern regions, Wales and Scotland. The analysis by accountancy firm...
R3, the insolvency and restructuring trade body, has appointed accountant Louise Durkan as the new chair of its South West and Wales region. Louise, pictured, an insolvency practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience in restructuring, is the financial advisory and restructuring director at accountancy group Deloitte’s Bristol office, where she leads a team...
Monday December 11 Interim: Photo-Me Tuesday December 12 Interims: Ashtead, Carpertright Trading updates: Drax, Balfour Beatty Economic announcement: CPI (November) Wednesday December 13 Final: Tui Interim: Dixon Carphone Trading updates: John Wood Group, Bellway, Serco Economic announcement: Employment data Thursday December 14 Interim: Sports Direct Trading updates: Capita, Petrofac, Ocado, Bunzl, PZ Cussons Economic...
Award-winning Bath animation and design studio A Large Evil Corporation has been taken over by major US pop-culture products firm Funko in a $4m (£2.98m) deal. A Large Evil Corporation – also known as Evilcorp – was launched in 2006 and has created animated commercials for brands such as Gu, Greenpeace, Now TV and...
Three of Bath’s most innovative tech businesses are hoping for investment after taking part in a pitch event for £20m funding in London. The annual Accelerating Growth Investment Showcase staged by the SETsquared incubator network was this year attended by around 150 investors, all eager to back high-growth businesses. The three Bath firms –...
Health insurance broker Lesson Moore has extended its offering to employees in the public and not-for-profit sectors after joining forces with a specialist insurance firm for civil servants. The partnership with CS Healthcare allows Radstock-based Lesson Moore to offer more options when discussing new or renewal of any kind of health insurance policy. It...
