International property consultancy JLL’s lead director for the South West & Wales, Jeremy Richards, is to step down from the role at the end of this year and will be replaced by director of project and development services Simon Peacock. Jeremy will take on the role of regional chairman from January after nearly 14...
The world’s first personalised DNA service that allows users to discover how their worldwide ancestry has evolved over history has been developed by a Frome firm. Living DNA has worked in close collaboration with some of the world’s top genetic scientists and academics from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford, Bath, Sydney and University College...
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has welcomed a new recruit to its Bath office as part of its graduate training scheme. Georgia Georgieva, 22, pictured, has joined the office’s commercial team, where she will complete the two-year process covering all aspects of agency, valuation and professional consultancy work. Georgia, who speaks Bulgarian, English, German...
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National property agency Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its South West office by appointing specialist surveyor Steve Puddicombe as senior director. Steve joins the project management & consultancy team in Bristol from JLL, where he led the Bristol building consultancy team for five years – a role he also performed at King Sturge for...
An experienced solicitor who knows Bath’s property scene inside and out has joined law firm Royds Withy King’s residential property, farms and estates team in the city. Nicky Banks, pictured, who has almost 30 years’ practical experience of property law, arrives from Bath law firm Mogers Drewett. Prior to that she worked at another...
Business leaders from Bath and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar, attracting hundreds of senior businessmen...
Staff at automotive learning and developing agency RTS Group swapped cars for cakes to take part in the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for cancer charity Macmillan. RTS, which employs around 50 staff at its headquarters in Notton, near Chippenham, has supported the annual event for the past three years. The team and their families,...
West of England accountancy firm Old Mill has been shortlisted for one of the industry’s most prestigious awards, thanks to its innovative way of rewarding employees. The firm, which operates from offices including Melksham and Wells, is in the running for the Most Innovative Practice category at the British Accountancy Awards. The shortlisting recognises...
The University of Bath has been ranked seventh nationally for graduate prospects – and best in the South West – according to a major new guide. The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide places Bath 12th in the overall league table of 128 institutions, the same as last year. It also highlights how its students...
