The project team tasked with bringing forward Bath City FC’s new stadium and community hub has been revealed – with many of the experts coming from the city. The core team – which will work on the redevelopment of the club’s Twerton Park ground, pictured, and surrounding area – includes award-winning national architecture...
An evening of fizz, canapés and history is being staged at Bath’s Fashion Museum as part of International Women’s Day on Thursday by catering firm Searcys and Bath’s Historic Venues. The informal networking event will feature special guest June Hannam, Professor (Emerita) of Modern British History at UWE, who has published widely on the...
Industry group Women in Property has appointed Carly Willis, a quantity surveyor with commercial interior design and fit-out company Claremont, as its new South West chairman. Carly, pictured, has been on the Women in Property committee for more than five years, most recently as vice-chair. With nearly 250 members and hosting more than 100...
Bath’s Hilton Hotel has a new owner after being acquired by US investment group Starwood Capital as part of a portfolio of seven Hiltons across the UK. Miami-headquartered Starwood Capital paid US firm Park Hotels & Resorts £135m for the hotels, which are based in London, Edinburgh, Bath and Belfast and have a total...
A boardroom shake-up at specialty pharmaceutical firm Alliance Pharma has resulted in the appointment of a new chief executive to replace its founder and a new chairman. Peter Butterfield, currently deputy CEO of the Chippenham-based firm, which buys underperforming drugs brands and realises their potential through investment, will take over from founder and...
Framptons, the Bath city centre café/bar and kitchen, has appointed Sam Stone as head chef – bringing him back to the city where he studied and trained. Sam, pictured, has been heading Framptons’ Tunbridge Wells outlet, where last year he helped it earn the Kent town’s title of Independent Restaurant of the Year. Sam...
1pm, the Bath-based specialist lender, has opened up a new funding channel after becoming the first UK-based loan originator to join Mintos, a leading online marketplace for financing business loans via global retail investors. The firm, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market, joins around 30 other loan originators from...
Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. Spring Statement expectations We step into the unknown as the Chancellor prepares for his Spring Statement 2018 on March 13. Click here to find out what could happen Staff auto-enrolment contributions to rise to 3% There are only six...
Small and medium-sized enterprises looking to take their business to the next level can benefit from the experience of some of the UK’s leading experts at an event in Bath next Friday. Five business growth experts from ActionCOACH, the world’s number one business coaching company, and employee engagement experts Engage and Grow, will offer...
A light-hearted video featuring the team running in the Bath Half Marathon from city-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King is aiming to raise awareness of their chosen charity, Bath Mind. The 18-strong team hope the film will also bring in much-needed funds for the charity as they go through their final preparations for...
