Bath’s four-star Abbey Hotel has been sold to US-UK group KE Hotels by owners Ian and Christa Taylor, with the couple saying they will use the proceeds to fund ‘exciting’ new projects. The sale of the 62-bedroom hotel, pictured, for an undisclosed sum, leaves the Taylors’ Kaleidoscope Collection with just one establishment, No.15 Great...
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Bath-based workspace design firm Interaction has developed a highly creative headquarters for innovative robot developer Reach as it prepares for further growth. Interaction, which works with businesses in sectors spanning banking, finance and professional services to marketing, tech and engineering, worked with Bristol-based Reach to come up with a space that combines practical...
Staff from Bath PR agency Creatrix are hitting the road to get super-fit as they prepare for a team effort in the Bath Half Marathon in support of a local charity. Four of Creatrix’s five employees will take part in the event on March 4 to raise much-needed funds for Age UK B&NES, an...
Logistics group Wincanton has leased the high-profile former Herman Miller distribution base in Chippenham to fulfil a new defence-related contract on behalf of a leading customer. The 79,000 sq ft building, pictured – a stone’s throw from Wincanton’s Chippenham headquarters – was designed for the iconic office furniture group by leading contemporary architect Sir...
Amongst all the fears and anxieties facing a separating couple there is often a big question mark over the future of a family business, writes Meg Moss, partner & family solicitor at Mowbray Woodwards. This might range from a modest venture, run by a husband and wife in partnership, or a family-run limited company,...
Bath businesses have been urged to engage with their local communities to create programmes that help disadvantaged jobseekers into employment. The call to action came from a meeting of some of the South West’s most influential executives hosted by Business in the Community (BITC). The event drew on existing programmes that support inclusive employment...
Bath-based precision engineering firm RPI has played a leading role in helping produce the latest Aardman Animations movie Early Man, which went on cinema release last week. RPI, which describes itself as a “leader in rotational innovation”, designs and manufactures products for firms operating in the aerospace, gas, academic and scientific research sectors. While...
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Twelve leading individuals from the West of England’s business community have joined the board of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The appointments, made at the LEP’s meeting on Wednesday, will boost it in bringing together representatives from business and universities with elected leaders to shape and develop the region’s future. LEP chair Prof Steve...
