Bath-based commercial property developer HPH has invested more than £20,000 installing extra electric vehicle charging points across its estate to meet accelerating demand from tenants. The firm, which owns and manages an extensive property portfolio across Bath, Wiltshire and Somerset, has also joined the electric car revolution by buying its own Renault Zoe from Platinum...
National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has boosted its South West-based real estate advisory team with the appointment of Rebekah Formosa as an associate director. Rebekah, pictured, joins from Cushman and Wakefield’s Bristol office, where she worked for more than eight years in the public sector advisory team covering central and local government,...
Possession claims in Bath & North East Somerset are on the rise and many landlords are resorting to court proceedings to recover property. With average rents topping £1,200, a long and drawn out recovery process can be very costly. Difficult tenants can have a damaging impact on landlords and their investments – on average...
Low-cost airline easyJet is to launch direct flights to Stockholm and Athens from Bristol later this year – taking the airport’s tally of European capital cities to 18, the highest in its history. Stockholm and Athens have both been on the airport’s wish list for many years as it continues to build a strong...
Monday 10 July Finals: Accrol, Falanx EGM: Ironveld, SerVision Tuesday 11 July Interims: Amino Technologies, Low & Bonar Finals: Begbies Traynor, Collagen Solutions, Ilika Trading statements: Carillion, Galliford Try, Gocompare.com, Marks and Spencer, PageGroup AGMs: LondonMetric, Marks and Spencer, Palace Capital, Pets at Home, U&I, Young & Co's Brewery Economics: BRC like-for-like sales Wednesday...
Gradwell, the Bath-based communication technology firm, is under new ownership after boutique investor Altitude sold its stake in the business to a buy-in, management buy-out (BIMBO) team. Southampton-based Altitude generated a return of 2.7 times on the £1.15m in Gradwell in 2012, which was made to trigger a phase of significant growth. The BIMBO...
Bath firms operating in areas as diverse as healthcare, interactive digital content and support for games publishers were among the winners at the SPARKies – the awards celebrating the best of the region’s tech sector. Mayden, Designability, Complete Control, Bath:Hacked and Keymailer were up against the cream of tech and digital businesses from across...
A spate of strategic acquisitions and organic growth have helped Bath-based specialist lender 1pm achieve significant increases in revenues. In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange, the group said it had continued to experience strong levels of demand for finance from SMEs across its growing product range. This includes asset finance –...
Bath media group Future today announced it is to expand into the fast-growing self-build housing market with the acquisition of Centaur Media’s home interest division for £32m. The deal, which Future will part pay for by issuing new shares worth £22m, brings the three key brands to the group’s portfolio – Homebuilding & Renovating,...
Guests from across a range of Bath businesses enjoyed the hospitality at regional law firm Thrings’ annual summer barbecue at its Bath office. All photos by Beata Cosgrove Photography
