Communities Secretary Sajid Javid visited Bath housing association Curo’s landmark development at Mulberry Park on the city’s outskirts yesterday to see its progress. The scheme on the former MoD site at Foxhill is delivering much-needed new homes for Bath – a city where housing affordability is now a major issue. Some 700 high-quality, energy...
The highly experienced judging panel for one of this year’s prestigious PwC West of England Business of the Year Awards has been announced. Among the judges are former winners of the award – widely regarded as the region’s top business accolade – as well as respected figures from the business community. Now in their...
Bath-based architecture firm Nash Partnership has secured planning permission and listed building consent for a scheme that will become one of the final stages of Bradford on Avon’s ground-breaking Kingston Mill regeneration project. The scheme will convert Building V into a mixture of new apartments, office space and ground floor retail use with a...
I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here star Martin Roberts is urging businesses to support the Mayor of Bath’s charity concert in April as he prepares to host the event. Property expert Martin – who also co-presents the BBC’s Homes Under the Hammer – was among the guests at a...
More than 100 uniforms previously worn by staff at Bath care company Butterfly Home Help are to make a difference at two African health centres following a novel link-up. Butterfly recently decided to refresh its brand by changing its colour schemes – a move that resulted in 121 peach-coloured uniforms becoming surplus to requirements....
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, is calling on Chancellor Philip Hammond to use his Spring Budget next month to bolster confidence amid fears that higher inflation and skill shortages will combine to hit West of England firms hard. While latest official jobless figures show unemployment continuing to fall, the strength of the...
Bath has one of the most vibrant economies in England with a strong creative and cultural scene, according to new analysis published today – but it lags behind many other areas of the country when it comes to inclusion and equality. And while it boasts an entrepreneurial and innovative economy as well as a...
A strong order book has given civil engineering, plant, transport and waste group MJ Church a buoyant start to 2017 following a busy 2016. The Marshfield-based group, which also operates from two sites in Chippenham, has grown to a £50m turnover business employing around 450 people. It said, as a diverse group, it expected...
Curo, the Bath-based housing association and housebuilder, has appointed construction group Rydon to build its £10m community hub at its flagship Mulberry Park development. Construction work on the new primary school, children’s nursery and state-of-the–art community facilities on the outskirts of Bath will start this spring and the buildings are expected to open in...
Directors from Bath and across the West of England are being invited to enter one of the region’s top annual awards schemes that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 will showcase outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs as well as focusing UK-wide attention on...
