Eclectic Bath boutique hotel group Kaleidoscope Collection has added a third venue to its portfolio, acquiring the historic country house Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa near Warminster for £5.5m. Kaleidoscope said the move, described by the hotel’s agents as one of the most significant deals in the South West over the past 16 months, would create nearly 30 jobs and position the venue as a ‘destination hotel’. Kaleidoscope Collection...
Public relations consultancy Clearly has launched a project for young people to help businesses in its home city of Bath tackle climate change and increase positive social impact. In what it believes is the first venture of its kind for a UK PR firm, Clearly has committed £5,000 to fund the research, development and...
Brand design agency Touchpoint Design, which has worked with key organisations in the city such as VisitBath and Bath Festivals, has undergone a rebrand itself and now has a new name, The Co-Foundry. The agency, founded by Sue Bush in 2014, said the new brand reflected its mission to work collaboratively with creative and...
Bath-based landscape architecture firm Grant Associates is to lead the design work for a new public open space that will be the centrepiece of the groundbreaking Brabazon development in North Bristol. The largest new urban public park to be created in the South West for 50 years, the six-hectare Brabazon Park, pictured, will be...
The founder of Bath-based spectacles designer and manufacturer Inspecs today insisted the group was seeing growth this year after unveiling annual results showing it had fallen into the red on lower revenues in 2020. Robin Totterman, pictured, the former bond trader who launched Inspecs in 1988, said it had performed well in the first...
Bath’s hugely popular Christmas Market could be reinstated this year after falling foul of Covid restrictions in 2020. Recommendations to bring it back in a Covid-secure way with a reduced number of stalls are set to be considered by Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) councillors next week. A report to the council’s committee...
A hub offering support to Bath’s high street traders and businesses as they recover from the effects of the pandemic has been launched in the city centre. Set up in an empty shop on Cheap St and using primarily recycled and reclaimed furniture, the temporary High Street Hub will provide quick access to business...
Pioneering Bath Artificial Intelligence firm Cognisess has relocated to a refurbished grade II-listed office building in the city centre to meet its need for a more collaborative working environment. The firm, which provides a market-leading software platform that helps businesses identify, nurture and retain talent, has pre-let 4,128 sq ft of prime office space in...
Bath businesses are being asked for their views on the changing work patterns of their employees to help gauge post-Covid transport needs. Independent research has been commissioned by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), which includes Bath and North East Somerset, into the ways firms across the region plan to use their workplaces...
The Institute of Directors (IoD) is recruiting a new chair to lead its South West region as the role’s current holder Muir Macdonald comes to the end of his three-year term this autumn. The successful candidate will act as the voice for regional directors, working alongside a dedicated team at the IoD to build on...
