The Roman Baths Foundation has elected Fiona Pollard as its new chair, succeeding David Beeton CBE who has stood down after four years in the role. Bath resident Fiona, pictured, runs her own events company and also sits on several boards. After a career working in derivatives in the City with a number of...
Citizens Advice BANES has been appointed Leslie Redwood, the former head of business development and partnerships at Visit Bath, as its new CEO. The charity this year celebrates providing a range of trusted help, support and advice to Bath and North East Somerset residents. With Leslie at the helm it is looking forward to...
Global real estate advisor CBRE has strengthened its South West office by appointing new heads of its office agency and industrial & logistics teams. Richard Kidd has joined as head of office agency across South West and South Wales, while Philip Cranstone will head the industrial & logistics team. Richard arrives from GVA (now...
Towergate Insurance Brokers has appointed an experienced director to drive growth across its West Country and Channel Islands region. Julian Hilton, pictured, joins the firm – one of the UK’s leading insurance brokers – with more than 30 years’ experience in the industry. He previously spent more than 11 years with Yate-based insurance...
Tim Stone has become national housebuilder Redrow Homes’ new regional managing director, a role in which he will oversee projects across the South West and South Wales. Tim, pictured, joined the firm four years ago as regional director of its South Wales division, based in Cardiff, before being promoted to managing director in 2017. ...
Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King has welcomed back solicitor Laura Podger to its family law team in Bath. Having qualified as a solicitor at the firm last year, Laura, pictured, spent around six months in national firm Irwin Mitchell’s Bristol office, where she worked on high-profile family law cases, before returning to...
Royds Withy King corporate lawyer Ed Chapman is about to swap Bath for the Big Apple to further develop the firm’s technology offering. Ed, pictured, flew to New York today after being selected for a pioneering secondment programme which the firm runs in partnership with Interleges, the international legal network it helped create in...
Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King has appointed Dan Meadon-Bower as a partner in its corporate and commercial law team. Dan, pictured, joins from TSB Bank, where as a senior commercial lawyer he led a number of high-profile projects supporting the bank’s procurement, marketing, products and SME business banking teams. Dan trained at...
Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards has strengthened its litigation team with the appointment of dispute resolution solicitor Richard Mackichan-Burke. Richard, pictured, is responsible for advising both individuals and businesses on a wide range of disputes. A graduate of the Bristol Institute of Legal Practice in 2008, Richard has a broad knowledge and experience of...
The founder of Bath-based international development charity Send a Cow has received an OBE for playing a pivotal role in transforming the lives of more than 2m people in rural Africa. David Bragg, pictured, who was joined by his family at the ceremony at Buckingham Palace, described the award as “a wonderful recognition of...
