Renewable power firm Good Energy is to build a new sustainable headquarters that will enable it to continue to grow and recruit up to 100 more staff. The firm received planning consent from Wiltshire Council for the 31,748 sq ft building in Chippenham, pictured in a CGI, as well as a 255-space multi-storey car...
Bath Business Improvement District (BID), the membership organisation tasked with boosting city centre trade, is to launch a café and restaurant discount scheme aimed at directly benefiting people who live or work in the city. Under the B-LOCAL scheme, Bath residents and those commuting into the city to work will qualify for a Discovery...
Business Showcase South West – the region’s largest event of its kind – returns in June with the promise of an unparalleled range of seminars, workshops, speeches and networking opportunities. The event, the ninth since it launched in 2014, again takes place in Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium and will celebrate the best of innovation,...
An historic Somerset pub, parts of which date back to before the English Civil War, has come onto the market with a £390,000 price tag. The Grade II listed Full Moon at Rudge, near Frome, has five letting bedrooms and a large garden as well as traditional features including flagstone floors and fireplace. A...
A controversial government scheme that allows property developers to convert offices into homes could be stopped in central Bath as council chiefs step up moves to bring in new businesses and create more jobs. Under permitted development rights (PDR), which were introduced by the government in 2015, developers do not need planning permission to...
Preparations for the Bath Business Expo next Thursday, which is expected to attract more than 500 visitors, are continuing apace, with a raft of new seminars announced today. The event, in the Assembly Rooms, aims to inspire small and medium-sized businesses and locally-based corporates, start-ups and pre start-ups to further growth through its comprehensive...
Updated plans for Bath’s long-awaited new office quarter have been unveiled to the city’s business community to coincide with the appointment of insurance giant Legal & General as development partner on part of the scheme. Dozens of representatives of businesses from across the city were given a brief overview of progress on the Bath...
Bath-based luxury hotels group Andrew Brownsword Hotels is to re-open Minster Mill in the Cotswolds next week following a £4.5m refurbishment. The group, which owns 13 upmarket venues across the UK, acquired Minster Mill, pictured, near Oxford in 2016 from the De Savary family, who had operated it and sister property The Old Swan...
A Bath guest house described as “outstanding” has come onto the market with a £1.3m price tag. Hill House on Belvedere has been owned and run by Harry Tedstone, who chairs BIGHA, the Bath Independent Guest House Association, and Douglas Yeates for just over seven years. A former pub, it was completely renovated in 2011...
More than 300 guests are expected to attend Bath & North East Somerset Council’s inaugural Our Young Stars Awards ceremony next week. The awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of the area’s extraordinary young people. More than 70 nominations were received and the 15 finalists – along with parents, guardians, friends and nominators – have...
