A major conference in Bath next week will bring together experts to inform and inspire local politicians – and the public – to be ambitious in addressing the city’s transport challenges. The conference will also be a neutral platform to allow Bath’s political groups to present their broad approach to the issue in anticipation...
Advanced engineering group AB Dynamics has drawn up plans for a second state-of-the-art factory just a year after its new manufacturing plant was opened. The firm, which supplies test systems to some of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers, has submitted a planning application to Wiltshire Council for the new 33,000 sq ft factory, pictured...
The Chancellor’s attempts to help the high street and the solve the housing crisis were welcomed by property market leaders – but they agreed that he needed to do more. David Westgate, group chief executive of Keynsham-based Andrews Property Group, pictured right, was delighted with Philip Hammond’s move to abolish Stamp Duty for all...
Bath’s most competitive businesses are being urged to bring their rivalry to the table and take part in the region’s first Ping Pong Fight Club. The popular Ping Pong Fight Club began four years ago as a stand-alone annual tournament in London. It is now spreading out across the UK and taking place in...
Chancellor Philip Hammond started his speech at 3.33pm and finished at 4.43pm. He open by saying he will deliver a Budget for “hard-working families … who live their lives far from this place … and care little for the twists and turns of Westminster politics”. Chancellor says the era of austerity is coming to...
A radical shift of power from London to the regions would protect them against any negative impact of Brexit, a gathering of mayors from across England has agreed. Tim Bowles, the metro mayor for the West of England, including Bath and North East Somerset, met other regional leaders at the summit in Bristol on...
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been urged to introduce measures that will boost the West of England’s economy in his Budget on Monday, including accelerating housebuilding and investing in infrastructure. Brexit will loom large over the Chancellor’s presentation. Mr Hammond, pictured, will present the first Budget on a Monday since 1962 with just five months...
Bath could get a rare double listing as a World Heritage site under an idea floated by a collection of spa towns and cities across Europe. The Great Spas of Europe project wants the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to grant World Heritage status to 11 of its members, including Bath. ...
Business West, the region’s largest business support group, has launched a free up-to-the minute advice and guidance service to help firms get ready for life after Brexit. Called Trading Through Brexit, it aims to help businesses start planning for the period up to and after the UK leaves the EU next March. Business...
Efforts to save one of the UK’s most at-risk Grade One listed buildings have taken a major step forward thanks to a Bath-based housebuilding firm. Crossman Homes bought land alongside the iconic but derelict Whitfield Tabernacle in Kingswood in May from the building’s former owners PG Group. The tabernacle, which dates back to 1741,...
