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,...
Bath workspace design firm Interaction is helping city-based MoveGB, the UK’s largest fitness marketplace, maintain its fast-paced growth with a radical redesign of its head office. MoveGB, whose ambition is to be the largest active membership in the world, has signed up 300,000 members and now books activities at more than 6,000 gyms....
Bath-based housing association Curo’s director of tenancy services Sarah Seeger has won a prestigious national award thanks to her influential work on reshaping the government’s controversial Universal Credit benefit measures. Sarah, pictured, won the Professional of the Year category at the Women in Housing Awards, run by the Chartered Institute of Housing and Inside...
Bath’s independent tourism businesses are battling international online operators and promoting themselves – and the city – through a new collaborative scheme that also aims to boost the local economy. StayinBath.org has been launched by BIGHA, the Bath Independent Guest House Association, the voluntary membership organisation made up of more than 100 guesthouses,...
The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs is staged in the West of England this week for its seventh year to once again support women to build and grow sustainable businesses. Hundreds of women self-starters are expected to attend the day-long event in Bristol this Friday, October 19, to hear, learn from and be inspired by...
Construction law specialist Michael Chilton has joined M4 corridor firm Thrings as a partner as it continues to strengthen its offering to the sector. During his 20-year legal career, Michael, pictured, has advised on a range of construction projects, including city office developments, mixed-use and retail schemes, infrastructure projects, housing schemes, student accommodation, out-of-town...
International commercial property agency Cushman & Wakefield has made four appointments to its South West office. Shimarlie Andrew has joined as a senior consultant, Nasreen Dad as a retail surveyor while Polly Smart and Oscar Skevington-Postles have arrived as part of the firm’s graduate programme. Shimarlie will provide strategic estates advice to a number...
The impact of Brexit on the property market will be explored by a panel of experts at a high-profile event in Bath next week. Called Optimising Opportunities, the event is being staged by law firm Mogers Drewett, Barclays Premier, accountants Milsted Langdon and property agents Knight Frank October 9. The panel will discuss...
Bath commercial property firm HPH has named Bath City Farm as its new charity of the year and will provide practical help through professional advice and expertise as well as taking part in fundraising activities. The farm in Whiteway has grown significantly since it started in 1990 and is now home to 100 animals...
The parent company of Bath Ales has added to its pub portfolio in the city by snapping up historic watering hole The Griffin. The tenanted pub on Monmouth Street in the city centre, which dates back to 1730, is the first to be acquired by Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery since in took over Bath...
