The ‘golden triangle’ of business, government and universities must work together better to drive economic growth across the West of England, a major conference at the University of Bath will be told this week. The event on Wednesday will explore how the three-way collaboration could contribute to the ‘powerhouse’ agenda and support the...
Bath City FC is holding the second of two meetings tomorrow to discuss the redevelopment of its Twerton Park ground. The community-owned club is working with London-based developer Greenacre Capital to transform part of its site to provide new sports facilities and a community hub. The scheme could also include the regeneration of the...
Two rapidly expanding firms have moved onto the Woodland Estate in Westbury as the business park’s reputation as a growth hub for regional companies goes from strength to strength. The latest additions are Easy José Coffee, a speciality coffee company known for its quality products and ethical ethos, and site investigations and geotechnical...
GVA, the national property consultancy, has further strengthened its South West office with two director-level appointments. Laura Stamboulieh joins the Bristol office as senior director in its public sector advisory service team while Mike Ware arrives as director and regional head of property management. Laura, pictured, will be responsible for developing GVA’s public sector...
Bishop Fleming, the regional accountancy firm with a large office in Bath, was today named as the official sponsor of the Institute of Directors (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2018. Bishop Fleming, which has seven offices across the South West and West Midlands, has teamed up with the IoD to...
Business West, the region’s largest business body and the organisation that runs the Bath Chamber of Commerce, is collaborating with two other powerful chambers to highlight the impact of uncertainty over Brexit a year before it takes effect. The Three Chamber Alliance – which includes the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and...
Local media in Bath quite properly concentrate on Bath itself, the global tourist brand and the economic engine for the area. But the district is called Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) for a good reason and the business community is very conscious of what the whole patch can do if we use all...
Property consultancy Colliers International has strengthened its building surveying and project management team in the South West with the appointment of Jessica Harding as a trainee surveyor. Jessica, who will be based in Colliers’ Bristol office, will be involved in work on behalf of commercial landlords and tenants on matters including dilapidations, due diligence,...
The University of Bath has revealed plans for a landmark £70m School of Management building on its Claverton Campus. The 170,000 sq ft building, which will form a new gateway to the campus, will house state-of-the-art facilities to further boost the school of management’s already UK-leading reputation. In a planning application submitted to Bath...
Last year’s Bath Christmas Market boosted the city’s economy by more than £40m – the most in its 17-year history, organisers revealed today as they announced the dates for this year. According to independent research carried out for Visit Bath, the city’s destination marketing body responsible for staging the market, its 200-plus stalls –...
