International property consultancy JLL has made eight promotions in its South West office. Residential valuation team director Adam Greenwood has become a national director while Nicola Perry, an associate director in the property and asset management team, is now a local director. Daniel Withecombe and Matthew Armstrong, from the student and healthcare team, Tully...
Bath brand, creative and digital agency Mr B and Friends is to move to Bristol after failing to find a suitable office in its home city to meet its expansion plans. The firm was formed in a bedroom 11 years ago by CEO Simon Barbato, pictured, and moved into Bath city centre around nine...
Serviced office group Clarendon has opened its first centre in the West of England, taking over four floors of a Bath city centre office block and transforming it into modern, high-quality workspace. Clarendon had been seeking a base in Bath for about six years before taking 13,000sq ft in Cambridge House on Henry Street....
Bath’s forward-looking employers now have more time to enter a top awards scheme that champions the happiest workplaces in the West following a decision by organisers to extend the deadline for entries. Staged by Bristol-based and interior design consultancy Wylde IA, the Happiest Workplace competition recognises firms that go the extra mile to ensure...
Manor house-turned-business centre Hartham Park has been given a new look as it expands its offering to embrace more flexible ways of working. The Georgian building, pictured below, set in 50 acres of parkland near Corsham, called in workplace designers Wylde IA to refurbish its restaurant, formerly called Jack’s, replacing it with a new...
Friska, the ‘feel-good food’ café group started by two University of Bath graduates, is aiming to double its number of outlets and expand in cities across the UK after receiving a £3m investment. The Bristol-based firm, founded Griff Holland and Ed Brown, pictured, who met while studying economics at the University of Bath, now operates...
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox will today tell West of England businesses that there has never been a better time to start exporting, with the help of his department. Latest government figures show an 11% surge in the value of overseas sales made by businesses from the region, with more than 8,600 firms now...
Bath-based fibre-optic infrastructure firm TrueSpeed Communications has received £75m from insurance giant Aviva’s global asset management arm to speed up the roll-out of its network to a further 75,000 homes and businesses in the region. TrueSpeed was set up in 2015 to deliver a fibre-optic infrastructure network across South West. It provides residential and commercial...
The £60m University of Bath-led world-beating automotive research centre, which will help develop the next generation of ultra-low emission vehicles, is to go ahead after receiving nearly two-thirds of its funding. The IAAPS – Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems – pictured, will also create an innovative automotive industry cluster in the South West...
Bath-based commercial property developer HPH has invested more than £20,000 installing extra electric vehicle charging points across its estate to meet accelerating demand from tenants. The firm, which owns and manages an extensive property portfolio across Bath, Wiltshire and Somerset, has also joined the electric car revolution by buying its own Renault Zoe from Platinum...
