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Planning green light for Bath’s Quays South business district despite key partner pulling out

April 6, 2017
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Planning green light for Bath’s Quays South business district despite key partner pulling out

Bath’s long-awaited Quays South development – which will create a much-needed new business centre for the city – has received planning permission despite the 11th-hour withdrawal of key partner, defence consultancy BMT. Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES), which is leading the flagship development with regeneration specialists TCN, give the ambitious scheme the...

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Crowdfund investors develop taste for Wild Beer Co’s ambitious expansion plans

April 3, 2017
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Crowdfund investors develop taste for Wild Beer Co’s ambitious expansion plans

Somerset craft brewery The Wild Beer Co has raised almost twice its initial £1m crowdfunding target towards its new brewery and restaurant complex on the Bath & West Showground. The rapidly-expanding brewery has outgrown its current site on a dairy farm at Westcombe, near Shepton Mallet, and plans to develop a new, much-larger operation...

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£7m stately home deal for Stone King’s Bath commercial property and charity teams

April 3, 2017
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£7m stately home deal for Stone King’s Bath commercial property and charity teams

The Bath office of law firm Stone King has advised on a multi-million pound property deal that secures the future of Wentworth Woodhouse, the country’s largest stately home. The Grade-I listed Georgian mansion and gardens in South Yorkshire, pictured, have been sold to the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust for £7m, with Stone King acting for...

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Full steam ahead for Thermae Bath Spa as it looks to widen appeal with new Wellness Centre

April 3, 2017
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Full steam ahead for Thermae Bath Spa as it looks to widen appeal with new Wellness Centre

Thermae Bath Spa has boosted its offering to guests with the opening of its innovative new Wellness Suite to guests, which replaces its steam room pods. Owners YTL Hotels, part of the Malaysian YTL conglomerate that owns Wessex Water and the neighbouring Gainsborough Hotel, admitted last year that the pods were showing ‘wear and...

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Article 50: Future of EU workers tops list of concerns for Bath firms, say advisors

March 30, 2017
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Business advisors covering Bath are poised to deal with a wide range of concerns impacting on their clients following the triggering of Article 50 – from employment to tariffs and tax. They say the major worry – and one that is already affecting some firms – is the uncertainty over the status of EU...

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Article 50: National business reaction

March 29, 2017
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Article 50: National business reaction

The CBI called today’s triggering of Article 50 a “pivotal moment in country’s history” but said early wins were needed in the negotiations with the EU to keep business on side. President Paul Drechsler said the Prime Minister’s commitment to free trade and European values should “hearten those around the table and set a...

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Firms’ ‘alarming concerns’ over leaving single market and customs union, Business West survey reveals

March 29, 2017
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Firms’ ‘alarming concerns’ over leaving single market and customs union, Business West survey reveals

Just over half of West of England firms are either ‘negative’ or ‘very negative’ about the UK leaving the single market and customs union, according to the latest survey by the region’s largest business organisation. Released to coincide with last week’s triggering of Article 50, the results of the Business West survey reveal a...

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Infographic: Bath firms ‘not prepared’ for Brexit, Business West survey shows as Article 50 triggered

March 29, 2017
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Infographic: Bath firms ‘not prepared’ for Brexit, Business West survey shows as Article 50 triggered

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Two director arrivals and five new appointments boost JLL’s regional office

March 28, 2017
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Two director arrivals and five new appointments boost JLL’s regional office

International property agency JLL has made two director-level appointments that will bring a new breadth of expertise to its South and Wales region residential development services team. James Petherick has joined as director of residential development, having been an associate in rival GVA’s Bristol office for almost 10 years. Chris Dadds arrives as a...

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Bath’s first ‘generation rent’ homes scheme aims to help ease city’s housing crisis

March 24, 2017
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Bath’s first ‘generation rent’ homes scheme aims to help ease city’s housing crisis

Bath is to get its first major build-to-rent (BTR) scheme under plans announced this week for a 171-apartment development on a mainly derelict site on the edge of the city centre. Insurance giant Legal & General is to create the scheme through its LGIM Real Assets division at Roseberry Place, off Lower Bristol Road....

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