Bath-based architecture firm Nash Partnership has secured planning permission and listed building consent for a scheme that will become one of the final stages of Bradford on Avon’s ground-breaking Kingston Mill regeneration project. The scheme will convert Building V into a mixture of new apartments, office space and ground floor retail use with a...
By Donna Kehoe, the Bank of England’s agent for the South West of England What should we make of the prospects for the UK economy just over a month into what promises to be another eventful year? On the face of it there’s much to be positive about. Growth has proved surprisingly resilient since...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, is calling on Chancellor Philip Hammond to use his Spring Budget next month to bolster confidence amid fears that higher inflation and skill shortages will combine to hit West of England firms hard. While latest official jobless figures show unemployment continuing to fall, the strength of the...
Bath-based upmarket property developer Kersfield is to begin work on its fourth project in the city – the conversion of an office block into 17 apartments. The scheme will completely transform 4-5 Westgate Buildings with a combination of studio and one-bedroom apartments. Designed by Bristol-based Angus Meek architects, the development will be arranged over...
Bath has one of the most vibrant economies in England with a strong creative and cultural scene, according to new analysis published today – but it lags behind many other areas of the country when it comes to inclusion and equality. And while it boasts an entrepreneurial and innovative economy as well as a...
A strong order book has given civil engineering, plant, transport and waste group MJ Church a buoyant start to 2017 following a busy 2016. The Marshfield-based group, which also operates from two sites in Chippenham, has grown to a £50m turnover business employing around 450 people. It said, as a diverse group, it expected...
Curo, the Bath-based housing association and housebuilder, has appointed construction group Rydon to build its £10m community hub at its flagship Mulberry Park development. Construction work on the new primary school, children’s nursery and state-of-the–art community facilities on the outskirts of Bath will start this spring and the buildings are expected to open in...
Businesses in the property development and construction supply chain are being urged to register for the HMRC’s Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) amid misunderstandings over who it affects. The warning comes from the South West office of accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson, whose experts say many firms wrongly believe it only...
Bath-based specialist property developer Longacre has been given the green light to refurbish Grade I listed Fitzroy House on Great Pulteney Street and reinstate many of its historic characteristics. Longacre is converting the five Georgian townhouses making up the building into 28 private apartments. Dating from around 1800, the property was a hotel before...
Directors from Bath and across the West of England are being invited to enter one of the region’s top annual awards schemes that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 will showcase outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs as well as focusing UK-wide attention on...
