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IKEA has awarded a four-year contract to logistics group Wincanton to help it develop two new distribution centres in London. The announcement of the deal on the London Stock Exchange triggered a leap in Chippenham-based Wincanton’s share price to a five-year high. Wincanton is to provide operational development and support for the two new warehouses,...
The Bath office of property agents Carter Jonas has been instructed to market two sites in the area by builders’ merchants Travis Perkins. The sites, which are available for sale or let, include a 0.6-acre piece of land in Gastard, near Corsham, and a trade counter unit at Paulton. The Gastard commercial land, which...
BMT Group, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy with a major presence in Bath, has merged two of its subsidiaries to strengthen its service to blue-chip customers. The move brings together Bath-based BMT Cadence, which sells safety and environmental risk management services, and BMT Reliability Consultants, which focusses on reliability and supportability...
The University of Bath has teamed up with French power giant EDF Energy to launch a pioneering research partnership aimed at improving the management of supply chains in major capital schemes and including more local firms. The Hinkley Point C Supply Chain Innovation Lab will be based in the university’s School of Management and...
Andrews, the Keynsham-based property group, has rounded off 2016 with another industry award, taking Silver in the training & development category at the Estate Agency of the Year Awards. The firm, which has 55 branches across the South of England, was commended by the judges for the way in which it does not view...
Property agents Carter Jonas’s Bath office has secured three industrial lettings totalling more than 19,000 sq ft as its industrial team continues its successful 2016. Two of the lettings are on the Dunkirk Business Park at Southwick, near Trowbridge, with the third on the Westfield Trading Estate in Midsomer Norton. The deals strengthen Carter...
Bath-based developer Kersfield has staged an exclusive tour of its newest luxury residential development at an event attended by around 100 of the region’s top property professionals. The invitation-only gathering, organised jointly with the Bristol office of accountancy, investment management and tax group Smith & Williamson, was an opportunity to see the transformation of Burwalls,...
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has officially opened Bristol Airport’s new £24m west terminal extension as the airport prepares to handle more than 8m passengers next year. The extension transforms the security search process for passengers as well as creating an enlarged baggage reclaim area, customs facilities, more retail space and a meet-and-greet area. This...
Bristol Airport’s £24m new west terminal extension is due to be officially opened by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling this afternoon as the airport prepares to handle more than 8m passengers next year. The extension will transform the security search process for passengers as well as creating an enlarged baggage reclaim area, customs facilities, more...
