Bath-based property developer HPH has secured a first-of-its-kind funding package to help pursue its green initiatives. The firm, which owns a diverse portfolio of office, industrial and retail properties across the South West, arranged the loan through Lloyds Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Green Lending Initiative. Lloyds launched the £1bn scheme in March to incentivise...
Brilliant networking opportunities will be on offer at Bath Business Show next Friday – the largest business event of its kind in the area. The show has now sold out for exhibitors and organisers expect to attract even than the 450 delegates who attended last year. Taking place at The Guildhall between 10am and...
A new regional Prince’s Trust development committee has been set up by a group of leading business figures to help the organisation raise vital funds to support young people. The committee aims is to raise more than £1m during 2016-17 to go directly towards The Prince’s Trust in the region and help bring to...
International property consultancy JLL’s lead director for the South West & Wales, Jeremy Richards, is to step down from the role at the end of this year and will be replaced by director of project and development services Simon Peacock. Jeremy will take on the role of regional chairman from January after nearly 14...
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has welcomed a new recruit to its Bath office as part of its graduate training scheme. Georgia Georgieva, 22, pictured, has joined the office’s commercial team, where she will complete the two-year process covering all aspects of agency, valuation and professional consultancy work. Georgia, who speaks Bulgarian, English, German...
National property agency Cushman & Wakefield has expanded its South West office by appointing specialist surveyor Steve Puddicombe as senior director. Steve joins the project management & consultancy team in Bristol from JLL, where he led the Bristol building consultancy team for five years – a role he also performed at King Sturge for...
Business leaders from Bath and across the West of England will get their first chance to hear the views of the CBI’s recently appointed president and its incoming regional chair at the organisation’s annual dinner next week. The event is traditionally a high point of the region’s business calendar, attracting hundreds of senior businessmen...
Bath College is setting up a business academy to give students valuable industry experience at top companies across the region. More than 30 companies have been invited to attend the launch of the Bath Academy of Business at Bath College next Thursday (Sept 29). The evening will bring together potential partners and students who...
Bath Business Show has announced its full seminar programme offering a wealth of invaluable advice and inspirational support for the city’s entrepreneurs. All the show’s seminars are free to attend and places can now be booked online. The speakers have been chosen to inspire as well as deliver wisdom. Among them is James Buckley...
The Archway Project at the Roman Baths, which received planning permission earlier this month, has passed a major funding milestone with a donation from charitable grant-making foundation. The Garfield Weston Foundation has given a £75,000 grant to the project, which includes a new learning centre for the Roman Baths and a world heritage centre. London-based Garfield Weston...
