A detailed planning application for four buildings on one of the area’s largest business parks has been submitted to Wiltshire Council amid signs that the local commercial property market is recovering from its pre-EU referendum slowdown. The units on Hawke Ridge Business Park on the A350 corridor between Trowbridge and Westbury will bring 67,500...
Bath-based mechanical electrical and civil engineering contractor Northavon M&E plans to expand and open two regional offices following investment in the business by three newly appointed directors. Paul Halfpenny, former managing director of Cheltenham-based specialist construction and civil engineering contractor Britannia Construction, this week joined Northavon as CEO. His arrival coincides with the board appointments of...
Another Bath hotel has changed hands as cash-rich investors flock to the city to buy into its continued growth as an upmarket tourist destination. The sale of the Aquae Sulis hotel on Newbridge Road is the latest in a series of deals that has brought new buyers into the market. And according to hospitality...
The on-off, on-off Hinkley Point C rollercoaster may have failed to come to its expected conclusion on Thursday, but work on the massive site goes on, as Business West managing director Phil Smith found when he visited it last week. Thirty tonnes with one scoop! That’s what each of the three massive yellow diggers...
The £1bn devolution deal and the West of England combined authority formed by it would increase control and resources for business including: Integrated and locally relevant inward investment and trade services, led by Invest in Bristol & Bath Support for developing the West of England Growth Hub Increased support for the Bristol & Bath...
Bath area businesses are being urged to give their views on the West of England devolution proposal, which would bring extra powers to the area along with additional funding worth up to £1bn. Business organisations in the region, including the Institute of Directors (IoD), CBI, FSB and Business West have come together to encourage...
Planning permission has been granted to redevelop Bath’s hidden undercrofts and 18th century vaults beside Pulteney Bridge as a restaurant and possible museum. The proposal for the long-unused area, drawn up by Bath architects Nash Partnership, is the first phase in Bath & North East Somerset Council’s (B&NES) ambitions to develop the social, cultural and...
West of England business leaders have called on the Government to make a speedy decision and approve the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station after it forced another delay of the £18bn project at the 11th hour last week. The plans were thrown into chaos by the Government last Thursday just hours after being...
The go-ahead for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point is expected to be announced this evening, triggering a multi-billion pound boost for the West of England’s economy. The board of French energy company EDF is expected to approve the £18bn plant – which will take 10 years to build – later today...
The Institute of Directors South West regional chairman Nick Sturge has been appointed to the organisation’s national council as it seeks to ensure that a range of voices from across business are heard as Brexit unfolds. Nick Sturge, pictured, the co-founder and director of Bristol’s Engine Shed innovation hub, is one of a number of...
