Bath architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and consulting engineerings Buro Happold have teamed up to stage a unique event that will bring some of the best designers, directors, artists and thinkers in Europe to the city. The not-for-profit event, called Power in Space, will encourage debate among international designers and directorsand allow delegates to...
The Bristol & Bath Science Park was officially opened this morning, realising a long-held ambition to place the West of England at the forefront of innovation and technology. Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, launched what its backers believe will become a new powerhouse for research and development, The 59-acre (24 hectare) site...
Hinton Grange Hotel, the 21-bedroom country hotel near Bath, has been put up for sale by agents Colliers International on behalf of LPA Receiver Jon Cookson. The hotel, which closed in July, is between Bath and the M4 and stands in around six acres of grounds that include a small lake. The agents are...
Developer Cotswold Homes, based at Tormarton, has won a planning battle to build 10 three-bedroom town houses and two pairs of semi-detached three-bedroom homes on a former North Somerset coach depot. CJH Land brokered the site’s sale with a view to replacing derelict commercial buildings at the former Starline coach depot in Clevedon with 14 new homes...
Great Western Ambulance NHS Trust (GWAS) has appointed property advisors GVA to help it modernise its property estate. Chippenham-based GWAS’s 30 sites are spread across Bath and North East Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and the West of England and range from state-of-the-art facilities to buildings nearing the end of their economic life. The trust wants...
Bath has emerged as Britain’s second favourite small city in a new survey. It was pipped to the post by York in a poll of nearly 1,500 people for travel publisher Rough Guides. The survey has been published to coincide with the launch of the new Rough Guide to Yorkshire, although the firm insists...
