Six months ago Roger Saul, founder of the iconic luxury goods brand Mulberry, launched the first phase of a regeneration scheme to transform a former Somerset mill and one-time home to Babycham, into a unique designer shopping outlet. Here Anne Gorringe examines the fascinating history and bright future of the Kilver Court. The...
Radstock-based Oval Estates has received two secured loans totaling £317,000 helped by ThinCats.com, the online marketplace that allows investors to make secured loans directly to UK businesses. Oval Estates, a family-run business which develops and builds about 50 to 60 residential homes a year and some commercial buildings, is using the funding to prepare...
Eleven new family homes are to be created on the site of the Jubilee Inn overlooking a picturesque valley on the southern outskirts of Bath. The derelict pub premises on Whiteway Road, Southdown, was affected by fire last year and has now been demolished by new owners Westrock, who are pressing ahead with the development plans. Closed...
Bath Building Society has welcomed the Government’s new housing initiative aimed at kick-starting the UK’s stagnant domestic construction sector. The society, which is already at the forefront of developing innovative mortgages to help new entrants into the housing market, believes the broad perspective of the Government’s policy will create real benefits for the economy...
The Localism Act, which gives local communities more say about planning and development, was given Royal Assent on Tuesday. But is it good news for Bath and the West region? According to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), it is an encouraging shift of power from central government to communities. For...
A much-needed centre for Bath’s burgeoning creative industries could be developed at Green Park Station as part of far-reaching plans announced today. Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has unveiled its plans for a major investment in the city’s Western Riverside area, opening it up the area to create employment, residential and community space and creating hundreds...
Crest Nicholson, the developer behind Bath's Western Riverside regeneration scheme, has been named Sustainable Housebuilder of the Year. The award recognises companies which demonstrate a real commitment to innovation in the housebuilding industry. Crest plans to build more than 2,000 homes on the 44-acre site as part of a £400m regeneration scheme. Crest...
The last vacant unit at Trowbridge’s Doric Business Centre is being marketed as an ideal base for a trade counter business. The 12-unit development, behind Islington Motors on Canal Road, is already home to mainly trade counter businesses and Colin Scragg of commercial agents Carter Jonas believes the remaining unit will fit the bill...
Stronger-than-expected rent collection figures have helped buoy high street landlords ahead of the crucial Christmas trading season. Some 94% of retailers paid on time on quarter day – the day every three months when rents are due – up from 85% for the same quarter last year. The figure is a rare piece of...
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...
