The Roman Baths & Pump Room have been voted as the UK’s third best historic attraction by readers of consumer magazine Which? The historic site, which is owned by Bath & North East Somerset Council, scored an impressive five stars – out of five – for its engagement and entertainment value, with a number...
The South West’s largest business organisation has ‘warmly welcomed’ the government’s promise to help firms with spiralling energy bills this winter - but called for it to regulate the market to ensure stability in the future. Prime Minister Liz Truss’s energy price freeze announced yesterday means households bills will be capped at £2,500 a year from...
Goughs Solicitors’ series of free online seminars for business owners continues later this month with a session on re-organising a business and running a risk-free redundancy process. The monthly Wednesday Wisdom Webinars, which give up-to-date, relevant and pragmatic employment advice, are led by the firm’s head of employment Rebecca Dennis, pictured. They allow employers the opportunity to tune in to a...
Confidence among South West businesses rose in August despite spiralling costs, according to a new survey – making it one of only three UK regions to record a month-on-month increase in optimism. Firms in the region appear to have shrugged off the impact of soaring utility bills, wage increases and a possible recession to register...
A garden designed by Bath-based international landscape architecture practice Grant Associates at the heart of a major urban renewal project has opened to the public. The environmentally focused practice, which has worked on major schemes across the world, collaborated with London-based developer HUB and Bristol and London architects AHMM on the regeneration of Queen’s...
Fast-growing national self-storage operator StoreAway has opened an outlet in a former landmark furniture showroom in Bath after securing a £5.2m in investment. The 27,000 sq ft Depository building, pictured, on York Place, London Road, houses 245 lockers across two floors. The high-profile building, which dates from the early 20th century, was originally a storage...
Small and medium-sized firms in Bath and across the West of England can get free help on issues such as contracts, performance management and recruitment through a new HR support service. Launched by Business West, the organisation that runs Bath Chamber of Commerce, the service will offer tailored advice for businesses via one-to-one sessions...
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa in Bath has appointed Helen Griffiths to the role of spa manager, bringing with her more than 20 years’ experience in the industry. Helen, pictured, started out as a spa receptionist with holiday venue group Center Parcs, where she went on to re-train as a beauty therapist, progressing to spa...
The construction law practice at Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King has been expanded with the arrival of partner Sean Randall Morris and paralegal Grace Souter. Both have joined from Bath-headquartered RWK Goodman, where Sean, pictured, worked for just under a year as a partner in its dispute resolution team and Grace for 11 months...
An expert in urban development and infrastructure in Europe and the Middle East has been lined up as guest speaker at next month’s Bath Business Conference, the city’s only dedicated event of its kind. Steve Scott, UK executive leader of global professional services company GHD Advisory, will address business leaders at the breakfast taking...
