Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King has appointed experienced education property specialist Chris Emm to strengthen its commercial property team. Chris, pictured, joins as a partner from Browne Jacobson, the six-office national firm, which he joined as a trainee and worked for 18 years. Over that time he developed wide knowledge and expertise, working with education sector clients,...
A housebuilding firm on a mission to develop new homes of outstanding design quality is aiming to increase its sales by more than 400% in the period to 2025 after securing new funding. Chippenham-headquartered Backhouse will use the £50m credit facility to establish new sites, build a stronger land bank and further strengthen all...
An ambitious project calling for homes being built in Bath and across the West of England to be high quality, well-designed and affordable has been launched. The Placemaking Charter will bring together the region’s councils, including Bath & North East Somerset, and other public authorities, developers, communities and partners under a shared ambition to...
Grant Associates, the Bath-based international landscape architecture practice, has strengthened its commitment to supporting environmental and social change for the better by becoming a corporate partner of Rainforest Concern, the city-based charity. Rainforest Concern has helped protect more than 5m acres of rainforest since it was founded 28 years ago, with a wide range...
The outlook for Bath’s office and retail property markets remains strong, according to a new report, with one new and one refurbished office building coming on stream and strong demand from the national food and drink sector. According to regional commercial property agents Alder King’s latest Market Monitor, Bath’s office sector is, unusually, benefitting...
Two of Bath’s leading financial services firms are to take space in No.1 Bath Quays, the city’s first major new office development for more than a generation. Financial services consultancy and software provider Altus and chartered financial planning group Fidelius will be the first tenants in the showpiece 44,470 sq ft building, a key...
Companies in the South West are more gloomy about the economy and their own prospects than those in all other regions of the UK, according to a new survey. Business confidence in the region fell three percentage points to 11% during July, making it the least confident region in the UK for the second consecutive month, the...
Bath-based strategic workplace design company Interaction has started work on a project that is set to be one of the UK’s most sustainable offices. Interaction has been commissioned by international law firm Osborne Clarke to work on the fit-out of its new state-of-the-art Bristol base in the city’s landmark, green office building Halo. When...
More than seven in 10 West of England firms consider climate change to be a core business issue for them but many admit they need help to do anything about it due to cost pressures. As a result, fewer than a quarter have taken concrete steps to reduce their impact, such as measuring their...
National logistics group Wincanton has appointed Tom Hinton as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Mr Hinton, pictured, joins the Chippenham-headquartered group on 15 August after nearly two years as CFO at London-based international mining and chemicals business WE Soda. He has also worked in CFO roles for Infinis Energy and Domestic & General...
