Global real estate advisor CBRE has made four promotions in its South West office. Nikita Dheir and Hannah Marshall have been promoted from their roles as senior surveyors to associate directors while former surveyors Stella Hicks and Hannah Hicks are now senior surveyors. Nikita, who joined CBRE as a graduate in 2016 and now...
Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King has advised on the sale of another nursing home as it continues to position itself as a major player in the busy residential care market. Hillcrest Nursing Home, a well-respected and long-established 88-bed nursing and dementia home in Looe, Cornwall, was sold by owners Mike and Sharon...
Some of Bath’s most historic buildings are to get fresh investment to attract more visitors under a government heritage scheme. Bath Preservation Trust, which operates four visitor attractions including No.1 Royal Crescent, pictured, has received just under £445,000 from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage to help it face the ongoing challenges...
A scheme set up to bridge the digital divide by getting laptops to schools, charities and individuals who do not have access to technology has celebrated sending out 1,000 devices. Wiltshire Digital Drive was born from the success of a laptop recycling project started by Westbury-based Priority IT during lockdown. The scheme recycled...
Bath landscape architecture practice Grant Associates is to help turn the Tower of London’s moat into a vibrant sea of more than 20m flowers to help celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year. The ‘Superbloom’ project, one of scores across the country to mark 70 years since the Queen came to the throne, will transform the moat...
A Scottish property firm’s decision to offload its office portfolio in favour of retail warehouses has resulted in the sale of one of Bath’s highest-profile commercial buildings. Midland Bridge House on Midland Bridge, the head office of law firm Royds Withy King, was sold by Ediston Property Investment Company for £5.925m. Edinburgh-based Ediston...
Business people with strong networking experience and the credibility to champion the region are being sought by the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to join its business board. The LEP is looking to appoint new board members to help shape a brighter, greener future for the West of England’s residents. The LEP...
Law firm Royds Withy King has strengthened further its construction and engineering dispute resolution team with the appointment of Sean Randall-Morris as a partner at its Bath head office. Sean, pictured, joins from the Bristol office of Davies & Partners Solicitors, where he spent nearly three years as an advocate and an arbitrator...
Bath businesses are partnering with the police, banking sector and specialists to spearhead a new crackdown on fraud in the South West. They have come together to re-launch the South West Fraud Forum (SWFF), which is dedicated to helping prevent businesses and individuals becoming victims of the crime. The organisation will be holding regular...
Fashion retailer Primark has awarded a five-year contract to logistics group Wincanton to make deliveries to all its 191 UK stores. Under the contract, which begins early next year, Chippenham-headquartered Wincanton will make more than 50,000 deliveries to Primark stores each year. Wincanton said it would result in significant operational efficiencies for Primark’s...
