A seven-figure bank loan has set MJ Church, one of the South West’s largest civil engineering, earthworks and waste management contractors, on the road to more growth. The Marshfield-headquartered firm has used the £1.1m from Lloyds Bank to buy four new articulated Volvo dumper trucks, increasing its 25-strong fleet in response to rising demand...
A second historic office building on the edge of Bath’s Queen Square has become fully let as demand for prime commercial space in the city centre continues to grow. Northumberland House, pictured, on the corner of Northumberland Buildings and Barton Street and overlooking the iconic square, is now full following a deal with Bath...
National business group the CBI has appointed Adrian Bratt, the General Counsel of luxury motorboat manufacturer Princess Yachts, as the next chair of its South West region. Adrian, pictured, who is also a board director at the Plymouth-based firm, takes over from Pennon chief executive Susan Davy, who has held the role since 2018. CBI...
A project to breathe new life into vacant shops and buildings in high streets across Bath and North East Somerset has been awarded £500,000. Empty retail properties in Bath will be used for creative projects and pop-up businesses, with satellite projects in Keynsham and Midsomer Norton to follow across a two-year programme. The Vacant...
Bath Building Society has escaped the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic to increase its mortgage lending to record levels while also taking on more savers. The society, which has more than 20,000 savers and 1,200 mortgage customers, described its financial performance last year as “remarkable” and said, despite unprecedented challenges caused by Covid-19,...
Some of Bath’s leading hospitality firms and venues will go head to head against the South West’s top businesses from the sector in the region’s tourism excellence awards next month. Having out-performed their rivals in last week’s Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards – as revealed by Bath Business News – the Bath businesses...
Global solar development company Lightsource bp is to relocate its Bath base in a move property agents say represents a shift in the way the city’s office market operates. The firm, currently based on Riverside Rd, has secured a deal to take 2,318 sq ft at Crescent Office Park, pictured, just off Rush Hill...
A Sunday market on the site of a major town centre regeneration scheme is to return next month – with the owners also hoping to stage a beer festival, car exhibition and summer-long outdoor cinema. The monthly Innox Market at Innox Mills, a 10-acre brownfield site in Trowbridge, will re-open on April 18, offering...
A Grade I listed Georgian property on Bath’s iconic Queen Square, once occupied by Jane Austen but since used as an office, is on the lettings market for the first time in nearly two centuries. Law firm Stone King has occupied 12 & 13 Queen Square continuously since 1832. But following its merger with...
A development consultant who worked on some of Bath’s largest residential schemes of recent years has joined property agency Knight Frank as a partner. Daniel Harris, pictured, arrives at Knight Frank from rival Savills’ Bristol office, where he worked for just over seven years, most recently as an associate director. During that time he led on Bath’s largest Hope House...
