Two vacant offices in Bath’s Laura Place - one of the main settings in Jane Austen’s final book Persuasion - are to be sold at auction next week. The offices, along with two unoccupied flats in the same three Grade I listed buildings, will go under the hammer with a guide price of £4m-plus. Acquired by their current...
A third of South West firms still do not know if they will be impacted by Brexit with less than four weeks to go to the end of the UK-EU transition period, according to a new survey. At the same time 46% are worried that Brexit could have a bigger impact on them than...
Bath city centre bars, restaurants and shops lost at least £142m during the first national Covid-19 lockdown while the cancellation of its iconic Christmas market will deal the city a further £13.6m blow, new figures reveal. Data provided by credit card company Visa shows that expenditure lost to the hospitality and retail sectors in...
A Bath firm producing digital maps that stop passengers getting lost in busy airports and missing their flights has received further investment to roll out the technology across the world. Living Map, which was founded in 2010 by urban design consultant Tim Fendley and now employs more than 25 people, will also use the...
A Bath boutique hotel has landed two major industry awards at the end of a year during which it suffered a fire just hours after being forced to close in the first national lockdown while its owners also caught Covid-19. The four-AA-star, 29-room hotel Queensberry Hotel was named Independent Hotel of the Year at...
It is sadly inevitable that this year’s staff Christmas parties will not be the usual get-togethers and businesses will, no doubt, already be looking at more inventive ways to have a festive celebration, be it virtual or with individual gifts, etc. writes Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter. From online cookery classes, virtual pantomimes and streaming...
Given the unprecedented challenges all businesses have faced over the past six months, there is no doubt that 2021 is going to be an important year. Add to this the UK leaving the EU on December 31 and the uncertainty of more lockdowns and for many businesses 2021 could be a make or break year....
Bath’s Tier 2 restrictions when it comes out of the national lockdown next week will have a “chilling impact” on its economy, with much of its hospitality sector remaining “frozen” in the vital run-up to Christmas, business groups have warned. Bath Chamber of Commerce group Business West said despite having escaped being put in...
The innovative design of Bath Spa University’s Locksbrook Campus has been recognised in a prestigious regional property awards scheme. The campus topped the Heritage Project of the Year category in the 2020 Michelmores’ Property Awards. Now in their 18th year, the awards recognise the best property and construction schemes across the South West, as well...
A Bath office block has been sold for nearly £7m – a price, according to the property agents behind the deal, that reflects the ongoing shortage of prime business space in the city. Grosvenor House, pictured, in The Square off Lower Bristol Road – a property with 18,500 sq ft of Grade A space...
