Bath Spa University has officially opened its new Locksbrook Campus – with actor Jeremy Irons joining students, staff and alumni to perform the honours in his role as chancellor. The riverside building, which welcomed its first students last October, is the culmination of a major restoration project which has re-purposed and remodelled the former...
Bath-based organisations are being offered a unique opportunity to support their aspiring leaders through a pioneering leadership development programme designed by the city, for the city. Now in its fifth consecutive year, Bath Bridge aims to make the city a more dynamic place to live and work through a world-class programme for its future...
Efforts to boost business productivity and increase innovation among West of England manufacturers have been highlighted by the area’s Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) at its AGM. The meeting, which went under the banner of ‘Our West, Our Future’, heard how the LEP is now delivering its Local Industrial Strategy to spur clean growth that will benefit...
With less than a month to go until nominations close, Bath area directors are being urged to enter one of the South West’s top award schemes recognising excellence and enterprise. The Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2020 aim to champion the region’s outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs. The awards, which...
The showpiece Chocolate Quarter retirement village at Keynsham is to be expanded following the acquisition of a further half an acre by developer St Monica Trust. The scheme, on the former Cadbury factory at Somerdale, will add around 36 more retirement apartments to the village. The brownfield land was bought by Bristol-based St Monica...
Lobbying and networking organisation Women in Property South West is celebrating another successful year as its new chair settles into the role. Rachael Sherratt, an associate with property agency JLL, took over from previous chair Ros Trotman this week. Ros, pictured, a planning partner in law firm Thrings’ Bristol office and head of its...
The Bath-based health and social care team at law firm Royds Withy King has supported the owner of an independent Hampshire care home in its disposal to a regional group. The sale of Belford House near Alton involved the transfer of shares in its owner Four Marks Ltd to Hartford Care for an undisclosed...
Bath’s landmark former Scala cinema could be given a new lease of life if ambitious plans drawn up by city-based property developer Rengen are approved. The firm, which has been behind a number of high-profile redevelopments in Bath, wants to regenerate the building, pictured, in Oldfield Park into apartments as well as improving the...
JLL associate Rachael Sherratt is to be the next South West chairman of Women in Property, the national property and construction industry lobbying and networking organisation. Rachael, pictured, who starts in the role on March 1, has served on the group’s regional committee for four years. She is now looking forward to taking over...
A popular Bath city centre pub has fully reopened after undergoing a major refurbishment. The Pig & Fiddle on Saracen Street has been upgraded by owner Butcombe, the West Country-based brewery and pub group following what it said was a “substantial” investment. The pub’s back bar has been redesigned with timber and metal tubing,...
