National hotel group Axcel Hospitality has snapped up its second hotel in Bath as the city’s tourism sector continues to respond to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The group has acquired the four-star Lansdown Grove Hotel, pictured, following the collapse of its owner Specialist Leisure Group into administration earlier this year. The 18th-century...
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Destination marketing organisation Visit Bath has vowed to try to stage some of its planned pre-Christmas programme once the city emerges from the second national lockdown in early December. The rising tide of Covid-19 cases across the country – including in Bath, where it has now become higher than the national average for the...
Specialist manufacturer Avon Rubber has become a global leader in the manufacture of helmets for military personnel and first responders following the completion of a major US acquisition. The Melksham-headquartered group paid $130m (£100m) for Team Wendy, which makes head protection systems for military, law enforcement, search and rescue and the adventure markets. The...
Developers behind the UK’s first ‘urban later living community’ planned for Bath are future proofing the scheme in the light of the coronavirus crisis. Guild Living said changes to the development – which it wants to build on the former Homebase site off Pines Way – will help combat the spread of infectious diseases,...
A group of firms from the Bath area are hoping to secure lucrative business deals by taking part in the city’s first virtual trade missions to Mexico and Chile. Organised by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and led by Sarah Hildersley, DIT’s market specialist for Latin America in the region, the missions include...
