Somerset craft brewery The Wild Beer Co has raised almost twice its initial £1m crowdfunding target towards its new brewery and restaurant complex on the Bath & West Showground. The rapidly-expanding brewery has outgrown its current site on a dairy farm at Westcombe, near Shepton Mallet, and plans to develop a new, much-larger operation...
The Bath office of law firm Stone King has advised on a multi-million pound property deal that secures the future of Wentworth Woodhouse, the country’s largest stately home. The Grade-I listed Georgian mansion and gardens in South Yorkshire, pictured, have been sold to the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust for £7m, with Stone King acting for...
Sales coach and ‘entrepreneur’s godmother’ Alison Edgar and Jordan Daykin, the youngest person to secure investment on Dragons’ Den, have been named among the UK’s 100 unsung heroes who play an active role in supporting the country’s entrepreneurial community. The pair appear in the latest Power 100 compiled by accountancy and business advice group...
Each week Bath Business News and Pearson May bring you the top national finance stories. New tax year: business changes Here’s an overview of the changes to corporation tax, VAT thresholds, national living wage and mortgage interest relief from April 2017. Read the full story here New tax year: personal changes Here’s an overview...
Thermae Bath Spa has boosted its offering to guests with the opening of its innovative new Wellness Suite to guests, which replaces its steam room pods. Owners YTL Hotels, part of the Malaysian YTL conglomerate that owns Wessex Water and the neighbouring Gainsborough Hotel, admitted last year that the pods were showing ‘wear and...
Bath fitness instructor Kate Burles is offering hen parties a healthy alternative to the traditional tutus and shots. Kate, pictured, who runs fitness group Exercise Easy, has launched the Hen Challenge, a boot camp style session designed to get hen parties moving rather than getting the cocktails start flowing. Attendees pull on their trainers and...
