The way leaders can navigate the challenges brought in by the start of the new year will be explored at an event in Bath next week. Speakers Sarah Williment from Farleigh Performance, the leadership coaching arm of Bath Rugby, and Bath healthtech firm director Mayden Alison Sturgess-Durden will also look at how leaders can...
Activities such as sponsored head shaves and spooky cake bakes helped staff at Bath-based housing association Curo raise more than £6,000 last year for a cancer charity focused on children, young people and their families. Young Lives vs Cancer was selected by Curo’s 500-strong workforce as its charity of the year, with all fundraising...
Bath’s Roseate Villa hotel has appointed Christiana Kiose as its new manager, marking her return to the venue where she previously worked as food and beverage manager. The boutique hotel on Henrietta Street offers 21 bedrooms and suites in two converted Victorian houses. It is part of the Roseate Hotels & Resorts group, an...
Law firm Thrings, which has an office in Bath, has boosted its commercial property offering with the appointment of two new partners. Kate Egan-Martin and Naomi Manton, pictured, have joined the firm’s development of land service, bringing more than three decades of real estate and legal experience between them, including working in Top 100 law...
Construction work is to start early next year on industrial giant Siemens’ state-of-the-art £100m factory, which will make the West of England a global leader in railway engineering. The Chippenham plant, pictured, which recently received planning consent from Wiltshire County Council, will employ around 800 skilled workers producing cutting-edge rail infrastructure and digital engineering...
Bath architectural practices Grant Associates and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios have been appointed to lead the long-awaited regeneration of one of the city’s largest undeveloped former industrial areas. The firms will work on plans for the historic former Bath Press site for specialist heritage developer City & Country, which acquired it earlier this year. The...
Bath-based workplace design and build company Interaction has unveiled its new, state-of-the-art base for waste management company Ecosurety which showcases the latest in sustainable design and technology. The 7,000 sq ft office in Bristol, the latest to be created by Interaction in the city, features innovative ‘biomes’ that draw inspiration from the natural world. These...
As this year draws to a close, many employers will be looking for ways to reward their teams’ hard work. But how can you do that in a tax-efficient way that benefits both you and your employees? Here Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter takes a look at the main tax considerations to bear in...
Heritage and leisure attractions from the Bath area have performed strongly at the region’s top tourism industry awards – claiming a total of seven Golds. The city’s heritage sites, including The Roman Baths & Pump Room, Victoria Art Gallery and Bath World Heritage Centre, netted six accolades between them at last night’s Bristol, Bath...
Self-storage firm Vanguard has installed a meticulously restored vintage jet fighter plane in its new Bath branch months before its launch early in 2025. The De Haviland Vampire T11 takes pride of place in the building on the former Regency Laundry site on Lower Bristol Road which was snapped up by Vanguard two-and-a-half years...
