Bath-based landscape architects Grant Associates have been selected to work on a major regeneration project in Birmingham which will include a series of new streets and public squares around some of the city’s historic buildings. The 68,800 sq m Paradise Circus scheme forms part of a wider £450m masterplan for Birmingham city centre. Grant...
Development of Bath’s Quays South, which will form a major part of the city’s planned Innovation Quay scheme, has moved a step closer following talks between defence group BMT and Bath and North East Somerset Council. They have reached an outline agreement on how the two parties can work together to redevelop the area...
Directors in firms across Bath and Somerset have less than two weeks to enter the region’s top business awards that recognise boardroom excellence and enterprise. The South West Institute of Directors (IoD) Awards 2014 are open to anyone working at director level in any type of business or organisation – they do not have...
Property specialist Carter Jonas appointed chartered building surveyor Tom Lowe to its team in Bath – reuniting him with former colleague Martin Walker who joined the firm last month. Both previously worked for rival Jones Lang LaSalle (now JLL), which closed its Bath office last year. Tom, pictured, a member of the Royal Institution...
Bath’s pioneering Innovation Quay area has been showcased to potential developers and investors at the world’s largest commercial property industry gathering. The 6.5-acre site which straddles the River Avon west of Churchill Bridge, is allowing the city to promote itself as a centre for innovation capable of attracting businesses in the creative and hi-tech...
Independent brewer and restaurant chain Bath Ales has unveiled its two new-look café/bars at Bristol’s Colston Hall music venue following a major refurbishment. The firm, based between Bath and Bristol at Warmley, took over the iconic building’s food and drink contract last November. It has transformed the first-floor restaurant into a charcuterie bar called...
Bath’s role as an innovative city will be demonstrated at the highest-profile gathering of the global property market next week. MIPIM, staged annually in Cannes, brings together the most senior players in international property development and investment and acts as a showcase for business and development opportunities across the world. For the first time...
Monahans, the west accountancy firm with offices in Bath, Chippenham, Glastonbury and Trowbridge, has promoted Shelly Smith to senior manager in its business recovery and insolvency team. Shelly, pictured, who has more than 18 years’ experience, started her career with Solomon Hare in Bristol before moving on to manage the insolvency team at Robson...
Bath is about to get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a modern business centre that will position the city at the leading edge for creativity and innovation. The Bath Quays development sites – on either side of the River Avon near the city centre – will give the city a unique chance to attract...
Legendary Bath Rugby and England star Lewis Moody was the guest of honour at a turf-cutting ceremony to mark the start of work on a new state-of-the-art sports centre at Bath’s Prior Park College. The former flanker, who was part of England’s 2003 World Cup winning side and earned the nickname Mad Dog for...
