The £35m extension to Swindon’s Designer Outlet shopping centre has been named among the region’s best new buildings. The project has been shortlisted in the ‘building conversation’ category of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) South West awards, putting it head to head with major schemes across the region. The 50,000 sq ft...
Savills has appointed Chloë Clark as senior planner covering the South West. Chloë, pictured, who qualified as a chartered town planner in 2012, joins Savills from Hunter Page Planning in Cheltenham. Chloë has experience of a range of residential and commercial development projects, as well as urban regeneration and rural conversion schemes for a variety...
Barclays has become the latest blue-chip company to sponsor Business Showcase South West 2015 – the region’s biggest business exhibition which returns for a second year in May. Barclays joins First Great Western and Enterprise Rent-a-car in sponsoring the event staged again at Bristol’s Colston Hall. Swindon businesses are being urged to make the...
A prominent shop unit on Royal Wootton Bassett High Street has come onto the market – the latest in a series of deals signalling a recovery in the retail property market. The 647 sq ft unit in Merchants House has been occupied by The Ninety Niner for the past 15 years. It shares an...
Swindon firms are greeting positive economic news, such as the latest fall in unemployment, with “faint alarm bells rather than celebratory cheers”, according to the region’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs the Swindon Initiative, said politicians should now focus on the “significant hurdles” that remained to achieving a lasting recovery. Today’s figures...
Swindon-based Arkell’s Brewery has continued its investment programme in its estate to meet growing demand for pubs with rooms. Work starts this week on a £1.4m transformation of The White Hart at Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, which will add a 24-room accommodation extension. It is the latest investment in quality hotel-type rooms at its...
The Business Show Swindon returns for its fifth year in April with organisers Business West promising an event that will showcase the town’s go-ahead businesses and offer a range of support for anyone starting or growing a business. Staged again at the town’s STEAM railway museum, it will provide a platform for firms to...
The freehold of a 8,500 sq ft terrace of office units on the Lakeside Business Park in South Cerney has been bought by a private investment company – the latest deal in the Swindon area’s strongly-recovering commercial property market. Swindon property consultants Alder King and Wells Commercial sold Units A7 – A10 for an...
Property advisory firm CBRE has strengthened its national asset services team in the South West with the appointment of Mark Evans as senior surveyor. He joins CBRE’s Bristol office from rival Alder King, where he worked as a surveyor. Mark said: “I am thrilled to be joining CBRE at such a critical time in...
Law firm Withy King has expanded the residential property team in its Swindon and Marlborough offices, making it one of the largest in Wiltshire. Solicitor Kirsty Andrews joins from Carter Read & Dove in Swindon, bringing a wealth of residential property experience to the firm. Meanwhile, law graduates Eleanor Woodman and Megan Payne have...
