Rombourne Serviced Offices, which recently opened a base in Swindon, is celebrating a successful, decade-long partnership with its IT network supplier Hub Network Services (HNS). Ten years ago Rombourne had four business centres in Cardiff and Bristol. Now the high-end serviced office provider has nine, including two in Newport and its recently-opened Kingston House...
Chippenham’s Borough Parade shopping mall, which has brought retailers such as Waitrose and Argos to the town, has been sold for £16.3m. The 82,000 sq ft retail centre has been bought by London-based property investment firm Development Securities from joint owners Clearbell Capital and Tristan Capital Partners. Borough Parade, which is anchored by Waitrose...
A former commercial vehicle sales centre and workshop on a high-profile site south of Swindon has come onto the market. Previously operated as the M4 Van Centre, the two-storey, 4,500 sq ft vehicle workshop and office building in Broad Hinton is being let through the Swindon office of commercial property consultants Alder King. The...
Part of Swindon’s proud industrial heritage has been given a new lease of life by the town’s soon-to-open University Technical College (UTC). The iconic water tower, which forms part of the UTC’s historic Bristol Street site on the edge of the Railway Village, has been newly restored ahead of the opening of the college...
Chippenham Motor Company is to accelerate its expansion plans after acquiring the freehold of its headquarters on the town’s Bumpers Farm industrial estate. The firm, established in 1996, bought the 29,000 sq ft building for what it described as a “significant seven figure sum”. Funding was provided by Barclays. Chippenham Motor Company supplies thousands...
Swindon’s yet-to-open Regent Circus leisure and retail development has been sold for £40.5m – nearly £8m more than the price it was on the market for. The new owner is Guernsey-based property investment company UK Commercial Property Trust (UKCPT), which also owns Swindon’s The Parade shopping centre. As revealed by Swindon Business News earlier...
Bristol Airport this afternoon announced a £8.6m extension of its terminal – the first major expansion of the building since it opened in 14 years ago. The scheme forms the latest stage of a large-scale, phased development at the airport which will lift capacity from 6m to 10m passengers a year. Bosses also hope...
Swindon’s Regent Circus leisure and retail development has gone on the market with a £32.8m price tag months before it is due to open. Building work on the 97,000 sq ft scheme, which includes a six-screen cinema, seven restaurants and a Morrisons supermarket, is expected to finish within the next couple of months. It...
Tough trading conditions in Europe are continuing to dog Latchways, the specialist safety harnessing firm which sells its products to the building, maintenance and utility industries – although it says it has seen what could be the first signs of an upturn in the UK construction sector. The Devizes-based firm, which reported a 34%...
Upmarket women’s and menswear retailer Brocks is to open a branch in Marlborough after taking a unit in the town’s Hughenden Yard scheme. The letting by Swindon property agent Kilpatrick & Co means only one unit is left available in Hughenden Yard. Brocks, which already has shops in Stow-on-the-Wold, Cirencester and Bath, is now...
