Bath’s Clean Air Zone, introduced in March last year, has halved the number of high-emission vehicles in the city centre and driven down its previous high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution, according to the first major report into its impact. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which brought in what was then the...
An environmental initiative between Bristol Airport and easyJet that slashed emissions from equipment used to get passengers and baggage onto aircraft has won an international award. The trial – believed to be the first of its kind – reduced emissions to almost zero by using electric ground vehicles instead of diesel to move aircraft...
Two Bath PR agencies have won five accolades between them at a regional public relations industry awards ceremony. Clearly PR scooped the Professional of the Year, Team Culture & Community, and Medium Consultancy of the Year titles at PRCA Dare Awards, while Highlight PR topped the Consumer Relations and Small Consultancy of the Year...
A site manager working for Bath housing firm Curo on its flagship development on the city’s outskirts has won a top industry award for a second consecutive year. Alan Mapston, pictured, senior site manager at Mulberry Park – where Curo is building nearly 700 homes – received the National House Building Council’s (NHBC) Pride...
Bath-based wireless technology firm Icoteq is supporting two brothers aged 10 and 12 in a pioneering 20,000km voyage to send two replica ships to circumnavigate Antarctica. Icoteq, which previously developed a new generation of satellite tracking equipment aimed at sea turtles and a plastic pollution tracker for a National Geographic-backed expedition – has designed...
A team from Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King put their best feet forward to complete a gruelling 22.5km hike in the Peak District to raise funds for two charities – and more than doubled their original £1,000 target. The seven-hour hike took place in challenging and windy conditions and included 850m of ascent. ...
Bath marketing professionals will be able to learn how three West of England firms have successfully put sustainability at their core when they speak at an event in the city next week. Pukka Herbs, Hobbs House Bakery and Sawday’s & Canopy & Stars have all made sustainability central to their marketing activity. They have...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May and Bath Business News team up to bring you the top national finance stories. Taxpayers unprepared for Making Tax Digital Only four in 10 think new rules will be easy to follow. Find out more here HMRC reminds businesses to update basic PAYE tools Tools should be updated ahead of National...
FinTech West, the organisation that champions Bath and the South West as a tech powerhouse, has added social science expertise to its offering by appointing a university academic to its team as knowledge exchange fellow. Jonathan Beaverstock, pictured, professor of international management University of Bristol, has joined the organisation to encourage knowledge exchange between academia...
Eight charities and community groups are sharing £6,500 from Bath Building Society’s annual charity awards scheme. The awards were established in 2006 to support as many initiatives in the Bath area as possible from the growing number of requests that the society receives each week asking for support. This year’s beneficiaries include The Bath...
