Bath-based charity the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) has won gold in the UK’s first Fairtrade Business Awards. All tea, coffee and biscuits used at ARC’s Kelston Park office are Fairtrade certified. The charity’s commitment to and support for Fairtrade landed it the top prize in the award scheme’s Office category. ARC personal...
Chippenham-based software firm Preactor International has expanded its global reach by establishing a subsidiary in Dallas, Texas. The firm, which leads the world in manufacturing resource scheduling software, has partnerships with more than 400 companies around the world to sell its products, including its flagship Preactor which is used by more than 3,500 SMEs...
A new forum to showcase manufacturing in the West and share best practice has staged its inaugural meeting. SWIM (South West Innovative Manufacturing) was launched at the National Composites Centre (NCC) on the Bristol & Bath Science Park with the message that, while facing some tough challenges, manufacturing is alive and well in the...
Chippenham-based Complete Business Gifts is celebrating a decade of reinforcing its clients' advertising campaigns with its vast range of promotional items. Many new and innovative promotional gifts have come on to the market within the last ten years but old favourites such as pens and mugs are still highly favoured. Currently, branded USB's...
Former Barclays Bank regional chairman Simon Moore has been appointed CBI South West regional director. He will act as the voice of business in the region, will be responsible for all CBI South West member companies, and will represent the region’s business leaders on key policy and regulatory issues. His main priorities will include...
The UK’s first Fairtrade business awards are being presented today to firms and organisations from the West that incorporate Fairtrade into their business. The awards, sponsored by The Co-Operative and supported by Bath Business News's sister website Bristol Business News, are being be hosted by BBC newsreader and long-time Fairtrade supporter George Alagiah at...
First Complete, the Chippenham-based mortgage and protection network, has won the Best Mortgage Network award at the prestigious Mortgage Strategy Awards. The firm provides benefits, services and training support to more than 400 firms of financial advisers across the country. Owned by LSL Property Services, one of the UK’s leading residential property services companies,...
With just two weeks to go to Rabbit South West, the region’s most dynamic B2B networking event and exhibition, a competition has been launched to win one of the last exhibition stands on offer. Rabbit takes place on March 20 at Brunel’s Old Station, Temple Meads, Bristol and delegates, who can register for free,...
Dozens of business leaders attended a Chinese banquet to learn about a major opportunity to trade with the Far East. During the special reception at the Bristol'’s Zen Restaurant, they heard about a planned November 2012 Bristol and South West IoD trade mission to China. It will see South West business directors visit China for a week as they target...
Freesource Energy, the renewables company based at Corsham, has been highly commended by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust for its work supplying free solar PV systems to homes. The firm collected the accolade in the Climate Change Impact category of the Trust’s fourth Corporate Green Awards. People in more than a hundred homes have benefitted...
