Construction work has started on the first solar farm at Bristol Airport in a move that could help it achieve its ambitious target of becoming net zero by 2030. Roughly the size of one-and-a-half football pitches, the 2.8-acre scheme of ground-mounted solar panels is expected to be completed and in operation by this summer. ...
Bath’s award-winning contemporary arts event, Forest of Imagination, is back this summer with a series of playful, nature-inspired experiences. Organisers of the free-to-attend festival, which runs from 14 June to 14 July, are inviting adults and children to ‘assemble in the forest’ and connect with nature in a host of imaginative ways. This year’s venue is...
Staff at regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon have thanked chairman Tim Close for his work as he prepares to hand over to his successor. Experienced partner Simon Rowe is taking over from Tim, pictured, who has held his position within the practice since 2019 and is stepping down to focus on his role as partner...
Time Finance, the Bath-headquartered alternative lender, has proclaimed asset-based lending (ABL) as the future of business finance after setting up its first ABL facility. The firm, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, said the £1.1m ABL facility with a growing engineering business specialising in steelwork, manufacturing and installation was another milestone...
Novia Financial, the Bath-based financial services platform, has become the first firm of its kind in the city to be accredited by the Good Business Charter (GBC) in recognition of it embedding ethical and responsible business practices. A non-profit initiative of charity the Good Business Foundation, the GBC acts as a benchmark to demonstrate a...
An independent financial adviser for Chase de Vere in Bath has been included in a list of the next-generation leaders of the wealth management industry. Simon Walshe, pictured, appears in the first cohort of PAM NextGen Leaders, which recognises the individuals destined for the top as the industry leaders of tomorrow. Compiled by information...
The former group head of operations at Bath-based Andrew Brownsword Hotels has returned to the business to become its new CEO. John Badley, pictured, takes over from his former boss Stephanie Hocking in the role. Stephanie announced last week that she was leaving the group, which owns 13 luxury venues in countryside settings and...
A documentary made by a team from the University of Bath highlighting the challenges faced by African cobalt miners has won two national film awards. Cobalt Rush, produced in-house by university development scholar Prof Roy Maconachie, filmmaker Simon Wharf and Dr Bossissi Nkuba, a specialist in mining governance from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
Monday May 8 Bank holiday: Nothing listed Tuesday May 9 Finals: Anexo Group, Tialis Essential IT Interim: Treatt Q1 result: Kosmos Energy Trading announcement: Diversified Energy Company Economic announcements: BRC Sales Monitor, Halifax House Price Index Wednesday May 10 Finals: Airtel Africa, Directa Plus, Vertu Motors, Anexo Group, Ondine Biomedical Interims: Compass Group, Hambro Perks Acquisition Company, ASOS Q1 result: Georgia Capital Trading...
TEDxBath returns later this year with a mission to “kick-start new and inclusive conversations” – with its organisers now offering sponsorship packages to firms in the city and beyond. The event, to be staged in The Forum on Saturday 14 October, will feature six speakers and two acts and, according to the team behind...
