A sharp rise in new orders at defence manufacturing group Avon Rubber combined with a boost from its recent acquisitions helped it achieved strong growth. The Melksham-headquartered group, which specialises in protective gear, masks and breathing equipment for the military and first-responder markets, said orders leapt by 46.5% year-on-year in the six months to March...
Scientists at the University of Bath are developing the world’s first handheld Covid-19 test device capable of offering results within 10 minutes. Worked on by the university’s Centre for Biosensers, Bioelectronics and Biodevices (C3Bio) in partnership with researchers at Bath’s Royal United Hospital (RUH), the LoCKamp (lab on chip amplification) device is roughly the...
A business support programme showing how small and medium-sized firms can benefit from sustainable innovation has been launched by world-leading business incubator SETsquared and the University of Bath. The three-year programme, which has been funded by the European Regional Development and available for firms based in the West of England, is aimed at firms...
The opportunities for business growth and expansion through trade are huge. If you're thinking about trading with the EU and other markets, or want to continue trading, there are rules you need to follow for importing and exporting. It can be overwhelming, but the West of England Combined Authority’s Growth Hub is here to...
Businesses based at SETsquared, the acclaimed incubator backed by the University of Bath, raised record levels of investment last year despite the coronavirus pandemic’s huge impact on financial markets. Funding from private and public sources totalled £616m, up 40% on 2019. Private investment accounted for 90% of the total raised, with the remainder from...
Retail brands based in and around Bath can get help to trade in the US with store giants such as Walmart under a new programme staged by the Department for International Trade (DIT). Called The Retail Lab, it will equip up to 18 companies, via a series of educational modules, with the knowledge required...
A major new collaboration between academia and industry will put the University of Bath on the map as a centre of expertise for the sustainable use of plastics and chemicals. The university is to host a new £17m centre to lead research into sustainable chemical technologies, accelerating the UK’s transition to net zero carbon...
Newly elected Labour West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris has vowed to raise the profile of the region on the national and global stage while delivering a green recovery from the impact of the pandemic. Mr Norris, pictured, won on the second round of the election, beating Conservative candidate Samuel Williams by 125,482 to 85,389. The former MP for Wansdyke (now North...
Bath businesses are being urged to join hundreds of employers from across the UK by taking part in the country’s largest survey of race in the workplace. City-headquartered international engineering practice Buro Happold has already signed up to complete the survey, which is being staged by Business in the Community (BiTC), the organisation dedicated to...
One of the world’s first all-electric refuse vehicles will soon be collecting commercial waste from Bath firms following a £500,000 investment by waste management and civil engineering firm MJ Church. The pioneering truck, pictured – the first on the UK’s road – has been built to the Marshfield-based firm’s strict zero emission specification. That...
