Bath-based charity Rainforest Concern has signed up renewable energy contractor Solarsense as a partner to help it protect rare habitat in the Tropical Andes. For every square metre of rooftop solar panels installed by Clevedon-based Solarsense in the coming year, it will sponsor 10 times the square metreage in the rainforest, which is home...
Firms in the Bath can ensure they are fit for the future by taking advantage of free support on offer under a Workforce for the Future programme. Staged by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, Workforce for the Future provides fully funded, tailored and in-depth support for firms with fewer than 250 employees to...
It has been a very busy few years for immigration law. Firstly, absorbing Brexit and, more recently, with the impact of the pandemic with numerous temporary changes and concessions being introduced by the Home Office. 2022 has been no exception, with a number of these ‘quick fixes’ either being removed or enshrined as a...
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Bath’s tourism and hospitality firms are pinning their hopes on a cracking Christmas this year as the city’s festive season starts amid the worst cost of living crisis for decades. The city’s award-winning Christmas Market got under way yesterday with many other visitor attractions also gearing up for a busy time. Visit Bath, the...
Defence manufacturing group Avon Protection is looking ahead to a new “chapter of growth” it said as it reported higher annual revenues and a big cut in operating losses. Bosses at the Melksham-based group, which specialises in protective gear, masks and breathing equipment for the military and first-responder markets, continued to restructure the business...
Raising its prices and improving its supply chain helped Bath-headquartered global advanced engineering group Rotork increase its revenues by 18.6% in four months. The group, which manufactures flow control equipment for the global oil, gas, water and chemical industries, has been buffeted by global problems over recent years, including the impact of the pandemic. ...
Bath Spa University’s creative writing incubator has been announced as one of only a handful of cultural organisations in the South West to be awarded Arts Council England funding over the next three years. Paper Nations will receive a total investment of £603,060 from Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisation (NPO). The funding will...
Goughs Solicitors has strengthened its residential property team with two new recruits to meet growing client demand. The firm, which has seven offices across Wiltshire including in Chippenham, Trowbridge, Melksham and Corsham, has welcomed Victoria Williams and Gillian Moore. Gillian, pictured far right, who has joined the Chippenham office, and Devizes-based Victoria, have extensive property sector...
The CEO of 100% renewable electricity supplier Good Energy has hit back at a report by industry regulator Ofgem which claimed it was failing vulnerable customers. Chippenham-headquartered Good Energy was among 17 energy suppliers told by Ofgem to improve their customer service ahead of what will be a costly winter for many consumers. Its review...
