The Bath Business Improvement District (BID) has launched a scheme to celebrate the city’s wildlife by illustrating it on the recently restored public benches near the Abbey. The Biodiversity Bench Project includes 21 images of creatures ranging from butterflies and frogs to birds painted onto the seats in Kingston Parade, the square between Abbey...
A state-of-the-art waste recycling centre has been named as one of the most impressive recent building projects in the South West in a prestigious building awards scheme. Bath & North East Council’s £41.8m Keynsham recycling hub, which was officially opened in February, is among the regional winners in the RICS (Royal Institution of chartered...
A spin-out company from the University of Bath is looking to plug into a new form of sustainable power by creating a battery that recharges itself when placed in soil. Start-up Bactery has developed bacteria-powered batteries – or ‘Bacteries’ – which harvest green energy by taking advantage of natural processes that occur in soil-based microorganisms. As...
IT services company Mintivo has made two key appointments as it looks to maintain its strong growth while also aiming to gain a coveted B Corp accreditation to reflect its values. The internal appointments at the firm, which has been expanding by more than 50% a year, also come as it celebrates winning a...
Shares in Bath-headquartered eyewear firm Inspecs remained under pressure today after its warning last week of a fall in revenue and earnings. The group, which designs and makes a wide range of spectacles, lenses and frames for worldwide sale, said its financial results for the first half of its current financial year would trail...
Monday June 10 Trading announcement: ME Group International Tuesday June 11 Finals: B. P. Marsh & Partners, Oxford Instruments, FirstGroup, Iomart Group, GB Group, Vianet Group, Eckoh, Cake Box Holdings Trading announcement: Bellway Economic announcements: Unemployment rate, Claimant count rate, Index of services, Industrial production, Manufacturing production, Gross domestic product, Balance of Trade Wednesday June 12 Finals: Molten Ventures,...
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A trial initiative that provides free furniture to people across Bath and North East Somerset in poverty has been extended for a further year to support more households and reduce social care costs. Called Cosy Start, the scheme is run by Bath-headquartered housing association Curo and funded by city-based community charity St John’s Foundation and national social...
Low-cost airline easyJet has launched its largest-ever flight schedule from Bristol Airport after adding another aircraft to its fleet based there. The airline, already the largest operator from Bristol, now has 18 aircraft based permanently at the airport serving 72 routes in 26 countries. Later this month easyJet will launch flights for the first time...
Monday June 3 Finals: Sirius Real Estate, Genincode Interim: Hollywood Bowl Group Economic announcement: PMI manufacturing Tuesday June 4 Final: LondonMetric Property Interims: Chemring Group, Gooch & Housego Economic announcements: Retail sales, BRC sales monitor Wednesday June 5 Finals: Ninety One, B&M European Value Retail, Workspace Group, DiscoverIE Group, VP Interims: Paragon AG, Ramsdens Holdings Economic announcement: PMI services, PMI composite Thursday June...
