Farmer Michael Eavis’s Worthy Farm, best known as the home of Glastonbury Festival, has taken another step towards total sustainability with the installation of a second solar roof. The dairy farm and its herd of 400 cows already have one of the UK’s largest private solar arrays on one of its cowsheds, nicknamed the...
Staff from Bath law firm Withy King have raised more than £1,300 for Children’s Hospice South West by cycling 136 miles over two days. The team started out at the charity’s head office near Bristol before riding on to Wiltshire Air Ambulance in Devizes and then finishing in Oxford at Helen & Douglas House....
TheAgency, the rapidly-expanding Bath-based integrated creative agency, has been appointed by natural weight loss aid Slimsticks to spearhead its advertising and marketing communications ahead of a national roll-out. Slimsticks, a natural product which helps weight loss by reducing the body’s appetite, appointed model and former Big Brother housemate Imogen Thomas, pictured, as its brand...
Bath employee benefits specialist Fidelius is holding a free breakfast seminar to explain the implications of the impending overhaul of UK pensions. Fidelius’ co-founder and employee benefits director Iain Fox will discuss the change to auto-enrolment – which requires firms to put eligible employees in a suitable workplace pension scheme. The seminar, which is...
Bath author and life coach Julie-Ann Blackmore is launching a series of stress management seminars in the city aimed at business people who need help in managing their busy schedules. The seminars, called Stress Management for Busy People, will provide guidance to help individuals work less and achieve more through relaxation and stress-free productivity....
Half-year sales and pre-tax profits have fallen at Chippenham-based specialist drugs firm Alliance Pharma after sales of its Deltacortril steroid were hit by a new competitor and changes in doctors’ prescribing trends. Sales in the six months to June 30 were down 10% to £22m which pushed won pre-tax profits during the period from...
A team of enthusiastic volunteers are making good ground in ensuring that Chippenham becomes a vibrant and socially successful town again. Cherish Chippenham, a Community Interest Company (CIC), is made up of a wide variety of business owners, independent and national retailers, developers, community support groups, members of the public, and the town and...
Bath area residents concerned about the cost of social care and other issues affecting older people can get free advice at a public event sponsored by local law firm Stone King. The Later Life Show on September 26 will showcase the wide range of specialist services available to older people in the area and...
Monday September 10 INTERIMS Brady, PowerFilm Inc. (Reg S), Telit Communications FINALS Murgitroyd Group AGMS Unitech Corporate Parks TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS Associated British Foods Tuesday September 11 INTERIMS Hilton Food Group FINALS Ashmore Group, Interior Services Group AGMS Avarae Global Coins, Betfair Group, Cohort, JPMorgan Brazil Inv Trust , Oxford Instruments, ReNeuron Group, Rockhopper Exploration...
Bristol & Bath Science Park is celebrating the role played by its university partners in putting the region at the forefront of research and innovation. Large signs naming the three universities involved in the 59-acre park have been unveiled on the Energy Centre building at the park’s entrance. The West is home to some...
