Green/sustainable business

Support for remaining in EU growing among West bosses, survey reveals

June 15, 2016
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Support for remaining in EU growing among West bosses, survey reveals

Bosses running West of England firms are almost three times more likely to vote in favour of remaining in the EU than leave – with the gap between the two views widening over the past three months. The latest snap survey by Business West – the region’s largest business organisation – of its members...

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The LAST WORD: Savita Custead, director, Bristol and Bath Festival of Nature

June 10, 2016
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The LAST WORD: Savita Custead, director, Bristol and Bath Festival of Nature

Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the area’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Savita Custead, director of Bristol and Bath Festival of Nature – which starts this weekend – answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Spotlight Book you read?...

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Homes letting firm Touchstone teams up with The House to redefine its purpose

June 10, 2016
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Homes letting firm Touchstone teams up with The House to redefine its purpose

Bath brand consultancy The House has helped property management firm Touchstone, also based in the city, to refresh its brand by reimagining its purpose. Working closely with Touchstone’s senior leadership, The House helped redefine the company’s brand purpose as ‘turning rental units into homes’.  This has energised Touchstone’s business strategy and sparked a full...

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LEP employer skills survey goes live to help shape Bath’s future workforce

June 10, 2016
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LEP employer skills survey goes live to help shape Bath’s future workforce

The views of employers in Bath and across the West of England are being sought on recruitment experiences, skills gaps and more to influence the area’s future skills strategy. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP) Annual Employer Skills Survey, is aligned to its vision to develop a local workforce with the skills...

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City centre waste trial aims to rid streets of rubbish and boost evening economy

June 10, 2016
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City centre waste trial aims to rid streets of rubbish and boost evening economy

Trade waste is being collected quicker and more efficiently from Bath city centre in a three-month trial aimed at growing the evening economy as well as escalating the war on gulls. Under the scheme, rubbish bags are being collected from outside businesses between 5.30pm and 6pm to ensure they are only on the street...

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Good Energy generates a profit as it offloads another early-stage solar site to Chinese group

May 25, 2016
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Good Energy generates a profit as it offloads another early-stage solar site to Chinese group

Good Energy, the Chippenham-based renewable energy company, has sold one of its undeveloped solar sites to Chinese PV panel manufacturer Trina Solar as it shifts its focus onto sites that are already generating power. The 4.65MW solar site at Wrotham, near Maidstone, Kent, earn Good Energy a profit of between £430,000 and £480,000 –...

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Confusion over rules on sale of ivory could hit Bath’s antique firms, says city lawyer

May 25, 2016
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Confusion over rules on sale of ivory could hit Bath’s antique firms, says city lawyer

Bath lawyer Andrew Banks is warning the city’s antiques dealers that they risk hefty fines because of widespread confusion over the rules controlling the trade in endangered species. Andrew, pictured, a partner in the Bath office of solicitors Stone King, said the decision to fine the auction house Christie’s £3,250 this week for trying...

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Steel tile roof gives new lease of life to leaky Welsh visitor centre

May 20, 2016
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Steel tile roof gives new lease of life to leaky Welsh visitor centre

Lightweight steel roofing company Metrotile UK has come to the rescue of a South Wales countryside park whose visitor centre suffered from leaks every time it rained. The previous porous roof tiles on the Parc Bryn Bach building in Blaenau Gwent had let water into the café area. But now the popular lakeside facility...

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Bath companies on shortlist for title of region’s happiest workplace

May 19, 2016
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Bath companies on shortlist for title of region’s happiest workplace

Two Bath firms are among the finalists in a contest to find the South West’s most cheerful workplace. Content marketing agency M2 Bespoke, based in Limpley Stoke, and charity Ethiopiaid, based in the Upper Borough Walls in the city centre, line up against nine other businesses from across the region for the coveted title....

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Showcase of innovation, creativity and enterprise gets underway today

May 17, 2016
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Business Showcase South West – the region’s largest event of its kind – is taking place today at Bristol’s Ashton Gate Stadium with the city’s Bloodhound Supersonic Car one of the star attractions. The free-to-visit event will also hear from the Bloodhound’s driver Wing Commander Andy Green OBE as one of the keynote speakers...

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