Bath-based hedging plants grower and retailer Hedges Direct has branched out to acquire specialist distributor Impact Plants – with help from a team from the local office of regional law firm Thrings. Hedges Direct, part of the Lansdown-based mini conglomerate Euxton Group, has more than 10 years’ experience of growing and supplying hedging plants,...
Bath-based superfood wholesaler Supernutrients has appeared for the second year running in a prestigious league table of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses. Rising demand for healthy and natural foods helped grow Supernutrients’ annual sales by an average of 86% over the last three years. That placed the firm, which supplies Holland & Barrett and Waitrose,...
Engineers and scientists from the University of Bath are aiming to produce the first yeast-derived alternative to palm oil on an industrial scale in a move that could open up a new front in the battle against climate change. Palm oil is used in a huge range of products from biofuels to cakes, biscuits...
A sustainable transport project at Bath’s Riverside regeneration area that has exceeded its targets for the past three years has won the West of England’s top green travel award. The project, led by developer Crest Nicholson, took Gold at the Travelwest Sustainable Travel Business Awards, which recognise firms that go the extra mile to...
Hi-tech engineering firm M+W Group is to help develop the UK’s largest waste-to-energy plant of its kind. When completed, the £200m Energy Works scheme in Kingston upon Hull will be able to generate up to 28MW of electricity a year by treating waste – enough to supply 40,000 homes. It will be the largest...
A new enterprise zone in the Somer Valley area including Radstock and Midsomer Norton is to be created to help attract new businesses and potentially create thousands of jobs. The plan was announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his Autumn Statement last week and follows lobbying by Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES)...
The CBI welcomed the spending review’s commitment to longer-term investment in the economy but said there was a sting in the tail in the size and scope of the £3m apprenticeship levy. Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn said: “Businesses will be pleased to see the Chancellor staying the course on deficit reduction, his commitment to an...
Bath business experts have given a mostly positive reaction to Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement and Spending Review. Ian Bell, executive director, Bath Chamber of Commerce and the Initiative in Bath & North East Somerset – part of Business West – said it contained some positive news for the region. “Once again the ‘builder’...
Chancellor George Osborne has delivered his Autumn Statement and Spending Review. These are the main points: Chancellor says five years ago UK economy was in crisis. Debt will fall this year. £12bn of welfare savings will be delivered in full. Britain has grown faster than any other G7 countries since 2010. Economy is predicted...
Chancellor George Osborne will deliver his much-anticipated Autumn Statement on Wednesday – and once again Bath Business News will be the number one media outlet for authoritative live news, analysis and comment. Our team of experienced business journalists will highlight the key measures that are likely to impact on the Bath area’s economy, gain...
