Bath area businesses are being urged to enter teams for a half marathon in September to help raise funds for a range of charities. More than 500 people have already signed up for this year’s Chippenham Half Marathon, with hundreds more expected to register over the coming weeks. But its organisers are keen to...
Bath and the West of England will become the UK’s centre for electric vehicle technology when the long-expected green light is finally given for a battery gigafactory in Somerset, according to business leaders and politicians in the region. The government this week agreed a deal with Tata Group, which owns Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), to...
Online retailer Furniturebox has become a major supporter of a charity that helps households hit by the cost of living crisis save money on reused sofas, cookers and fridges. The Chippenham-based firm gifts £120,000 worth of returned items each year to furniture and white goods charity KFR, which has seen a 25% rise in...
An academic from the University of Bath is hoping to extend a recently launched scheme that sends surplus management textbooks to universities in Nigeria so that it also benefit students in other African nations as well as in Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Bath School of Management associate professor Teslim Bukoye said...
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) lent a record £14m to ambitious small and medium-sized businesses across the region in the past year, new figures show. The non-profit group, which supports viable businesses that cannot secure sufficient funding from their bank, provided 559 loans to 478 start-ups and growing firms in...
An innovative scheme to ensure young people now in schools in Bath and across the West of England consider working in the green jobs of the future is to be expanded. A recent survey found more than half of young people wanted to have environmentally sustainable careers. But for many, the range of jobs is...
Relocating its head office to a modern, energy-efficient building meant renewable energy company Good Energy reduced its carbon emissions by a third in just one year. The Chippenham-headquartered firm said by moving to the new office in the town, which is powered by renewable electricity and green gas had been the biggest contributor in...
A national research hub led by the University of Bath has been awarded £11m to help the UK reach net zero by harnessing the power of hydrogen and alternative liquid fuels. The funding, from the government’s UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) organisation, aims to make UK-HyRES, the UK Hub for Research Challenges in Hydrogen...
Small and medium-sized firms in Bath with growth potential can apply to a new £200m fund aimed at boosting innovation and prosperity across the South West. Launched by the British Business Bank yesterday, the South West Investment Fund (SWIF) will increase the supply and diversity of early-stage finance for new and growing smaller firms....
Ben Veal, founder of purpose-driven communications consultancy Second Mountain, has been named as the UK’s top independent PR practitioner. The title, conferred on Ben, pictured, at the 2023 Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards, is the latest in a string of accolades since he set up the agency in Bath during the...
