The public are getting a chance to have their say on draft plans to build a supermarket on land alongside the sports training facilities at Lambridge. Discount supermarket group Lidl GB bought the site from Bath Rugby last October. The club then permanently transferred the neighbouring training pitches and clubhouse to Bath RFC, securing...
Renewable energy project developer and installer Your Eco has been certified as a B Corp, recognising its commitment to operating as a force for good. The Frome-based firm, which provides renewable energy services in the new-build and retrofit markets, is the latest from the Bath area to gain the coveted accreditation, strengthening the city’s...
Construction work has started on the first solar farm at Bristol Airport in a move that could help it achieve its ambitious target of becoming net zero by 2030. Roughly the size of one-and-a-half football pitches, the 2.8-acre scheme of ground-mounted solar panels is expected to be completed and in operation by this summer. ...
Bath’s award-winning contemporary arts event, Forest of Imagination, is back this summer with a series of playful, nature-inspired experiences. Organisers of the free-to-attend festival, which runs from 14 June to 14 July, are inviting adults and children to ‘assemble in the forest’ and connect with nature in a host of imaginative ways. This year’s venue is...
Novia Financial, the Bath-based financial services platform, has become the first firm of its kind in the city to be accredited by the Good Business Charter (GBC) in recognition of it embedding ethical and responsible business practices. A non-profit initiative of charity the Good Business Foundation, the GBC acts as a benchmark to demonstrate a...
A documentary made by a team from the University of Bath highlighting the challenges faced by African cobalt miners has won two national film awards. Cobalt Rush, produced in-house by university development scholar Prof Roy Maconachie, filmmaker Simon Wharf and Dr Bossissi Nkuba, a specialist in mining governance from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
TEDxBath returns later this year with a mission to “kick-start new and inclusive conversations” – with its organisers now offering sponsorship packages to firms in the city and beyond. The event, to be staged in The Forum on Saturday 14 October, will feature six speakers and two acts and, according to the team behind...
Bath-headquartered Wessex Water has been urged to do more to stop sewage discharges into rivers and waterways in the face of growing public anger over the issue. Charity Surfers Against Sewage, which monitors how discharges impact water quality, says research it commissioned confirms its call for tougher regulations. It also claims public backing for...
A group of businesses and charities have teamed up to launch a scheme that means families using Bath Foodbank can now take new books home for their children alongside their groceries. Bath Bookbank’s launch follows publication of a survey revealing that nearly one-in-five children aged from five to eight do not have a single...
A child-friendly ‘netwalking’ group for female freelancers is to launch in Bath later this month. The Freelance Mum hub, which will be run by branding-focused graphic designer Lucie Gray and Jody Sparey, who is a freelance product compliance manager, follows the success of the first group, set up 10 years ago in Bristol. That...
