Bath manufacturing group Rotork is benefiting from growing investment in carbon capture projects and by oil and gas companies in North American to use electrification to eliminate methane emissions. As a result, the group, which designs and makes flow control equipment for the global oil, gas, water and chemical industries, said today it expects...
Bath area firms are being urged to join more than 125 firms across the UK that have already signed a pledge to never support or promote blood sports such as hunting or shooting. The plea has come from West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris, who is also chair of the League Against Cruel...
A documentary film made by a team from the University of Bath is in the running for a national education award. Cobalt Rush, which highlights the challenges faced by cobalt miners working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been shortlisted in the Best Educational Film (in-house production) category of the Learning on Screen Awards. ...
Bath-based landscape architecture practice Grant Associates has promoted 10 long-standing and valued members of its team in recognition of their exemplary performance. The environmentally-focused business, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, is best known as the lead designer of the iconic Gardens by the Bay attraction in Singapore, and also oversaw the Superbloom transformation of...
Bath’s five-star Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa has relaunched its Montagu’s Mews restaurant and bar with an emphasis on local produce and sustainability – including ditching glass beer bottles in favour of aluminium cans. The 45-bedroom Georgian hotel & spa, owned by London-based investment group Topland, describes the new look as making the restaurant a “modern,...
The reopening of the Chinese economy after three years of Covid-related lockdowns combined with higher UK sales and an end to discounting to boost revenues at iconic Somerset-based fashion business Mulberry. The firm, best known for its high-end designer bags, revealed sales were slightly ahead of last year in a trading update for its...
A six-figure invoice finance facility from Bath-headquartered alternative funding provider Time Finance is enabling an energy consultancy to accelerate its investment in sustainability and its support for the UK’s decarbonisation. Award-winning consultancy Indigo Swan secured the finance package to support the completion of a management-buy-out by manager director James Groves and implement a renewed...
Bath’s historic Partis College almshouses are significantly reducing their water use, thanks to a visit from experts at city-based Wessex Water. The Grade I-listed building, pictured, on Newbridge Hill is now saving an estimated 1,700 litres of water a day after leaks were repaired and water-saving devices, such as eco showerheads and tap aerators,...
Bath-based specialist architecture practice Grant Associates is to design what it is calling a “beautiful and resilient” landscape for a major housing development north of London. The firm, which has worked on major projects in the Far East, Australia as well as the UK, is part of the team behind Gilston Park Estate, a development...
Florist Grace Farrimond has been chosen to showcase her expertise at this year’s highly prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Grace, pictured, principal florist and founder of Bradford-on-Avon-based Young Blooms, is one of just a handful of independents selected from across the country to exhibit at what is regarded as the UK’s most well-regarded horticultural...
