SWIG Finance, the non-profit company that supports viable South West businesses that cannot secure sufficient funding from their bank, has become the new regional business support partner for Start Up Loans. SWIG will work with the programme to deliver funding and support to help unlock the potential of small businesses in the South West...
People living in more than 100 homes owned by Bath-headquartered housing association Curo are set to benefit from a £2m-plus improvement programme to help them save money on energy bills while reducing their properties’ carbon emissions. Curo, best known in Bath for its flagship 700-home Mulberry Park development on former MoD land on the city’s...
Work has started on a hydrogen innovation centre being developed by the University of Bath which will help put the West of England in the fast lane for research into alternative low carbon fuels. The centre, which will be housed in the university’s £70m Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) building on the...
Ben Veal, founder of purpose-driven communications consultancy Second Mountain, has been named as a finalist in the leading national awards for the public relations sector. Ben, pictured, who launched the agency in Bath just under three years ago, is one of seven finalists shortlisted in the Independent PR Practitioner of the Year category of...
Ambitious small to medium-sized businesses in Bath and across the West of England are being offered support to buy new products and equipment to increase production and help them grow. The funding is from a new round of Business Growth and Adaptations Grants launched by West of England Combined Authority (WECA). Businesses can apply...
Three former University of Bath students who have gone on to launch their own successful businesses in the city are to shed light on their entrepreneurial journeys at an event next week. Staged by Bath Unlimited, the organisation helping promote the city’s sustainable growth and future success, the event will look at how these...
Business leaders, academics and student entrepreneurs will share their business and research expertise and showcase their start-up successes at the University of Bath’s second annual Enterprise Day next week. Enterprise Day on Wednesday, March 29, is part of the university’s Enterprise and Entrepreneurship programme, which supports staff, students, graduates and entrepreneurs with their ambitions. The...
Pioneering clean energy firm Good Energy has launched a new smart export tariff for households with solar panels as part of its strategy to expand its decentralised energy services offering. Called Power for Good, the tariff will pay customers 10p per kWh, which the Chippenham-headquartered group describes as a leading rate for a variable...
Bath firms need more help from the government in the face of stubbornly high inflation, including transitioning to more energy efficient sources and easing supply chain difficulties, the region’s biggest business organisation has said. With annual inflation unexpectedly jumping from 10.1% in January to 10.4% last month, Business West – which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce...
The Bath area has been named as the best place in the UK to launch and run a successful microbusiness. The city, along with North East Somerset, has the highest concentration of thriving microbusinesses and self-employed people, according to the Business Financed website. The website, which provides banking and finance information for UK businesses, set...
