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...
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...
