Heat pump installation firm Igloo has been snapped up by 100% renewable electricity provider Good Energy as it continues to look for growth opportunities in other green energy markets. The Chippenham-headquartered group, which also part owns electric vehicle charge point mapping app Zap-Map, is paying £1.75m for Igloo. It said the takeover “represented a...
The globally acclaimed University of Bath-supported business incubator SETsquared has bolstered the UK economy by £15.7bn since its launch 20 years ago, according to an independent report. SETsquared was set up in 2002 by a small group of research-intensive universities in the South of England, including Bath, with a mission is to help turn...
Confidence levels among South West firms about their prospects and those of the UK economy have unexpectedly increased, according to a new survey – although optimism remains far lower than it did just months ago. While confidence fell by four percentage points during October to minus 4%, last month it picked back up to plus 5%...
Students from the University of Bath’s School of Management are helping local charities and community groups while also developing their managerial, creative and professional skills in a scheme sponsored by city-based global engineering firm Rotork. The Rotork Community Challenge encourages the MSc students to find new ways to help 20 Bath charities and organisations...
The founder of a Bath-based landscape architecture practice responsible for the design of Singapore’s world-renowned Gardens by the Bay has revisited it to attend its 10th anniversary celebrations. Grant Associates director Andrew Grant RDI, who led on the design of the iconic project, joined the President of the Republic of Singapore and government ministers...
Bath-based charity Rainforest Concern has signed up renewable energy contractor Solarsense as a partner to help it protect rare habitat in the Tropical Andes. For every square metre of rooftop solar panels installed by Clevedon-based Solarsense in the coming year, it will sponsor 10 times the square metreage in the rainforest, which is home...
Firms in the Bath can ensure they are fit for the future by taking advantage of free support on offer under a Workforce for the Future programme. Staged by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, Workforce for the Future provides fully funded, tailored and in-depth support for firms with fewer than 250 employees to...
The CEO of 100% renewable electricity supplier Good Energy has hit back at a report by industry regulator Ofgem which claimed it was failing vulnerable customers. Chippenham-headquartered Good Energy was among 17 energy suppliers told by Ofgem to improve their customer service ahead of what will be a costly winter for many consumers. Its review...
Spaces in cities across the world will increasingly be repurposed to allow biodiversity to thrive, according to the Bath-based design team behind this year’s transformation of the historic Tower of London moat. Landscape architects Grant Associates, which masterminded the design of the Superbloom experience, pictured, for Tower of London custodian Historic Royal Palaces, believes...
Mercedes-Benz truck dealer Rygor Commercials has become the latest business to join forces with a pioneering scheme that donates unwanted and refurbished laptops to schools, charities and individuals who do not have access to technology. Westbury-based Rygor will use Wiltshire Digital Drive to recycle its IT equipment as part of its drive to focus...
