The largest new urban public park to be created in the South West for 50 years has been given the go-head, allowing Bath-based landscape architecture practice Grant Associates to move ahead with its design. The six-hectare sustainable public park, which received planning permission from South Gloucestershire Council, will be a key part of Brabazon,...
The growth path for businesses and the UK economy may be “long, rocky, and protracted”, the region’s largest business group fears following the Autumn Statement. Matt Griffith, pictured below, director of policy at Business West – the organisation that runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce – described the statement as “a difficult budget for difficult times”. ...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has presented his Autumn Statement. The main points were: Chancellor said priorities were stability, growth and public services and high inflation is the enemy. But he confirmed UK was in recession. GDP is forecast to shrink by 1.4% next year, before returning to growth in 2024. Top rate of tax will...
This will be our seventh year in the hamper business – and every Christmas is busier than the last! So this year, to keep up with ever-increasing demand, we’ve taken on fantastic local firm Blisters to help us with fulfilment. We have also employed a new salaried office manager to make sure we keep...
West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris has urged the government to bring in a national policy on airport growth as campaigners against Bristol Airport’s expansion headed to the High Court to get it overturned. Mayor Norris, pictured, joined protestors against the expansion outside the court in Bristol as the hearing got under way, telling them the climate emergency needed...
Octopus Films, the Bath video production company, has partnered with the University of Bath for the second year running to make a hard-hitting documentary to coincide with the United Nations Climate Change Conference. ActNowFilm2 – like last year’s ActNowFilm – pulls no punches in showing the rapid escalation of climate impacts on people and...
Bath-based financial services software provider Altus has officially opened its new UK headquarters in the city – marking a significant milestone for the business as well as for the city’s regenerated Quays office district. Altus – along with Bath-based chartered financial planning group Fidelius – are the first tenants in the showpiece 44,470 sq...
Renewables industry pioneer Prof Juliet Davenport will join entrepreneurs, researchers and students at the University of Bath next week at an event advising how to set up and run a business in an ethical and sustainable way. Prof Davenport, pictured, founded Good Energy in 1999 as a fledgling entrepreneur with a clear purpose to...
Humanitarian charity People against Poverty has appointed a new CEO as it looks to grow its operations to help more people experiencing poverty in the UK and abroad. Belinda Wadsworth, pictured, brings extensive third sector expertise to the Wiltshire-based organisation gained through leadership roles in a variety of national and international charities over the past...
Plans to redevelop part of central Bath as a destination for fashion and culture, including providing a new home for the city’s world-leading Fashion Museum, have won approval from the public. An informal consultation on the Milsom Quarter Masterplan held from May to July found strong support for the scheme, particularly for new homes...
