Green/sustainable business

Bath farm shops prove they are the cream of the crop in prestigious national awards

March 10, 2022
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Bath farm shops prove they are the cream of the crop in prestigious national awards

Two farm shops based within a few miles of each other on the outskirts of Bath have been crowned as winners in a national awards scheme that champions the best in the industry. Flourish Foodhall & Kitchen in Saltford – which opened less than a year ago – triumphed in the Rising Star of...

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Stone King urges Bath firms to support Ukraine humanitarian appeal after making £10k donation

March 10, 2022
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Stone King urges Bath firms to support Ukraine humanitarian appeal after making £10k donation

More than £10,000 has been donated by Bath-headquartered national law firm Stone King to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) appeal in aid of Ukraine. The donation from the firm’s charitable arm, the Stone King Foundation, was made as millions of people are being displaced following the brutal Russian invasion of the country.  Stone King,...

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Humanitarian appeal to help refugees from war-torn Ukraine calls on Bath firms for support

March 3, 2022
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Humanitarian appeal to help refugees from war-torn Ukraine calls on Bath firms for support

Bath businesses are being urged to step up and provide emergency funding to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of their country. Charity People against Poverty, which works both internationally and in the UK to alleviate poverty and suffering, is aiming to raise £20,000 within the next seven days to safely place families forced...

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Curo staff get ready to fundraise after selecting Bath City Farm as their charity of the year

March 1, 2022
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Becky with Alison from Bath City Farm

Bath City Farm has been chosen by employees of housing association and developer Curo as their charity of the year for 2022. The farm, which is set in over 37 acres in Twerton and is home to chickens, goats & pigs, provides education, environment conservation, support for people who have mental health issues, living...

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Pioneering project will plug into Bath’s hot spa water to heat city’s new heritage centre

March 1, 2022
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Pioneering project will plug into Bath’s hot spa water to heat city’s new heritage centre

An innovative scheme to use the Roman Baths’ naturally hot spa water to heat surrounding buildings, including the soon-to-open World Heritage Centre, is entering its final phase. Heat harvested from hot water in the King’s Spring will be used in the centre on York Street, which is due to launch this spring, along with...

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Council commits extra £27.4m to tackle impact of climate emergency on Bath area

February 25, 2022
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Council commits extra £27.4m to tackle impact of climate emergency on Bath area

Tens of millions of pounds are to be invested in new measures to achieve net zero by Bath & North East Somerset Council as it looks to tackle the impact of the climate and ecological emergency on the area. The Liberal Democrat-controlled council, which declared a climate emergency in 2019, is to allocate more than...

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Programme will offer Bath firms unique chance to help equip city’s young people with green skills

February 24, 2022
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Programme will offer Bath firms unique chance to help equip city’s young people with green skills

Bath businesses are being invited to support a transformational skills programme that will create opportunities in the green economy for young people from the city. Green Skills for Jobs and Entrepreneurship has been launched against a backdrop of economic recovery following the Covid pandemic and the demand for 50,000 new jobs in the region by...

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Go-ahead for Curo greenfield development in Frome after it reduces number of homes

February 24, 2022
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Go-ahead for Curo greenfield development in Frome after it reduces number of homes

Bath-headquartered housing association and developer Curo is to build nearly 200 homes on the outskirts of Frome after scaling back an earlier plan with 235. The firm, which manages more than 13,000 homes and is builds hundreds of new properties a year, has been granted detailed planning permission by Mendip District Council to build 198...

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Ecotricity fails in bid to oust rival Good Energy’s chairman in latest twist in pair’s power struggle

February 18, 2022
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Ecotricity fails in bid to oust rival Good Energy’s chairman in latest twist in pair’s power struggle

Shareholders in green power supplier Good Energy have seen off an attempt by arch-rival Ecotricity to oust its chairman and prevent the sale of all its wind and solar farms. Ecotricity, which holds a 26.8% stake in Chippenham-headquartered Good Energy, had requested a general meeting of shareholders to vote on removing chairman William Whitehorn...

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Bath’s first new council homes in 30 years under construction as city looks to ease housing crisis

February 17, 2022
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Bath’s first new council homes in 30 years under construction as city looks to ease housing crisis

Work is underway on the first socially rented council homes in the city for nearly three decades. The Victorian building on Newbridge Hill, formerly used as council offices, is being converted into seven, one and two-bed apartments as one of the first steps in the city’s new council house building programme. The apartments are...

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