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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The first major event staged by the Western Gateway economic partnership takes place next month to bring together key figures from business, academia and local and national government on both sides of the Severn to explore the potential of the cross–border powerhouse. Called Green Growth within the Western Gateway, the day-long conference will discuss...
Bath’s iconic Christmas Market is to go ahead this year after being cancelled for the past two years due the pandemic. Bath & North East Somerset Council confirmed the hugely popular market, pictured, which has been ranked among the 10 best in Europe, will run for 18 days – from November 24 to December...
A female-led sustainability workout is to be hosted by tech incubator SETsquared and the University of Bath to celebrate International Women’s Day. The event is part of the university’s ongoing West of England Sustainable Technologies Scale-Up Programme but with a changed format to make it more inclusive for women and those with family commitments. ...
Bath’s construction and manufacturing businesses will be able to boost their employees’ green skills as part of a new scheme backed by the West of England Combined Authority. More than 100 firms across the region are being invited to take part in the 18-month Skills for Clean Growth programme to equip their workers with the...
Research projects ranging from using electric buses to transfer passengers to their planes to planting carbon-absorbing flowers and grass are to be explored by Bristol Airport as ways of lowering its emissions. The airport is to fund five projects in partnership with organisations ranging from two leading airlines to a university. A starting fund...
