West of England insurance broker Jelf has become the first sponsor of an upcoming contemporary circus show in Bath designed to encourage audiences to engage with their emotions and explore complex issues around love and mental health. The show is being staged next month by newly formed Emotive Circus Arts. The Bristol-based circus company...
Bath-based Wessex Water has won two awards for its efforts to make its business travel more sustainable. The firm, which employs 2,290 people – many of them at its Claverton Down operations centre south of the city – topped the ‘Organisation of the Year’ and ‘Best Newcomer’ categories at the annual Travelwest Business...
A series of inspirational talks by high-profile business women is to be launched next year by The Gainsborough Bath Spa hotel in conjunction with the University of the West of England’s Bristol Business School. Called Phenomenal Women, the bi-monthly events will run from February to November with the aim of celebrating, supporting and inspiring...
The digital innovator credited with the success of Moneysupermarket.com is to join Chippenham-based renewable energy group Good Energy as an independent non-executive director. Tim Jones, chief information officer of Moneysupermarket.com Group, has more than 20 years’ experience in using digital to drive change in organisations. He is widely regarded as one of the UK’s top...
Good Energy, the Chippenham-based renewable energy firm, has made its first move into the fast-growing battery storage market through a partnership with the Eden Project. The firm said the move, which will bring environmental and financial benefits to the ‘green’ Cornish tourist attraction, will take it one step closer to its purpose of “powering...
Bath architecture firms Grant Associates and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios have teamed up with Bristol Zoological Society to help save critically endangered wildlife on Madagascar. Bristol Zoological Society (BZS) operates a field research centre and eco-tourist camp in the heart of Ankarafa Forest on the African island – home to the blue-eyed black lemur,...
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has appointed Bath-based Epoch Wealth Management as its investment adviser. Epoch, which has significant experience supporting trustees and board members of not-for-profit organisations, saw off strong competition from a number of other firms to secure the role. It is now advising the RSPCA...
Bath-based housing association Curo has shown city MP Wera Hobhouse how it supports homeless and vulnerable people in the area. During her visit Wera talked to local people affected by homelessness and mental health issues and was shown two of Curo’s homelessness schemes for in the city – the Bath Foyer and its direct-access...
Bath’s ethical organisations – large and small – are being invited to enter the annual South West Fairtrade Business Awards. Now in their sixth year, the awards recognise the contribution that businesses, organisations and institutes in the region make in support of Fairtrade by buying certified Fairtrade products for the workplace and raising awareness...
West of England firms’ domestic sales and orders have grown at their fastest rate for two years, while business confidence is at its highest since before the Brexit referendum, according to the latest survey from Business West. The organisation, the largest business membership group in the region, said the findings showed local businesses had...
