Novia Financial, the Bath-based wealth management firm, has set up its own charity foundation to primarily support projects that aim to improve and help the lives of people in the city and its surroundings. The Novia Foundation, which has been accepted on the Register of Charities, was created to mark 10 years since...
A company that supplies paper and canvas shopping bags to leading retailers has relocated to larger premises to give it space to continue its growth and install the first digital printer of its kind in the UK. The Paper Bag Company has upped sticks from its base in the Oakfield Business Centre on the...
Bath business experts have been reacting to Tuesday’s Spring Statement, with most pointing to what Chancellor Philip Hammond failed to deliver rather than what he said. The city’s largest accountancy practice Bishop Fleming was particularly hard-hitting in its comments, calling it a “missed opportunity to be bold, imaginative and transformative”, especially as the...
CBI chief economist Rain Newton-Smith said the Chancellor was rightly backing British business to secure the UK’s future prosperity in a new economy. “It’s great to see an upgrade in the state of our public finances and rightly sensible to set more aside for a rainy day with Brexit uncertainty still weighing on the...
The University of Bath has been praised for its support for ethically sourced products in the region’s top Fairtrade awards. The University claimed top spot in the University category, beating Bath Spa University, which won a Silver award, and the University of the West of England (UWE), which landed Gold. Judges in the Fairtrade...
Bath housing association and housebuilder Curo has abandoned ambitious plans to demolish more than 500 homes on the city’s Foxhill Estate and replace them with 700 new ones following legal action by a residents’ group. Curo had intended to tear down 542 homes of the estate’s 900 homes to regenerate what is often viewed...
Business West, the group behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, and Bath-based housing association and housebuilder Curo have been named among the 100 best not-for-profit organisations to work for. Curo, one of the South West’s largest landlords, appears in 44th place in the prestigious table – which was published last weekend by the Sunday Times...
Bath architectural design firm Hewitt Studios, which is developing a ground-breaking electric vehicle charging station, has become the first business to have been accepted onto the city’s pioneering sustainable technologies programme. The Sustainable Technologies Business Acceleration Hub (STBAH), based in the University of Bath’s existing city centre innovative unit, aims to develop more than...
A light-hearted video featuring the team running in the Bath Half Marathon from city-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King is aiming to raise awareness of their chosen charity, Bath Mind. The 18-strong team hope the film will also bring in much-needed funds for the charity as they go through their final preparations for...
A major emphasis on green values at regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming has continued to slash its paper usage, energy bills and mileage costs despite another year of business growth. The firm, Bath’s largest accountancy practice, introduced an environmental management programme seven years ago to measure three main key performance indicators – electricity and...
