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...
Opticians Haine & Smith is thanking the generosity of individuals who donated more than 1,600 pairs of glasses to help the homeless in a pilot scheme. The firm, which operates 20 practices across the West of England, partnered with regional homeless charity Alabaré in September to pilot a ‘pop-up’ eye-testing centre at Unity House in Chippenham last...
More than six tons of laptops, PCs and other tech items have been saved from landfill, thanks to a scheme started in lockdown to redistribute unwanted devices to schools and charities. Community interest company Wiltshire Digital Drive asked for donations to help students with their learning and to provide technology to those who otherwise...
Plans to redevelop Bath’s former gasworks as a new neighbourhood with hundreds of homes are to go on display to the public at a series of consultation events. The historic site off Windsor Bridge Road, pictured below, helped power the city from the early 19th century until the late 20th century. It has been decommissioned...
Pubs, bars and clubs in Bath have joined a campaign to tackle drink spiking following a massive increase in reported cases over the past year. More than 60 venues across Bath have pledged to help keep visitors safe while they enjoy the city’s night-time economy by making their bar and security staff aware of...
Rapidly expanding Bath media group Future is to open a new content hub in the US as it looks to build on its growth in what has become its number one market over the past few years. Future has developed as a major force in the US publishing industry through a raft of strategic...
Bath Spa University has awarded honorary degrees to two people it has described as inspirational for its community – the former head of MI5 and a renowned music publisher. Lord Jonathan Evans of Weardale and Sarah Liversedge Platz were presented with honorary doctorates in recognition of their outstanding achievements, and excellence, in their respective fields as...
A Bath couple are set to open an artisan bakery and café in a new riverfront community being developed on the site of a former dairy. The Good Loaf Café will be launched by Emma Savage and Alan Bennett, pictured, at Avonside in Melksham – an area that was originally housed a Unigate Dairy. Promising homemade,...
The founder of Bath-based glasses designer and manufacturer Inspecs Group has said it remains on course to become a global brand despite problems linked to the pandemic. Robin Totterman, pictured, the former bond trader who launched the business in 1988, told shareholders in a trading update that its performance last year, despite Covid-19 restrictions,...
Occupiers are poised to move into Bath’s first major new office development in more than a generation as the city’s commercial property market continues to recover from the impact of the pandemic. No.1 Bath Quays, the recently completed 45,000 sq ft scheme at Bath Quays South, has been marketed for nearly two years...
