Forward-thinking Bath firms that put their staff’s wellbeing front and centre now have more time to enter the South West’s only awards that champion workplace happiness. The deadline for the competition, now in its fourth year, has been extended into next month due to an unprecedented number of entrants. The South West Happiest Workplace...
Bath firms operating in the nuclear sector could benefit from an agreement between industry organisations in South West England and Normandy in France which aims to create jobs, unlock opportunities and attract new investment to both regions. The memorandum of understanding between Nuclear South West and Nucleopolis potentially connects companies with £50bn worth of...
Bath’s fast-growth businesses can find all the information they need to help them expand in one place following the launch of the West of England’s first scale-up generator website. The site, which has been created by the Engine Shed innovation centre in Bristol in partnership with the West of England Growth Hub, includes The...
A £28m deal between Bath-based housing association Curo and national housebuilder Bellway will enable more than 170 families to move into new affordable homes across the West of England. The agreement is the first of its kind for both Curo and Bellway’s South West division and will make Curo the sole provider of affordable...
Business groups are divided over the need for yesterdey’s 0.25% increase in interest rates by the Bank of England. The move, which took the base rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, is only the only the second time the Bank has hiked the cost of borrowing since the economy crashed 10 years ago. Most economic...
Bath’s Quays North development, which aims to create a much-needed new showpiece office park for the city, has received outline planning consent from Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES). The 2.2-hectare site, which will also include at least 70 new homes and a new car park, forms a part of the Bath Quays...
Bath commercial property firm HPH has raised more than £5,000 for Dorothy House Hospice Care, its chosen charity of the year. Staff at the company, based on Kingsmead Square, have completed a range of fundraising activities over the past 12 months for the local hospice, which cares for people with life-limiting illnesses as well...
Bath restaurant Green Park Brasserie has appointed Alex Peters as director of marketing and strategy for the business. Alex, pictured, has a background in marketing, having previously worked agency side and in-house at the British Museum, where he spent two-and-a-half years as a producer and senior producer working on digital content, editorial and design. ...
Keynsham-based Almeda Facilities has won big at a national awards event that champions family businesses. The firm secured the ‘Best Business to Work For’ and ‘Family Business of the Year’ titles for the South West at the National Family Business Awards. The awards are acknowledged as the most sought after when it...
Bath-based housing association and housebuilder Curo has been shortlisted for two national awards in recognition of the success of its sales team and its Mulberry Park flagship development. The sales team are finalists in the ‘Home Ownership Team of the Year’ category of the National Housing Awards while Mulberry Park is in the running...
