Volunteers are being sought from Bath businesses to support schools careers and enterprise strategies across the West of England. The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is taking part in the first wave of a new government-led national programme to unlock the potential of young people aged between 12 and 18. The LEP,...
Estate agency and property group Andrews has paid out a record £633,000 in dividends to the three charitable trusts that own it. The trusts will use the payments to fund a range of community projects, with a number aimed at young people. The Keynsham-based group, which has branches stretching from Kent, Sussex and Surrey...
Keynsham-based building contractor Dribuild has pledged to raise £50,000 for its chosen charity of the year, Above & Beyond, which raises funds for Bristol’s city centre hospitals. Dribuild, which works on blue-chip construction, shop-fitting, refurbishment and maintenance projects across the UK, recently formed a partnership with the charity to fund urgent new research into...
Innovative automotive firm Carbon One has relocated to larger premises as it continues to expand and develop pioneering new products. The firm, which is developing carbon composite wheels, beat off competition to take the lease for a unit on the Leafield Industrial Estate in Corsham. The 20,350 sq ft building, pictured below, has recently been...
Bath’s go-ahead firms are being encouraged to follow in the tracks of skateboard distributor Shiner and show the benefits of creating a great workplace culture. Bristol-based Shiner collected the top prize in last year’s inaugural South West Happiest Workplace competition, attributing its success to being “laid back with no egos”. The third-generation family firm,...
Bath and Bristol’s world-class capabilities in virtual reality are being seen by millions of international business travellers in a new advertising campaign at Heathrow Airport. The campaign has been launched by West of England inward investment agency Invest Bristol & Bath (IBB). The advert, part of a £500,000 campaign paid for by Heathrow, will...
West of England property industry figures gave the thumbs up to many of the measures in the Budget but said they did not go far enough. Jeremy Richards, head of JLL’s regional office, said: “The headline act for the West of England in today’s Budget was the announcement of a new mayoral authority which...
Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget included a number of important measures for the South West, including New mayoral devolution deal for the West of England (Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset), giving it “significant” new powers over improved transport, planning, skills and employment. This area will also receive control of...
More than twice as many West businesses want the UK to stay in the EU as leave, according to the hotly anticipated results of a major regional survey. Some 57% of business people said they will vote to remain part of the EU, compared to 26% who say they will back the leave campaign....
The long-awaited devolution deal giving the West of England a £1bn boost for investment in infrastructure and skills has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne. The move would represent a major change, transferring decisions on transport, investment, funding, skills training, business support, housing and strategic planning from Westminster. But the package of measures, which...
