Bath-headquartered housing association and developer Curo has launched its latest foodbank as it seeks to help hard-to-reach communities amid the cost of living crisis. Supported by UK food poverty charity Fareshare, Curo building materials supplier Travis Perkins and local supermarkets, The Pantry in Midsomer Norton is open to all Curo customers – from young carers to families...
One of the UK’s largest regional fund managers has opened a West of England office to provide finance to small and medium-sized business through the British Business Bank’s new £200m South West Investment Fund. FW Capital will manage the debt finance fund for the north of the region, providing commercial loans of £100,000 to £2m...
This year’s TEDxBath is shaping up to be the best yet, according to its organisers as they prepare to announce 2023’s line-up. Taking place at The Forum on Saturday 14 October, will feature six speakers and two acts and, according to the team behind it, generate unlimited ideas. TEDx events, which are held across...
Unlimited Potential, the Bath networking group for young professionals, celebrated its first birthday with a party at Japanese restaurant Robun. The group was set up by Bath Unlimited, the organisation that celebrates the city’s most dynamic, successful, world-class companies and their talented employees, to bring together under-35s who are contributing to Bath’s development as a...
A calculator that will enable construction firms to estimate the amount of carbon embodied in their buildings and projects is to be developed with the help of University of Bath academics – helping solve a key challenge as the sector targets net zero. The university is working on the Carbon Calculation Engine with specialist...
Three new trustees have been appointed to the board of Bath Preservation Trust (BPT), the heritage campaign group that owns four museums in and around the city. Annabel Thomas MacGregor, Donna Speed and Julian Gooding have joined the trust, which owns No. 1 Royal Crescent, the Museum of Bath Architecture, the Herschel Museum of Astronomy...
Bath-based Andrew Brownsword Hotels, which owns 13 properties around the UK including The Bath Priory, has appointed its first chief commercial officer. Anthony Potts, pictured, joins in the newly created role after 23 years with British Airways, where he held senior roles in key global markets including Hong Kong, San Francisco and New York. His...
Nash Partnership, the Bath-headquartered planning, architecture, heritage and placemaking consultancy, has opened an office in London as it continues to win prestigious commissions in the capital and across the South East. The firm, which also has a base in Bristol, said its new office, pictured, in Paddington reflected its growing portfolio of projects in...
Bath area businesses are being urged to enter teams for a half marathon in September to help raise funds for a range of charities. More than 500 people have already signed up for this year’s Chippenham Half Marathon, with hundreds more expected to register over the coming weeks. But its organisers are keen to...
Bath and the West of England will become the UK’s centre for electric vehicle technology when the long-expected green light is finally given for a battery gigafactory in Somerset, according to business leaders and politicians in the region. The government this week agreed a deal with Tata Group, which owns Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), to...
