Good Energy, the 100% renewable electricity supplier and energy services provider, has invested a further £3.7m in electric vehicle charge point mapping app Zap-Map to fuel more growth and steer it towards international expansion. Chippenham-headquartered Good Energy’s funding has been made alongside £5.3m from US fuel card and payment giant Fleetcor. Good Energy first...
A £1.5m fund has been launched to help small firms in Bath and across the West of England and their supply chains adapt to the new economic and regulatory landscape. The Business Growth and Adaptions Grants are aimed at helping small to medium-sized enterprises buy new products and equipment to help increase production and...
A regional organisation that helps businesses forge links with China is to host its first event for firms from Bath and Wiltshire. The Bristol & West of England China Bureau was launched in 1998 and has since grown to be the region’s strongest twinning network to support businesses and education organisations while also promoting...
The University of Bath is to start commercial production of a viable alternative to palm oil that could help reduce the huge environmental damage caused by its extraction. UK-based food-tech business Clean Food Group has set up a dedicated laboratory and pilot plant at the university following the acquisition of intellectual property (IP) developed over the...
Truespeed, the Bath-based full fibre broadband provider, is celebrating connecting 300 business across the South West to its network. The firm, which started out as a community interest company in 2014 to help level-up the region’s digital capabilities, said its business customers were reaping the benefits of its guaranteed speed connectivity. Truespeed’s state-of-the-art network delivers...
Bath’s tech talent has shone brightly at The SPARKies, the awards that champion the best of the West of England’s tech and digital community. The 17 awards, which celebrate the best start-ups, designs, hardware, people and more, were handed out at a lively ceremony at Bristol event space Propyard last week. The awards, which...
A newly formed Bath company is aiming to revolutionise the way vaccines are stored and transported by producing technology that allows them to be safely used without being kept in a fridge or deep freeze. EnsiliTech, which has spun-out from the University of Bath, aims to have its ground-breaking technology on the market within...
Naturbeads, the Bath firm developing biodegradable alternatives to harmful microplastics, has been named as one of the UK’s top tech innovators. The firm, a spin-out from the University of Bath, was a finalist in this year’s Emerging Giants Tech Innovator competition run by the UK arm of global accountancy group KPMG. The fast-growth...
Bath-headquartered law firm RWK Goodman has advised on a deal that could revolutionise the way modern cars and other vehicles are serviced by using advanced diagnostics technology. A team from the firm worked with the shareholders of Abingdon, Oxfordshire-based SOMIT Solutions on its sale to global automotive group KPIT Technologies. The deal, financial details...
Bath firms are to get the opportunity to have their say the city’s future as a vibrant and innovative hub for business at a major event later this year. The Bath Business Conference, which is being staged by the Bath Business Improvement District (BID) on 20 September, is designed to bring businesses together to...
