Bath-based former BBC News anchor Sharanjit Leyl has been appointed as Bath Spa University’s first female chancellor and only the second in its near 20-year history. Sharanjit, pictured, who was officially ‘installed’ at a celebration event in the grounds of the university’s Newton Park Campus, will act as an ambassador for it on the...
A Gold medal-winning Chelsea Flower Show garden designed by landscape architects from Bath-based Grant Associates has been rebuilt in Bristol. The Chinese-inspired garden, pictured, the first produced by the firm for the world-famous show, has been gifted to the University of Bristol’s Botanic Garden by Guangzhou, Bristol’s sister city. Known as ‘the city between...
Shareholders in Redde Northgate, the mobility and automotive services group that includes Bath-based specialist vehicle accident management firm Redde, have overwhelmingly backed its name change. Some 99.58% of votes at its AGM were in favour of switching to ZIGUP – a brand the group says better reflected its strategy and ambition. The group, formed...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. Treasury grants HMRC £51m to improve helplines The funds aim to improve the call response rate. Click here to find out more Staff rates fall while pay growth rises Work places drop but salaries increase over April. For more...
Academics from the University of Bath are to help cut the chemical industry’s significant carbon emissions through the re-use of waste and by harnessing renewable electricity. They are teaming up with colleagues from five other UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, in the £13.75m government research project. The Sustainable Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing Hub...
Bath’s Ludo Sports Bar & Kitchen has secured another partnership with the city’s sporting elite, becoming the official sports bar of Bath Racecourse. The move follows it adopting a similar role with Bath Rugby last September. Under the racecourse tie-up, Ludo will offer Bath Racecourse members discounts off food and drinks throughout the year,...
