Renewable electricity firm Good Energy has helped a high-profile environmental charity demonstrate its commitment to a more sustainable future by signing up to a groundbreaking new way of sourcing its energy. The Soil Association, which is developing natural solutions to some of today’s biggest environmental and health challenges, has become one of Good Energy’s first...
A series of events aimed at developing the leadership skills of Bath businesses will put the focus on digital leadership at its next gathering. Coinciding with the city’s Digital Festival, the session on Tuesday 14 May will be the third quarterly leadership development evening staged by Bath Unlimited, the organisation that celebrates the city’s...
Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. HMRC releases online tool to check NI shortfalls New service can verify gaps in NICs back to 2006. Click here to find out more Economy ‘at risk from nature degradation’ Environmental damage could cause 12% loss to UK’s GDP,...
A strong pipeline of new orders has given Bath-headquartered specialist manufacturer Rotork a positive outlook for the rest of this year. The firm, which designs and makes high-quality flow control equipment for the global oil, gas, water and power industries, said revenue growth during the past three months was in the ‘mid-teens’ against the...
Shares in iconic Somerset-based fashion business Mulberry crashed to their lowest level for 14 years after it warned that its well-heeled customers were continuing to cut back on spending. The global group, which has manufacturing sites at Chilcompton, south of Bath, and in Bridgwater, also said the cost of opening new stores and ongoing...
Almost 1,000 trees were planted in and around Bath over the winter period, thanks to Bath-based housing association and housebuilder Curo. The firm’s estates team worked in collaboration with various stakeholders, volunteers, tree contractors and Curo staff to oversee the planting of 125 stand-alone trees, more than 70m of mixed hedgerow – including 400...
