The University of Bath is to play a key role in a state-of-the-art research and innovation centre at the forefront of the UK’s ambitions to cut industrial greenhouse gas emissions. The Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) will act as the national focal point and international gateway for UK industrial decarbonisation. Virtually based...
Bath retail and hospitality businesses are set to benefit from a programme of entertainment, events and activities to celebrate the reopening of the city this summer after more than a year of Covid-related lockdowns and restrictions. Staged by Bath Business Improvement District (Bath BID), Summer Sundays will encourage visitors into the city centre to...
Cylix, the Bath-based eLearning software firm, has been acquired by the UK’s leading provider of business critical services and software that assure safety and regulatory compliance. London-based Marlowe said the move would offer “attractive synergies” with Deltanet, the compliance & safety eLearning platform it snapped up recently under its buy-and-build strategy. Cylix, which is based on...
Defence manufacturing group Avon Rubber is on the lookout for a new chief financial officer and executive director following the decision by current CFO Nick Keveth to retire for personal reasons. The Melksham-headquartered group, which makes protective gear, masks and breathing equipment for the military and first-responder markets, said Mr Keveth, pictured below, will leave...
Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King is staging a free webinar aimed at professionals working in children’s services. Titled Public Benefit Partnerships for Children’s Services, the webinar on July 8 will explore new ways of improving children’s services, based on creating long-term partnerships with social enterprises and charities. Case studies will be used to demonstrate...
A Bath hotel is offering free use of its meeting rooms to small businesses, charities and community groups as they look ahead to life after Covid-related restrictions. The Apex hotel on James Street West, along with nine others in the Apex group, this week launched its ‘Help in Hand’ initiative offering complimentary use of...
The West division of construction and regeneration group Vistry Partnerships has completed a board restructure, appointing Kevin Trow as operations director, as it targets ambitious growth across the region. The division, based in Bradley Stoke, near Bristol, is responsible for some of the region’s largest new home developments, including the £13m Pemberley Place retirement...
Bath’s small and medium-sized businesses are being urged to take advantage of grants which can make them greener while also saving them money. But they need to hurry as applications for the grants close on June 25. The Green Business Grant scheme is run by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), which covers Bath...
Stowe Family Law, the UK’s largest specialist family law firm, has opened an office in Bath, its 16th across the country and third in the West of England. The opening coincides with a 95% increase in the number of people seeking information about divorce from the firm over the past year, triggered by the...
The Festival of Nature, the biggest free event of its kind in the country, comes back in Bath and Bristol this weekend after a reduced programme last year. The week-long festival, which runs from this Saturday, June 5, to the following Saturday, will include a multitude of virtual and in-person events along with the...
