Each week Bath Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on our weekly e-bulletin. This week Mark Lamputt, owner of Space Premier Fitness, answers our 10 questions What was the LAST: Film you watched? Elf. A Christmas classic! Book you read? David Beckham’s autobiography My Side. What...
Bath-based superfood wholesaler Supernutrients has appeared for the second year running in a prestigious league table of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses. Rising demand for healthy and natural foods helped grow Supernutrients’ annual sales by an average of 86% over the last three years. That placed the firm, which supplies Holland & Barrett and Waitrose,...
A rugby world cup sweepstake among local businesses and a rugby-themed quiz night raised £2,880 for the Bath Rugby Foundation. The initiatives were organised by Bath-based PR consultancy Geometry PR, which has raised funds for the charity for the past 10 years. Twenty businesses took part in the sweepstake – one for each country...
Engineers and scientists from the University of Bath are aiming to produce the first yeast-derived alternative to palm oil on an industrial scale in a move that could open up a new front in the battle against climate change. Palm oil is used in a huge range of products from biofuels to cakes, biscuits...
Sorbus International, the Frome-based firm supplying specialist and hi-tech equipment to the arboriculture, forestry and environmental care industries, has expanded into larger premises as the result of a new finance package with Barclays. The new 7,000 sq ft base includes bespoke offices, showroom and warehouse with room for further expansion. The new showroom also...
A sustainable transport project at Bath’s Riverside regeneration area that has exceeded its targets for the past three years has won the West of England’s top green travel award. The project, led by developer Crest Nicholson, took Gold at the Travelwest Sustainable Travel Business Awards, which recognise firms that go the extra mile to...
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Hi-tech engineering firm M+W Group is to help develop the UK’s largest waste-to-energy plant of its kind. When completed, the £200m Energy Works scheme in Kingston upon Hull will be able to generate up to 28MW of electricity a year by treating waste – enough to supply 40,000 homes. It will be the largest...
Two leading mobile technology businesses have come together to create one of the UK’s largest firms in their fast-growing market. Mobile software firm M-Netics, which makes software that helps retailers and logistics businesses streamline their supply chains, has been acquired by the UK arm of US group Peak-Ryzex. Both firms are based on Chippenham’s...
Confidence among professional services firms is at its highest for more than two decades with most planning to increase spending on recruitment, marketing and IT next year, according to a new survey. Some 99% of respondents to accountancy firm Smith & Williamson’s annual professional practices survey said they were positive about year ahead –...
