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Southampton regeneration project win for Bath landscape architecture firm Grant Associates

July 11, 2014
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Southampton regeneration project win for Bath landscape architecture firm Grant Associates

Bath-based award-winning landscape architecture firm Grant Associates has been appointed to design the public realm for the £70m leisure-led regeneration scheme Watermark WestQuay in Southampton. Inspired by tidal mudflats, the strata in which Southampton was first built, Grant Associates’ landscape design will have four key components: a plaza bringing a new open space for...

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Bath tech firm Actual Experience strengthens board with appointment of former OFT chief

July 11, 2014
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Former Office of Fair Trading and Oftel director general Sir Bryan Carsberg has joined fast-growing Bath-based tech firm Actual Experience as a non-executive director. Sir Bryan, one of the leading figures in the UK communications industry, has held board positions with Cable & Wireless, Inmarsat and RM. He has been instrumental in introducing competition...

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Environment Agency awards £9m flood defence contract to Bath software firm IPL

July 11, 2014
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IPL, the Bath-based software and IT services company IPL, has been awarded a £9m framework contract by the Environment Agency to implement a new system to manage the upkeep of its flood and coastal defence assets. The four-year programme, secured with Bristol-based Manhattan Atrium, will enable the Environment Agency to focus more funds on...

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Buildings of the future to be tested at pioneering University of Bath research centre

July 11, 2014
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Buildings of the future to be tested at pioneering University of Bath research centre

The University of Bath is to open an innovative research centre that will play a leading role in developing low carbon construction materials for use in the buildings of the future. The £1m project, called HIVE, will be the first of its kind in the UK. Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research...

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Planning practice Nash Partnership lands another award for its Cheltenham regeneration scheme

July 11, 2014
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Bath-based planning and design practice Nash Partnership has landed another award for its major urban regeneration project in Cheltenham. Hot on the heels of it winning a national Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Award, the St Pauls scheme scooped another RTPI accolade – this time for the South West region. The scheme, a consultation-led...

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Bath Rugby signs up Dyson as new main sponsor

July 10, 2014
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Bath Rugby signs up Dyson as new main sponsor

Innovative appliance firm Dyson is to become Bath Rugby’s new title partner for the next two seasons, it was announced this morning. The partnership is the first of its kind for Malmesbury-based Dyson, best known for its pioneering bagless vacuum cleaners. The firm said the time was right to support a world-class local team...

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Bath area directors to compete at national level in prestigious IoD awards

July 9, 2014
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Bath area directors to compete at national level in prestigious IoD awards

Two bosses from the Bath area who were among the winners of the recent IoD South West Director 2014 awards have been selected to compete in the national competition. Chris Smith, managing director of family-owned cake and biscuit producer Marshfield Bakery, and Helen Lacey, founder of Shepton Mallet, Yeovil and Bridgwater-based Red Berry Recruitment, will join other regional winners...

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Bath media group Future appoints ex-Tesco finance boss as it continues to cut costs

July 9, 2014
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Bath media group Future appoints ex-Tesco finance boss as it continues to cut costs

Tesco’s former financial controller Richard Haley is to join Bath-based media group Future as its chief financial officer and company secretary. Mr Haley, pictured, who takes up his new role on October 1, is currently finance director for Tesco Extras UK. The announcement of his appointment comes as Future, best known for its computer...

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Business West welcomes Local Growth Deal funding but says more investment must follow in future

July 7, 2014
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Business West welcomes Local Growth Deal funding but says more investment must follow in future

Business West, the organisation that runs the Bath Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the allocation of £86.2m of Government investment to accelerate economic growth and create 5,000 jobs in the area. But it said the city’s business community still needed to make sure future funding was secured under the Local Growth Deal to secure long-term...

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From broadband to robots: Full details of projects benefiting from new Govt funding

July 7, 2014
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From broadband to robots: Full details of projects benefiting from new Govt funding

The Government has announced funding of £86.2m for the West of England under its Local Growth Deal. This money is for projects to start in 2015/16 and 2016/17. The key projects to benefit will be: Terabit West – £15m A world-first project to ensure that the West is positioned at the forefront of groundbreaking,...

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