Bristol Airport has said it will become carbon neutral later this year by hitting targets it originally expected to reach in 2025 – setting it up to gain the title of the UK’s first net zero airport by 2030. Bosses said three key commitments to be a net zero airfield, with net zero buildings...
Monday June 28 Interim: Porvair Tuesday June 29 Finals: Appreciate Group, D4t4 Solutions, Lamprell, Lookers, Seeen, Trakm8 Holdings Interim: React Group Trading announcement: Hunting Economic announcements: Mortgage approvals, Consumer credit, M4 money supply Wednesday June 30 Finals: Aminex, Carclo, Civitas Social Housing, Dixons Carphone, Non-standard Finance, OptiBiotix Health, Stagecoach, Studio Retail Group Interims: Harworth Group, Velocity Composites Trading announcement: Serco Economic announcements: BRC...
West of England business’s confidence in the economy has bounced back for the first time in four years, according to a new survey, but there are growing fears that the recovery will be choked off by a lack of skilled workers. The latest quarterly economic survey conducted by Business West, the region’s largest business...
Eclectic Bath boutique hotel group Kaleidoscope Collection has added a third venue to its portfolio, acquiring the historic country house Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa near Warminster for £5.5m. Kaleidoscope said the move, described by the hotel’s agents as one of the most significant deals in the South West over the past 16 months, would create nearly 30 jobs and position the venue as a ‘destination hotel’. Kaleidoscope Collection...
Bath’s trailblazing Clean Air Zone is already helping rid the city’s streets of polluting vehicles just 100 days after it was introduced, according to Bath & North East Somerset Council. The scheme, launched on March 15 as the first charging clean air zone (CAZ) outside London, aims to urgently tackle harmful levels of air...
Bath-based alternative financial services group Time Finance has become an accredited lender under a government scheme to help businesses recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The group, which specialises in asset, loan and invoice finance products, is now able to support small and medium-sized firms looking for additional funding by providing loans and...
Public relations consultancy Clearly has launched a project for young people to help businesses in its home city of Bath tackle climate change and increase positive social impact. In what it believes is the first venture of its kind for a UK PR firm, Clearly has committed £5,000 to fund the research, development and...
Brand design agency Touchpoint Design, which has worked with key organisations in the city such as VisitBath and Bath Festivals, has undergone a rebrand itself and now has a new name, The Co-Foundry. The agency, founded by Sue Bush in 2014, said the new brand reflected its mission to work collaboratively with creative and...
Bath-based landscape architecture firm Grant Associates is to lead the design work for a new public open space that will be the centrepiece of the groundbreaking Brabazon development in North Bristol. The largest new urban public park to be created in the South West for 50 years, the six-hectare Brabazon Park, pictured, will be...
Bath-based Wessex Water has been named as the top performing water and sewerage company in a survey of customer ratings. The customer measure of experience (C-MeX) was introduced by industry watchdog Ofwat last year to assess how both customers and the wider public rate each company. Wessex Water’s C-MeX score came from two independent...
