Innovative Bath renewable energy firm Green Hedge is aiming to play a major role in the fast-growing battery storage market after launching a string of new projects over the past year. The firm, which was established in 2010, has pioneered the Energy Barn concept of battery energy storage housed in steel-framed buildings and now...
Bath-based cloud computing firm Eduserv is relocating to Bristol after securing a seven-figure funding deal from the Royal Bank of Scotland. The firm, which employs 130 staff and has a turnover of £15m, has used the secured loan facilities to buy new offices in Portwall Lane, the former Open University base in Bristol. Eduserv...
Exclusive artwork donated by artists such as Sir Peter Blake and Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park are to be auctioned at a special fundraising dinner in Bath to support disadvantaged young people in the city and across the South West. The event on November 30 is hosted by The Prince’s Trust and...
Employers will hear how to stay abreast of new immigration laws, particularly when they employ or want to recruit EU nationals and international talent at a seminar to be staged later this month by Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King. The event on November 29 is aimed at HR practitioners, business owners, managers and...
Accountancy group Grant Thornton has appointed Matt Parfitt to lead the growing employment taxes team in its regional office. Matt, pictured, brings a wide range of commercial and technical experience and is a regular contributor to leading tax publications. He joins as senior manager after three years at Swindon-based Nationwide Building Society, where he...
One of the two charitable trusts that own Keynsham-based estate agency and property group Andrews is helping a counselling project by funding training for 36 new volunteers to deliver supportive listening services. The Andrews Charitable Trust (ACT) has presented a £2,000 cheque to The Listening Ear Project, a collaboration between St Peter’s Church, Filton,...
Reducing travel between offices, cutting waste and taking lunchtime walks were among the activities introduced by Bath-headquartered regional law firm Royds Withy King during its fifth annual Green Week. The firm, which also has offices in Swindon, London and Oxford, has been taking steps to reduce electricity and paper consumption, with regular ‘switch off’ campaigns...
Global accountancy group KPMG has made 50 promotions in its South West team – including the appointment of one partner and six directors – in a move it says signals its commitment to investing in talent. Regional head of restructuring David Pike becomes a partner after 18 years with the firm. David, pictured right,...
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Shares in SCISYS, the Chippenham-headquartered specialist IT group, soared to a new high this week after it won a €18m (£16m) contract to supply technology to the pioneering Heinrich Hertz satellite-communications project. The group’s space division will provide the ground station control and communications infrastructure for the German national mission as prime contractor –...
