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Bath entrepreneurs take lion’s share of awards at inaugural regional business showcase

January 31, 2020
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Bath entrepreneurs take lion’s share of awards at inaugural regional business showcase

The Bath area’s entrepreneurial spirit has been recognised as the best in the West in a business awards scheme that champions the region’s ‘ones to watch’ – with five of the nine trophies going to firms, organisations or individuals based in and around the city. Paulton-based data management specialist 101 Data Solutions landed the...

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Citizens Advice and Bath City FC kick off project with goal of tackling debt in two Bath suburbs

January 31, 2020
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Three Bath organisations have teamed up to provide a weekly debt management advice service for people living in Twerton and Whiteway. The two areas of the city were last year listed among the most deprived in the UK – a situation made worse by their location on the outskirts of the city and a...

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From nappies to eco-therapy: Funding for grassroots projects helping Bath tackle climate change

January 31, 2020
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From nappies to eco-therapy: Funding for grassroots projects helping Bath tackle climate change

Eight organisations helping Bath residents tackle the climate crisis by reducing carbon emissions and addressing fuel poverty have received money from a city-based energy fund to support their work. The £28,370 has come from the Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) Fund, which supports projects that raise awareness of climate change and encourage behavioural...

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Government must support businesses as Brexit finally takes place, Business West insists

January 31, 2020
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The region’s largest business organisation has called on the government to ensure firms get essential support and guidance for life outside the EU as the UK today marks its official departure from the world’s biggest trading bloc. While the UK is leaving the European Union at 11pm after 47 years, an 11-month transition period...

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Scheme to tackle child food poverty across Bath is extended with funding from St John’s

January 30, 2020
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Scheme to tackle child food poverty across Bath is extended with funding from St John’s

FareShare South West, the charity redistributing surplus food to tackle food poverty, has been granted £30,000 in funding by Bath’s St John’s Foundation to launch an innovative scheme targeting child hunger in Bath and North East Somerset. The move follows a pilot project by FareShare South West last year when it held breakfast clubs...

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Long-serving partner takes up chair role at Milsted Langdon as it prepares for further growth

January 30, 2020
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Long-serving partner takes up chair role at Milsted Langdon as it prepares for further growth

Regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, which has an office in Bristol, has appointed Tim Close as chair. Tim, pictured right, takes over from founding partner Jonathan Langdon, who is stepping down from the position after more than three decades at the firm’s helm.  Jonathan, pictured below, will continue to work as a partner, but the...

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Bake Off star to host regional awards for organisations that rise to Fair Trade challenge

January 30, 2020
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The South West Fair Trade Business Awards are returning for an eighth year, with The Great British Bake Off star Briony Williams lined up to host the presentation ceremony. The awards, which celebrate ethical organisations of all sizes and from any sector across the region, have recognised hundreds of organisations that support Fair Trade...

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Regional trade association role for insolvency and restructuring lawyer

January 27, 2020
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Regional trade association role for insolvency and restructuring lawyer

Insolvency and restructuring lawyer Philip Winterborne has been appointed the South West and Wales chair of R3, the recovery trade body. Philip, pictured, an insolvency and turnaround partner at Bristol-based Temple Bright solicitors, was formally appointed to the role at R3 South West and Wales’s AGM.  He takes the reins from previous chair Louise...

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Bath’s Carnival spirit leads city’s charge in new regional enterprise awards

January 24, 2020
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Bath’s Carnival spirit leads city’s charge in new regional enterprise awards

Bath entrepreneurs and the city’s popular annual Carnival are among shortlisted entries for a major new awards scheme celebrating the West of England’s inspirational small businesses. The Enterprising West of England ‘Ones to Watch’ awards 2020 take place next week to champion the region’s most exciting entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs.  Some 27 outstanding individuals...

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Bath firms’ chance to get quizzical and raise funds to help end city’s homeless crisis

January 24, 2020
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Firms are being invited to enter teams for this year’s Brain of Bath Quiz to help end rough sleeping in the city. Up to 24 corporate teams of 10 will go head to head at the event, staged by Julian House, Bath’s main homeless charity, to raise much-needed awareness and funds to help vulnerable...

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