Green/sustainable business

Firms invited to celebrate the Year of the Monkey and strengthen business links with China

January 31, 2016
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Firms invited to celebrate the Year of the Monkey and strengthen business links with China

Bath’s business community is being invited to welcome in the Chinese New Year of the Monkey in style with a banquet at one of the region’s top restaurants. The gala banquet has been organised by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau, which works to connect businesses in the region with businesses in...

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Annual search starts to find the West of England’s best businesses

January 29, 2016
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Annual search starts to find the West of England’s best businesses

Bath’s top firms are being urged to enter the region’s most prestigious business competition – accountants PwC’s annual West of England Business of the Year Awards. The widely-respected awards are now in their 28th year and previous winners represent the cream of the region’s top companies. The unrivalled awards, which are being staged in...

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‘Game-changer’ Neighbourly named as one of Britain’s most-innovative businesses

January 29, 2016
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‘Game-changer’ Neighbourly named as one of Britain’s most-innovative businesses

Neighbourly, the innovative community-business connector with a base in Bath, has been recognised as one of Britain’s most disruptive companies. The firm, which is based at Bath’s Innovation Centre, appears in global publisher Bloomberg’s Business Innovators list alongside business game-changers such as Deliveroo, Crowdcube, GoCardless, Secret Escapes, MADE.com and Metro Bank. Neighbourly, which connects...

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Good Energy powers up its green generating capacity with new solar site

January 29, 2016
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Good Energy powers up its green generating capacity with new solar site

Good Energy, the Chippenham-based renewable power firm, is expanding its generating capacity by commissioning a new solar site in Dorset and gaining planning permission for three more across the South West. The new 5MW Oaklands Plantation site near Wareham will generate enough renewable electricity to supply around 1,300 homes. It takes the number of...

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Dorothy House Hospice Care signs up The House to help it mark its 40th anniversary

January 29, 2016
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Dorothy House Hospice Care signs up The House to help it mark its 40th anniversary

Bath brand agency The House has been appointed by Dorothy House Hospice Care to help it tell its story and attract renewed support from local businesses and individuals. Dorothy House, which marks its 40th birthday this year, offers support and care for patients and families in a 700 square mile area around Bath and...

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AgencyUK teams up with Bath’s Pong Cheese founder to help grow his latest venture

January 29, 2016
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AgencyUK teams up with Bath’s Pong Cheese founder to help grow his latest venture

Mathew March-Smith, the Bath-based serial entrepreneur, has called in city-based integrated marketing firm AgencyUK to launch his latest venture, Pestle Herbs. Mathew has a string of successes under his belt including several leading London digital agencies as well as Pong Cheese, the Peasedown St John-based firm that celebrates independent and artisan UK cheese producers...

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Last chance to enter prestigious South West Fairtrade Business Awards 2016

January 29, 2016
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Last chance to enter prestigious South West Fairtrade Business Awards 2016

Applications for the coveted South West Fairtrade Business Awards close this weekend and Bath firms that support fair and ethical business practices are being urged to enter before Sunday’s deadline. The unique awards – now in their fourth year – champion firms that put ethical responsibilities at the heart of their business. Bath businesses...

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Dementia research campaign backed by housing group Curo

January 29, 2016
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Dementia research campaign backed by housing group Curo

Bath-based housing and support organisation Curo has pledged its support to a national campaign aimed at boosting the fight against dementia. Curo signed up to ‘Join Dementia Research’ at a special event held at the Curo Memory Café in Peasedown St John yesterday. Join Dementia Research is asking people to take part in vital...

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Firms that make a difference urged to enter Business in the Community awards

January 22, 2016
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Firms that make a difference urged to enter Business in the Community awards

Business in the Community (BITC) is calling on Bath firms to showcase how they are taking practical action to address pressing issues as the deadline for entries to the 2016 Responsible Business Awards looms. The awards, now in their 19th year, celebrate inspiring examples of businesses that make a difference by creating stronger communities,...

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Business West turns spotlight on skills and pay as region’s jobless rate falls again

January 21, 2016
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Business West turns spotlight on skills and pay as region’s jobless rate falls again

The latest fall in unemployment – down a further 7,000 in the South West – has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce. But Business West, the region’s largest business group, has warned that low unemployment brings its own challenges – particularly skills shortages and rising wage costs –...

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