Cheddar cheese producer Wyke Farms has won a prestigious award for its green approach to business. The family-owned business, based at Bruton, near Shepton Mallet, landed the Sustainable Future Award, sponsored by Unilever, at the recent IGD Awards. Wyke Farms was praised for its integrated green approach encompassing renewable energy, water recovery, green farming...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has backed the findings of a highly critical report into apprenticeships by education watchdog Ofsted. The report accused the Government of devaluing the “apprenticeship brand” by creating them in ever greater numbers, while the chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw said there were too many poor...
Bath-based brand agency The House has been appointed by sustainability compliance consultancy ecosurety to drive its growth and increase awareness of the organisation. Bristol-based ecosurety has been empowering businesses to manage resources efficiently since 2003. The £25m turnover firm works with more than 800 blue-chip clients such as Innocent drinks, Pentax and Fujifilm, and...
With just two days to go, the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs is shaping up to be one of the biggest business events in the West this year. Hundreds of business owners – men and women – will descend on the Colston Hall in Bristol this Thursday for the one-day entrepreneurial extravaganza. Tickets to the keynote...
The need for Bath’s Business Improvement District (BID) to continue for another five years and for more powers to be devolved from London to the region were among the calls to action at an economic seminar and panel debate staged by Barclays. BID chief executive Andrew Cooper spoke at the event on the benefits...
A unique business knowledge hub to help Bath and the West of England’s small and medium-sized enterprises grow is to be launched next month. The West of England Growth Hub will offer users access to an extensive, connected network of business knowledge and skills partners. The platform, which is still in its final stages...
Bath charity Send a Cow is working with coffee shop chain Starbucks on a nationwide fundraising campaign to support farmers on smallholdings in rural Africa. Nearly 700 Starbucks across the UK are aiming to raise £650 each for The Big Cow Project – the equivalent of a dairy cow that can change lives for...
The region covered by the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has been rated as the best of the 39 LEP areas across the country for its record on business start-ups. Research by information agency BankSearch shows 5.7% more businesses were launched in West of England during the first eight months of this...
Confidence levels for firms across the West of England have fallen on the back of lower sales, fewer new jobs and worsening cashflow, according to the results of Business West’s latest survey. The figures, released this week, show how susceptible the region is to shifts in the world economy, said James Durie of Business...
More than 80 of the South West’s top clinicians, academics and businesses attended the launch of a membership group tasked with stimulating the growth of the region’s life science industry. Medilink South West provides knowledge and support to businesses in the key sector, helping them grow and maximise opportunities within life sciences and healthcare....
