Plans for first 275 new homes on Bath’s former Foxhill MoD site – now known as Mulberry Park – have been been given the green light. Curo, the Bath-based housing organisation, wants to build 700 energy-efficient homes on the 48-acre development – 30% of which will be for social rent or shared ownership. The site...
Half-year profits have soared by 67% at Good Energy, the Chippenham-based renewable power firm, as more customers join it from the Big Six utility firms. Customer numbers shot up by more than a third during the six months to June 30, lifting revenues by 46% to £32.6m. As a result, pre-tax profits came in...
Bath and Bristol’s future as a vibrant business centre will be debated by three of the region’s leading business women at the UK’s biggest gathering of female business owners next month. They will take as their starting point the creation of a so-called Western Powerhouse to unite the region and claw back vital powers...
Bath-based community-business connector Neighbourly has become one of the founding UK members of the B Corporation, a global scheme that identifies socially responsible business. Neighbourly, which links community projects with companies that want to make a difference, helped launch B Corporation yesterday with a group of like-minded businesses. B Corporation aims is to do...
Bath businesses are being urged to back a multi-million pound bid to the Government to boost the use of green transport across the West of England. The region’s four local authorities, including Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES), are preparing a bid for up to £11m from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles which...
Sustainability is firmly on the agenda for 80% of West of England boardrooms with nearly a third considering it one of their business’s top three priorities, according to an exclusive survey conducted by executive search firm Moon Consulting and Bath Business News. Just 5% are not currently engaged in sustainability activities or do not...
Luke McKeever, the chairman of innovative internet platform Neighbourly, has moved to the more hands-on role of CEO at the firm to free up founder Nick Davies to focus on building its unique brand. Luke McKeever, pictured, joined Neighbourly last September, just two months after its official launch. The firm, which has bases in...
Small and medium-sized businesses from the Bath area are being encouraged to apply to a £4m fund that aims to help them develop new products and services and create jobs. The University of the West of England’s (UWE Bristol) Innovation4Growth (I4G) programme part funds research and development projects with grants of between £25,000 and...
Neighbourly, the innovative Bath-based internet platform with the ambition of revolutionising corporate social responsibility, is to expand overseas just a year after its official launch. The fast-growing firm, which connects community projects with companies wishing to make a difference, is to set up a team in the Dutch city of Utrecht to build and...
A space-saving automated parking tower for bicycles developed and manufactured in Germany is being launched in the UK by Bath-based Cardok. The firm, which aims to revolutionise parking, has secured the UK distributorship for the multi-storey Radhaus cycle garage, pictured – a tower that can park up to 120 bikes securely, protecting them from...
