Peter Chmiel, director at Bath-based international landscape architecture practice Grant Associates, has been appointed as one of just six new Fellow members nationally to the Landscape Institute. Fellowship of the Landscape Institute is the highest form of Chartered membership and is awarded to the foremost innovators, leaders and ambassadors across the landscape architecture profession. It...
Bath Spa University is to support the post-war recovery of Ukraine’s higher education system under a scheme twinning it a university in the west of the conflict-ravaged country. Bath Spa, which has just over 7,000 students and specialises in arts, sciences, education, social science and business courses, will work with Academician Stepan Demianchuk International...
Iconic Somerset-based fashion business Mulberry is looking to its factories in the county to help make it one of the world’s most sustainable luxury brands. The manufacturing sites at Chilcompton, south of Bath, and in Bridgwater – which between them produce more than half of all Mulberry’s output – have been carbon neutral since...
The founder of Bath-based glasses designer and manufacturer Inspecs has hailed the group’s “significant progress” as it posted a more than 400% rise in annual sales. Robin Totterman, pictured, the former bond trader who launched the business in 1988 and is now its CEO, said the increase proved its growth strategy – partly driven...
The Bath-based landscape architect behind Singapore’s iconic Supertrees tourist attraction and the current Superbloom display at the Tower of London is calling for more city spaces to be turned over to nature to boost biodiversity, tourism and wellbeing. Andrew Grant RDI, founder of pioneering landscape architecture practice Grant Associates was lead designer on the...
Spiralling inflation has become the biggest issue for firms in Bath and across the South West, with nearly 70% saying they are worried about its impact on their business, according to a new survey. Big rises in labour costs and utility bills – which have helped take inflation to a 40-year high of 9.1%...
Bath’s creative industry freelancers, or those thinking of becoming one, can learn about the benefits – and the pitfalls – of freelance life at an event being staged by public relations group CIPR. Called Freelancing in the Real World, it will hear from a panel of expert speakers on how working for yourself does not automatically...
Bath’s visitor economy is set for a boost from a new initiative aimed at helping the tourism sector to the West of London continue its recovery from the impact of the pandemic. Nearly 40 businesses and attractions in Bath, ranging from hotels and tour guides to museums and cycle hire firms, have been included...
Companies selling ethical and sustainable products could increase sales by using up-tempo and upbeat music in their marketing, new research from the University of Bath has revealed. Music plays a key role in advertising as it can produce a strong emotional response from the consumer – with music in a major key, or mode,...
Bath-based workplace design and build company Interaction has appointed the former director of hybrid working at the House of Commons as a specialist workplace strategist. Emma Wharton Love, pictured, was responsible for developing a hybrid working model at the House of Commons during the pandemic involving hundreds of behind-the-scenes staff. Emma was also on...
