A director of Bath-headquartered international landscape architecture practice Grant Associates been selected to sit on the technical panel for a major new award scheme championing the world’s greenest cities. Peter Chmiel, pictured, is among 23 multi-disciplinary experts from across the globe to be chosen to assess and score the entries received for the inaugural...
A unique event to raise funds for the people of Ukraine hosted by stand-up comedian James Acaster and featuring an auction based on home interiors will take place in Bath next week. HOME AID has been created by city-based interiors duo Newton & Worthy to highlight the fact that while people in Bath are safe at home...
Two Bath hotels are to compete against the best in the country in an awards scheme that celebrates tourism businesses across England that have delivered excellence during the past year. The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa and No 15 by GuestHouse Bath have been shortlisted in VisitEngland’s Awards for Excellence. The Royal Crescent will...
Bath’s visitor economy is to get a boost next month as it continues to recover from the impact of the pandemic with the opening of its new World Heritage Centre. The centre on York Street, which opens on 9 May, celebrates Bath’s unique cultural offering as UNESCO World Heritage Site and gives visitors an insight...
Strong trading during the first three months of this year helped Bath-based glasses designer and manufacturer Inspecs Group maintain its post-pandemic growth. The rapidly expanding firm, which is focussing on becoming a global brand, reported a 12% increase in first-quarter revenues to $75.1m in a trading update to shareholders. This performance was achieved through...
Two pioneering Bath firms that collaborated on a ground-breaking medical research project are celebrating winning prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. CiteAb and Storm Consultancy EU were this week both awarded the coveted accolades in the Innovation category for jointly creating a platform that enables effective treatments for medical conditions to be developed quicker and...
Bath landscape architecture practice Grant Associates has revealed it is to create a special ‘Queen’s Garden’ at the Tower of London as part of its Superbloom display to celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. Superbloom, which has been masterminded by the firm, will transform the Tower’s moat into a vibrant sea of more than 20m flowers...
More than 400 jobs are to be created by fast-growing eCommerce fulfilment company Huboo under its latest plan to open a major new warehouse. The Bath-founded firm, which increased its revenue by 124% in the year to January, is to occupy a new 106,000 sq ft building, close to junction 17 of the M4...
Business leaders, academics and students will come together next week at a special event staged by the University of Bath to showcase its enterprise strategy and boost collaboration with the corporate world. The first Enterprise Day on Wednesday, 27 April, will include panel discussions on how business can create green and resilient futures, how...
A scheme set up to donate unwanted and refurbished laptops to schools, charities and individuals who do not have access to technology has been awarded £135,000 to help take it to the next stage of development. The money from The National Lottery Community Fund will be used by Wiltshire Digital Drive to recruit a...
