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World’s first digital export Carnet introduced by Business West to ease strain of post-Brexit trade

November 10, 2023
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World’s first digital export Carnet introduced by Business West to ease strain of post-Brexit trade

Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has helped cut through the red tape hitting temporary exporters by arranging the world’s first use of a digital Carnet. Since Brexit, the number of ATA Carnets – or ‘passports for goods’ – needed by exporters has risen significantly for UK-based companies. These paper forms require numerous physical...

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Ethical approach to business earns workplace design agency Interaction coveted B Corp status

November 9, 2023
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Ethical approach to business earns workplace design agency Interaction coveted B Corp status

Interaction, the Bath-based workplace design-and-build company, has been certified as a B Corporation, the latest firm in the city to join the movement to use business as a force for good for people and the planet. To gain the accreditation, Interaction had to meet high standards of social and environmental impact with regard to...

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Grant Associates helps set new benchmark for older people’s social housing with London scheme

November 2, 2023
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Grant Associates helps set new benchmark for older people’s social housing with London scheme

Bath-based international landscape architecture practice Grant Associates has attracted widespread praise of its work on a social housing scheme described as “reimagining the almshouse for 21st century inner-city living”. The firm worked with RIBA Stirling Prize-winning architects Witherford Watson Mann and charity United St Saviours on the scheme of 57 units in Bermondsey, South...

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Award for pushchair designed by Bath charity on a mission to use tech for independent living

October 27, 2023
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Award for pushchair designed by Bath charity on a mission to use tech for independent living

An accessible pushchair created by Bath charity Designability to help disabled parents and carers has won a major award. Designed with mass manufacture in mind, Designability’s innovative design, pictured, replaces the traditional rear wheels/footbrake assembly, turning any conventional pushchair into an accessible pushchair. Currently in prototype format, it secured Baby Products Association’s (BPA) Concept...

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Trade mission to showcase opportunities for Bath firms in Hong Kong’s tech sector

October 27, 2023
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Trade mission to showcase opportunities for Bath firms in Hong Kong’s tech sector

Tech business founders from Bath and across the West of England are being given the chance to explore Hong Kong’s burgeoning tech ecosystem on a trade mission next month. Tech West England Advocates (TWEA) is leading the mission, which is that is backed by a range of partners including Bristol & West of England...

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Architecture firm’s lesson in holistically designed learning spaces lands it top award

October 26, 2023
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Architecture firm’s lesson in holistically designed learning spaces lands it top award

Creating sustainable, well-designed and inspiring school buildings has earned an architecture firm a major industry accolade. Frome-based NVB Architects won the Education category at the annual Building Design Architect of the Year Awards, topping a shortlist of eight firms. The hotly contested title, which celebrates the very best UK architecture in the education sector,...

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Sponsored: Get Christmas done with Taste of Bath

October 26, 2023
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Sponsored: Get Christmas done with Taste of Bath

Have you sorted Christmas gifts from your business yet? If not, allow Taste of Bath to make it incredibly easy and stress-free, with gorgeous gifts that’ll make a marvellous impression. Here’s how to get Christmas done with Taste of Bath . . . Step one: Select your hampers Our stunning Christmas collection features ready-made...

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Event will show Bath area firms how they can sell to local authorities across the region

October 26, 2023
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Event will show Bath area firms how they can sell to local authorities across the region

Businesses can find out how best to supply goods and services to public sector organisations across the West of England at an event next week. The annual showcase, organised by Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES) Council, has been running since 2005 and, after two years of being an online event, this year will be held...

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Good Energy powers ahead of its rivals for third year running to top Which? ranking

October 25, 2023
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Good Energy powers ahead of its rivals for third year running to top Which? ranking

Consumer magazine Which? has rated renewable electricity supplier Good Energy as the UK’s best eco power provider for the third consecutive year. The pioneering Chippenham-headquartered company is ranked as the joint-highest scorer in the latest Which? annual league table, which compares the sustainability of the UK’s energy suppliers. Good Energy’s endorsement by what is regarded as the UK’s...

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Young entrepreneur’s sneaker brand in pole position to tackle waste in global motorsport

October 20, 2023
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Young entrepreneur’s sneaker brand in pole position to tackle waste in global motorsport

A groundbreaking new brand of sneakers designed to revolutionise the motorsport and footwear industries’ approach to sustainability has been launched by Bath university graduate Alex Witty. Selling under the Compound Footwear brand, the stylish 100% recyclable sneakers are made from eco leather and recycled materials and are the only footwear brand using waste motorsport...

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