Technology

New £100m rail equipment factory signals major boost for region’s manufacturing sector

March 8, 2024
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New £100m rail equipment factory signals major boost for region’s manufacturing sector

Industrial giant Siemens has said its new £100m rail equipment manufacturing plant announced this week will be the most sophisticated of its kind in the world. The Chippenham factory, which will employ around 800 skilled workers, will replace one on the same site which has produced signalling and control systems for much of the...

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Takeover-target Wincanton motors ahead with its own acquisition to boost its automotion drive

March 8, 2024
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Takeover-target Wincanton motors ahead with its own acquisition to boost its automotion drive

Logistics group Wincanton, which is poised to be taken over by US group GXO, hit the acquisition trail itself today by snapping up a specialist warehousing software firm. Chippenham-headquartered Wincanton, which has 20,300 employees and 8,500 vehicles in more than 170 sites across the UK, said buying Invar represented a key milestone in its...

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Spring Budget 2024: Bath experts’ reaction

March 6, 2024
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Spring Budget 2024: Bath experts’ reaction

Rob Chedzoy, tax partner at South West accountancy firm Milsted Langdon, cautioned that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had targeted individuals with tax cuts at the expense of small businesses. He said the Chancellor had placed a heavy emphasis on relieving the financial burden on families and working individuals following a period of high living costs...

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Spring Budget 2024: Bath business reaction

March 6, 2024
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Spring Budget 2024: Bath business reaction

Phil Smith, managing director of Business West, the organisation behind Bath Chamber of Commerce, said while the Budget offered a number of initiatives that were likely to benefit the region’s businesses it lacked any measure that would tackle big issues such as transport, housing and infrastructure. “The creative and hospitality industries, which are significant contributors...

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Spring Budget 2024: Regional political reaction

March 6, 2024
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Spring Budget 2024: Regional political reaction

West of England Metro Mayor Dan Norris, pictured, said “hard-pressed” West of England residents and businesses were still struggling with 70-year high levels of tax under the Conservatives, “despite today’s desperate attempts from the Chancellor to pretend otherwise”. The Labour leader of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA), which covers Bath, added: “Instead of...

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Budget 2024: The key points . . .

March 6, 2024
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Budget 2024: The key points . . .

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his Spring Budget. The main points were: The Chancellor said growth had been higher in the UK since 2010 than every other European economy. But future growth would not come from mass immigration. He promised a Budget for future growth. Inflation had been halved to 4%. It was 11% when...

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Transport firm arrives at refurbed office building as it continues to be magnet for global tech companies

March 1, 2024
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Transport firm arrives at refurbed office building as it continues to be magnet for global tech companies

Growing UK transport technology specialist TEG has opened an office in Chippenham in a move that boosts the town’s reputation as a centre for the hi-tech sector. TEG, which has its headquarters in London, is occupying a floor of office block Bewley House, pictured, where it is alongside German industrial giant Siemens and two...

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Awards launched to showcase businesses that are the bee’s knees at caring for region’s pollinators

February 29, 2024
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Awards launched to showcase businesses that are the bee’s knees at caring for region’s pollinators

An awards scheme that champions the West of England’s best bee-friendly businesses is back – with some of the region’s biggest firms promising to create some extra buzz around it. The first Bee Bold Awards were held last year to champion the region’s pollinator champions. Among the winners were Bath digital technology agency Storm, city-based...

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UK’s first master’s degree in applying AI tools to engineering and design launched by Bath Uni

February 26, 2024
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UK’s first master’s degree in applying AI tools to engineering and design launched by Bath Uni

The University of Bath is to introduce the UK’s first master’s degree course focused on applying skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to engineering and design. The MSc in Artificial Intelligence for Engineering and Design at the university, pictured, will equip students with skills in applying AI tools responsibly and ethically, combining engineering and design knowledge...

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Green hydrogen plant opened to power West of England ahead in harnessing ‘fuel of the future’

February 22, 2024
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Green hydrogen plant opened to power West of England ahead in harnessing ‘fuel of the future’

The West of England’s first green hydrogen production and storage plant has been officially opened, underpining the region’s status as a leader in research into what is widely regarded as the fuel of the future. The plant, at the state-of-the-art Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS) on the Bristol and Bath Science Park,...

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