Bath businesses have turned out to support one of city’s longest-running charity events – Julian House’s annual corporate fundraising Brain of Bath quiz. Eighteen enthusiastic teams from 10 Bath organisations put their mental mettle to the test at the historic Assembly Rooms to see who would be crowned with the prestigious title while...
Renewable energy company Good Energy has marked the 30th birthday of the UK’s first wind farm by commissioning international artist Luke Jerram to produce a celebratory artwork. The Bristol-based artist, who has produced numerous major works of art highlighting the impact of climate change, created an experimental light projection, pictured, for Chippenham-headquartered Good...
Bath video production company Octopus Films has teamed up with the University of Bath to make a special documentary for the COP26 conference featuring young people urging world leaders to take action over climate change. More than 140 young people from 32 countries took part in ActNowFilm,which is due to be screened...
Construction work has started on a £5.4m student accommodation and employment scheme on an historic and “challenging” site in Bath. Sixty-three flats, including a two-bedroom studio, will be built in one building on the Old Bakery site in Twerton, while a second building will feature 5,000 sq ft of flexible open-plan employment space. ...
Innovative bioplastic food packaging developed from seaweed is a step closer to supermarket shelves after the Bath firm behind it secured funding. Sustainable biotech business Kelpi invented the compostable material to replace single-use fossil fuel plastics, which take hundreds of years to decompose. Over the past year the company has been developing it...
Regional accountancy group Bishop Fleming plans to grow its VAT offering following the appointment of a specialist tax partner. Len Dean joins as VAT partner and will head its VAT team. The move takes the partnership at the firm, which has an office in Bath, to 34 while following recent record recruitment its overall headcount...
