A sharp rise in new orders at defence manufacturing group Avon Rubber combined with a boost from its recent acquisitions helped it achieved strong growth. The Melksham-headquartered group, which specialises in protective gear, masks and breathing equipment for the military and first-responder markets, said orders leapt by 46.5% year-on-year in the six months to March...
Bath-headquartered global engineering consultancy Buro Happold has helped transform the basement of a 1970s Bristol office block into the UK’s highest-rated employee cycle area. Castlemead, at 18-storeys Bristol’s tallest commercial building, is undergoing a £2.1m refurbishment, partly to prepare it for a commuting revolution likely to be sparked by the introduction of the city’s Clean Air...
Three Bath area firms have been named among the best companies to work for in the South West. The UK’s first digital green energy supplier Pure Planet and housing group Curo – both based in Bath – and Chippenham-based Good Energy, also a renewable energy firm, are included in the latest Best Company to...
Scientists at the University of Bath are developing the world’s first handheld Covid-19 test device capable of offering results within 10 minutes. Worked on by the university’s Centre for Biosensers, Bioelectronics and Biodevices (C3Bio) in partnership with researchers at Bath’s Royal United Hospital (RUH), the LoCKamp (lab on chip amplification) device is roughly the...
Bath’s newest hotel has reached a significant construction milestone with its topping out ahead of its targeted opening early next year. The six-storey, 202-bedroom Hampton by Hilton is being built on the site of Bath College’s landmark Ralph Allen Building on James Street West. The hotel is being developed by Dominvs Group, which owns...
An art trail displaying paintings, sculptures and photography in empty shop windows on the theme of nature and climate change is to launch next week to coincide with World Environment Day. The Trowbridge Windows on Nature trail will highlight the devastating fact that a quarter of British mammals are at risk of extinction and 80%...
