More than 900 private firms in the South West have the potential to grow exponentially and create thousands of jobs, according to new research. These 937 businesses have generated £2.8bn of turnover growth and created nearly 13,500 jobs in the past three years, the report by investment group BGF shows. The research identified nearly...
A new style of premium business networking comes to Bath next month when a highly successful Bristol group holds its first meeting in the area. EVO (Evolution Business Networking) has earned a reputation as the South West’s freshest business networking company since launching in Bristol three years ago. The membership-based network has already attracted...
Specialist labels firm CCL Design UK is aiming to double its factory’s turnover and create up to 40 jobs as it seeks to build on its success since acquiring the site a year ago. CCL, the UK design arm of the world’s largest label maker CCL Industries, bought Chippenham-based Fascia Graphics last February in a...
Ethical tea firm Pukka Herbs is to provide herb gardens to 40 schools across England as part of a programme to encourage children to connect with nature. Keynsham-based Pukka has teamed up with sustainable food and farming charity the Soil Association on the Food for Life programme. The project comes at a time when...
The University of Bath has appointed a world leader in power trains to supply the equipment for its new £70m ‘car of the future’ research facility. Expert teams at the university and Austrian-based AVL will form a unique partnership to advance knowledge in power trains – the engine, transmission, drive shaft and axles –...
Air passengers from the South West using London airports instead of flying from Bristol are creating carbon emissions equivalent to more than 15m gallons of petrol, a new survey shows. The research, commissioned by Bristol Airport, shows last year that road journeys to airports such as Heathrow and Gatwick from the South West and...
