Work has started on the largest-ever scheme to modernise signalling on the Great Western railway line through Bath. When completed, the four-year £350m improvements to the 1960s signalling infrastructure could help cut delays by 50%. The upgrade is vital to prepare for electrification of the line between London and the West and forms part...
Regional renewable energy group Regen SW has hit a new milestone – 200 organisations have joined within just 15 months to support its mission to enable ground-breaking renewable energy projects and low carbon jobs. This achievement comes as new figures show renewable energy share of electricity generated jumped from 7% to 9.5% across the...
Chartered accountants Monahans, which has offices in Bath, Swindon, Chippenham, Trowbridge and Glastonbury, has recruited Caroline Bee as manager in its fast-growing forensic services team. Caroline is returning to the practice having originally qualified with Monahans after leaving university and working in corporate finance. She returns after working within senior management at Wiltshire Council,...
The Youth Contract, the Government scheme announced today to lift 16 to 24 year olds out of unemployment and into work, has been welcomed by Business West. The scheme aims to create at least 410,000 new jobs over the next three years by offering firms £2,275 ‘wage incentives’ to take on up to 160,000...
Bath area firms are being urged to take a fresh look at corporate responsibility to society and social change by attending Bristol Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner tomorrow evening. Responsibility will be the main topic with guest speaker Big Issue joint founder John Bird MBE unlikely to pull any punches. Mr Bird was born...
Business West has welcomed the Government’s simplified National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The new framework aims to make streamline the planning process, allowing sustainable developments to go ahead quicker and so trigger much-needed economic growth. Phil Smith, managing director of the lobbying and business services organisation, which includes Bath Chamber of Commerce, said: "There...
Bath-based law firm Withy King has made Children’s Hospice South West one of its chosen regional charities for this year – and has already donated nearly £4,000. Children’s Hospice South West was the country’s second children’s hospice when founded in 1991 and now has three hospices supporting families across the South West, providing a...
An initiative aimed at nurturing the talent and skills of the thousands of young people who graduate from Bath each year has been launched by the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The Graduate Talent initiative has been developed by the LEP in partnership with the area’s four universities – Bath Spa University,...
The decision by Ofcom to lift the price controls on Royal Mail has disappointed the managing director of Radstock-based CFH Total Document Management, Dave Broadway. The Royal Mail is being allowed to set the price of first-class and business mail – and this resulted yesterday in the announcement of a record price rise...
Fascia Graphics, the Chippenham-based specialist print firm, has become the first UK manufacturer to invest in a new state-of-the-art press made by Japanese firm Sakurai. The Sakurai MS80-SD will boost Fascia’s performance, energy efficiency and lower its carbon emissions. Fascia, the market leader for the production of membrane keypads and graphic overlays in the...
