The United Nations’ theme this year for International Women's Day on 8 March is ‘For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment’. It is a rallying cry for the world to advance women’s and girls’ rights, promote gender equality and foster empowerment by ensuring access to education, employment, leadership and decision-making. UK charity People...
Businesses in Bath are being consulted on proposed changes to the way their waste is collected, including mandatory use of reusable bags or bins that must also be labelled with the business’s name. In addition, Bath & North East Somerset Council (B&NES) is proposing to alter evening collections times for business waste. The council...
Time is running out to enter the Michelmores Property Awards, the annual celebration of the best property, development and construction projects from across the South West. Staged by law firm Michelmores and now in their 22nd year, the awards have long-championed sustainability and innovation by placing social, environmental, sustainable and economic values at the heart...
Biotechnology firm Advetec has appointed a customer success director as it seeks to strengthen client relationships, drive value and pursue further growth. Will Garrard has joined Advetec, based near Trowbridge, from KEW Technology, a Midlands-headquartered developer of sustainable energy systems, where he was operations director. Will, pictured, has held several senior management and operational...
The retrofit and regeneration of a 1970s office building known as the ‘Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke’ has been completed, with three Bath architecture firms playing key roles. Grade II listed Plant Basingstoke, pictured – formerly known as Mountbatten House and considered one of Britain's 15 most important listed modern buildings – was commissioned in...
Bath businesses are being asked to help an influential group of MPs and peers from across the West of England and South Wales shape their agenda for change during the year ahead. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Western Gateway – the partnership covering the ‘super-region’ stretching from Swindon to Swansea via Bath...
St John’s Foundation has welcomed Catharine Brown as its new CEO following seven months during which she performed the role on an interim basis. Catharine, pictured, has been appointed by Bath’s oldest charity following a highly competitive selection process. The board of trustees at St John’s, which celebrated its 850th anniversary last year, said they had...
Clearly PR, the Bath-based agency, has pledged to provide free public relations consultancy services to 100 certified B Corp businesses and brands over the next 12 months – double the number it delivered last year. The move means the agency, itself B Corp accredited, will have worked with more than 5% of the total number of...
The founder of renewable electricity supplier Good Energy has welcomed its possible acquisition by a Dubai-based group, saying it would continue its original aim when it started 25 years ago of encouraging the switch to green power. Juliet Davenport, who launched the Chippenham-based firm in 1999, said the £99.4m approach by Esyasoft, which is subject...
Plans to build nearly 100 energy-efficient homes as part of Bath’s Quays North regeneration scheme have gone out for consultation. Bath & North East Somerset Council’s (B&NES) wholly owned development company Aequus wants to press ahead with the homes on a site on Corn Street, close to the city centre, pictured. The site already...
