Green/sustainable business

New chair and board members for Bristol & Bath Regional Capital as it targets further expansion

March 8, 2023
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Bristol & Bath Regional Capital, the West of England’s first home-grown, place-based impact investor, has appointed a new chair and two new board members to support its ambitious growth. Investment industry leader Mark Mansley has joined as deputy chair and solicitor Richard Leeming as a non-executive director.  Existing board member Ruth Foreman, who has...

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Acclaimed Bath conservation and retrofit architect appointed UWE Bristol visiting professor

February 28, 2023
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Acclaimed Bath conservation and retrofit architect appointed UWE Bristol visiting professor

The managing partner of Bath architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has become a visiting professor at the School of Architecture and Environment at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). Geoff Rich, pictured, will work with the university to help inspire the next generation of architects, sharing his expertise through masterclasses, lectures, and...

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More key worker homes to be built in the region after impact investor gets new funding

February 23, 2023
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More key worker homes to be built in the region after impact investor gets new funding

West of England impact investor Bristol & Bath Regional Capital (BBRC) is to expand its homes division to finance 1,500 quality new homes for key workers across the region by 2028. The move, which follows an equity investment in BBRC from London-based specialist impact investor Zamo Capital, will help it build on the success...

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International Women’s Day event hosted by Business West will focus on promoting gender equity

February 20, 2023
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International Women’s Day event hosted by Business West will focus on promoting gender equity

Business West is to mark International Women’s Day with an event celebrating the region’s female entrepreneurs and focusing on the importance of promoting gender equity in business. A panel of five inspirational women from the region will discuss a range of topics at the event on 8 March, such as how business leaders can...

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Bath businesses working for good are invited to join city’s first social impact network

February 16, 2023
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Bath businesses working for good are invited to join city’s first social impact network

Bath’s first networking group for businesses with a social conscious and organisations that support them is to be officially launched next week. Bath Social Impact Network will be the first of its kind in the wider Bath area and will offer members support to help them flourish through collaboration and idea generation.  Launched as...

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Good Energy looking for generation gain by making its customers’ Feed-in Tariffs fit for purpose

February 16, 2023
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Good Energy looking for generation gain by making its customers’ Feed-in Tariffs fit for purpose

Renewable electricity provider Good Energy has launched a new scheme for its customers on Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) which could earn them more from the power they generate. The Chippenham-headquartered group, the UK’s largest voluntary FiT administrator with more than 180,000 generation customers, piloted the new FiT smart export service in December, with plans to...

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Tap into our spa heritage to make Bath a world-class wellbeing city, ReBalance festival launch told

February 10, 2023
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Tap into our spa heritage to make Bath a world-class wellbeing city, ReBalance festival launch told

Bath has the potential to boost its economy by being a ‘fun’ city with a strong emphasis on wellbeing and health built on its spa heritage, the launch of its first wellness festival heard. It could take lessons from places as diverse as Iceland, with its tradition for thermal bathing, and Singapore’s emphasis on trees...

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£3m for Bath firm using seaweed to develop environmentally friendly food packaging

February 10, 2023
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£3m for Bath firm using seaweed to develop environmentally friendly food packaging

A Bath firm developing innovative bioplastic food packaging from seaweed has secured more than £3m to take its technology another step closer to everyday use. Sustainable biotech business Kelpi invented the unique compostable material to replace single-use fossil fuel plastics, which take hundreds of years to decompose.   The seed round, led by Bristol-based specialist...

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Powered by poo! Start-up on a mission to use slurry from dairy farms for waste-to-energy projects

February 9, 2023
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Powered by poo! Start-up on a mission to use slurry from dairy farms for waste-to-energy projects

A new way to make money from dairy farm waste is to be commercialised by a start-up business founded by a former University of Bath mechanical engineering student. Frome-based BioFactory secured funding from Innovate UK and Defra for a 12-month feasibility study via the Farming Innovation Programme after developing a modular anaerobic digester (AD). ...

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Regional campaign against poverty pay gains traction with commitment from more than 100 firms

February 9, 2023
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Regional campaign against poverty pay gains traction with commitment from more than 100 firms

More than 100 firms across the West of England have signed up to a regional Good Employment Charter which pledges to pay staff a Real Living Wage and clamp down on the use of zero-hours contracts. Introduced by Metro Mayor Dan Norris as part of a campaign against poverty pay, it also commits employers...

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