Accolade as UK’s most-sustainable start-up for Bath firm setting sail on a mission to reap ocean wind

January 16, 2025
Accolade as UK’s most-sustainable start-up for Bath firm setting sail on a mission to reap ocean wind

A Bath-based company aiming to use hi-tech sailing vessels to generate green energy at sea has been hailed as the UK’s most-sustainable new business. DRIFT Energy, which last summer raised £4.65m to fund its next stage of growth, has also been named among the UK’s best start-ups. The Startups 100 Index for 2025, in...

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Deadline looming for Dubai power grid group to ‘put up or shut up’ over approach to Good Energy

January 16, 2025
Deadline looming for Dubai power grid group to ‘put up or shut up’ over approach to Good Energy

Renewable electricity supplier Good Energy will find out on Monday whether the Dubai-based group behind a takeover approach to the firm plans to make a formal offer. Chippenham-headquartered Good Energy received the “unsolicited indicative, non-binding proposal” last October from Esyasoft, a global energy industry player that already has operations in the UK.  At the...

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Bath stop for regional investment roadshow aimed at helping widen funding for city’s small businesses

January 16, 2025
Bath stop for regional investment roadshow aimed at helping widen funding for city’s small businesses

Bath firms and their advisors wanting to learn more about the British Business Bank’s £200m South West Investment Fund can attend a roadshow event in the city later this month. The fund aims to increase the supply and diversity of early-stage finance for smaller businesses across the whole of the South West. It offers...

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Pearson May financial round up

January 15, 2025
Pearson May financial round up

Each week Bath accountancy firm Pearson May teams up with Bath Business News to bring you the top national finance stories. Extra HMRC funding recovered £45.7bn last year Tax investigations raise 28% more than 2023. Click here for more details.  Treasury losing revenue from spirit excise Industry calls for tax reform to boost growth. To find out more, click here

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Co-working space race heats up in Bath as expanding operator Runway East prepares to open hub

January 15, 2025
Co-working space race heats up in Bath as expanding operator Runway East prepares to open hub

Flexible workspace operator Runway East is to open its first Bath hub in a Grade II listed building in the city centre. The 23,000sq ft workspace, pictured, in Kings Court on Parsonage Lane is the fast-growing firm’s third in the South West and 13th across the UK.  Launched in London in 2014 and describing...

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Experienced business agent joins Christie & Co’s regional office to strengthen its dental team

January 15, 2025
Experienced business agent joins Christie & Co’s regional office to strengthen its dental team

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has further bolstered its regional dental team with the appointment of Luke Chidgey as a business agent. Luke will focus on managing dental practice transactions across the South West and South Wales as demand in the market remains buoyant, particularly among independent practices.  He brings more than seven...

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