Some of the biggest names in fashion are revealing their secrets at a series of innovative events in Bath this week. The chair of Bath in Fashion said the week’s events had really given the city’s profile a major boost. “It’s really put Bath on the map and people perceive it as a stylish...
Bath is never far from the top of many discerning travellers’ must-visit list of destinations. Yet attracting these people in the first place, then getting them to boost tourist revenue by spending more, are major challenges in the current economic climate. Who better to ask for advice than veteran travel writer Simon Calder. Bath...
Top travel writer Simon Calder has urged Bath tourist businesses to respond quickly to negative comments travellers made on key sites, such as Trip Advisor. These should be used as an opportunity to improve services he said in an entertaining speech to key tourism industry figures in the city on Tuesday which also tackled...
The Olympic flame comes to Bristol and Bath this summer. But Olympic stars of the future are on the slopes of Austria at the Youth Winter Olympics, near Innsbruck, this week. Inspired, Travel Editor Anne Gorringe puts herself to the test in the Austrian resort of Bad Hofgastein . . . A mountain hut...
Talk of a double dip recession plus the current Eurozone crisis isn't stopping people from jetting away in 2012. In fact, there is a determined desire to escape from it all, say travel firms with bookings on luxury breaks proving popular. Research carried out by package trip specialist Jet2holidays on over 1,000 holiday-makers found...
Want to learn to ski? There’s no excuse for not getting fit and enjoying yourself. Travel Editor ANNE GORRINGE is just back from France where she discovered that the snow conditions have never been better… Bucket-loads of snow! And it’s still snowing in the Portes du Soleil If you’re going to slip sliding...
Six months ago Roger Saul, founder of the iconic luxury goods brand Mulberry, launched the first phase of a regeneration scheme to transform a former Somerset mill and one-time home to Babycham, into a unique designer shopping outlet. Here Anne Gorringe examines the fascinating history and bright future of the Kilver Court. The...
After a struggle of nearly 25 years, the dream of a science park for Bristol and Bath finally became a reality when SPark opened for business three months ago. Here CEO Bonnie Dean gives ANNE GORRINGE a guided tour and talks about the challenges and plans for the £300m site. INNOVATION may be...
Somerset entrepreneur Roger Saul has a track record for creating brands and building businesses from scratch. Here the founder of iconic fashion company Mulberry talks to Anne Gorringe about his passions including a scheme to regenerate Shepton Mallet’s historic Kilver Court, and his ever-supportive family… IT’S strange how life can turn on a twist...
Upmarket clothes store Aubin and Wills this week opened a shop offering cut-price designer clothes to South West customers within former Mulberry boss Roger Saul’s Kilver Court complex in Shepton Mallet The shop is the first independent company to move into the historic centre, housed in a former mill, and on the same site...
