Bath’s beleaguered hospitality industry is hoping for a boost in visitor numbers next year after a major TV period drama series filmed in the city premieres on Christmas Day. Bridgerton, described as a witty, romantic, emotional and thoroughly modern take on the Regency era, will be screened on Netflix over eight episodes. Although set...
This article may sound like humbug, but not all Christmas presents should be treated equally! The Bribery Act 2010 introduced a new regime by which all corporate hospitality or gifts had to be reasonable and proportionate. Given the current pandemic, not much hospitality is probably going on, but that does stop the giving of...
Bath firms have slammed government financial support for businesses forced to close during the most recent lockdown as grossly inadequate. Some 54% of West of England businesses that were shuttered during November – including restaurants, cafes and non-essential retailers – said the financial assistance covered less than a quarter of their overheads, a new...
Construction consulting firm Voloco has doubled its workforce and achieved annual sales growth of 80% after expanding its services this year. The firm, which now employs eight staff, also moved to larger offices in Marshfield from its previous serviced accommodation at Aztec West, near Bristol. Voloco provides bespoke flexible and responsive services such as quantity...
Environmental development firm Engain has helped deliver a project to upgrade the iconic cable car station at the top of the Rock of Gibraltar while also protecting its famous Barbary apes and other wildlife. Experts from the Frome-based firm, which specialises in projects involving the environment, ecology and climate change, were called in by...
Historic buildings at the centre of a major town centre regeneration scheme will be opened to the public for the first time in more than a decade when the site stages a Christmas market. The owners of Innox Mills, a 10-acre brownfield site in Trowbridge, have teamed up with The Anonymous Travelling Market, the...
Logistics group Wincanton’s focus on the eCommerce market has landed it another major contract with a multi-channel retailer – the UK’s largest garden centre operator Dobbies. The Scottish firm, which has 68 stores across the UK, is the latest in a stream of retailers to sign up with Wincanton since it adopted a bigger...
Two vacant offices in Bath’s Laura Place - one of the main settings in Jane Austen’s final book Persuasion - are to be sold at auction next week. The offices, along with two unoccupied flats in the same three Grade I listed buildings, will go under the hammer with a guide price of £4m-plus. Acquired by their current...
A third of South West firms still do not know if they will be impacted by Brexit with less than four weeks to go to the end of the UK-EU transition period, according to a new survey. At the same time 46% are worried that Brexit could have a bigger impact on them than...
Bath city centre bars, restaurants and shops lost at least £142m during the first national Covid-19 lockdown while the cancellation of its iconic Christmas market will deal the city a further £13.6m blow, new figures reveal. Data provided by credit card company Visa shows that expenditure lost to the hospitality and retail sectors in...
