Business Enterprise Hub Feasibility Study - Business Survey 2021
December 14, 2021
The Bridgwater Town Deal Board has successfully been awarded £23 m of government funds to help regeneration the town. The funding is subject to completion of satisfactory business cases being agreed with Government for each project. As part of the plan, the Town Deal Board included provision to establish a new business enterprise hub in…
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Weston College to Deliver FREE HGV Skills Bootcamps from Jan 2022
December 13, 2021
Weston College has been announced as the only Ofsted Outstanding education providers offering the HGV Skills Bootcamps. The Government announced the Skills Bootcamp in October, and it is part of the Skills for Life initiative, with the aim of training 5,000 (new and returning) people to become HGV drivers. The HGV Skills Bootcamps offer participants…
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A new Weston Employment Centre –Support for those who find themselves out of work
December 10, 2021
The Weston College Group and Seetec Pluss have formed a strategic partnership to create a new Employment Centre in Weston-super-Mare. The Centre will help individuals looking for employment support and training with the shared goal of assisting adults into jobs with local employers.The Weston Employment Centre, based opposite the College’s Knightstone Campus in central Weston,…
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Help us shape a new unitary council for Somerset
November 22, 2021
Organisations from across the county are joining together to deliver a new unitary council for Somerset – and local people are encouraged to be part of the conversation. A public meeting is planned at Donyatt Village Hall, near Ilminster, on 25th November, 3pm until 5pm. It’s the third in a monthly series of events where…
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Consultation Events to be held by Council on ‘Positive Planning Tool’ to bring forward the Gravity Smart Campus
November 22, 2021
There will be three consultation events for local residents to hear more about the Local Development Order for the Gravity Enterprise Zone at the former Royal Ordnance Factory at Puriton. The first of these will be an online event held on Wednesday 24th November between 6pm and 7-30pm. In addition, two drop-in sessions will be…
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Timeless Images link with Ecologi
November 2, 2021
We have linked up with Ecologi and purchased 25 trees for each newborn baby that we photograph each month – last month we purchased 425 trees for 9 babies. We have also set up the link so that if any client pays us through Stripe (a payment provider) then a tree is purchased – so…
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FESTIVAL OF BRITISH ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING INSPIRES NEXT GENERATION
November 1, 2021
Would-be engineers from schools and colleges across the county visited the British Festival of Engineering and Manufacturing in Bridgwater this month. The pioneering two-day event took place at M-CNC on Bridgwater Business Park, during which time approximately 400 young people and their teachers were able to learn about the many careers in the sectors. Employers…
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Northgate Survey - Take part for a chance to win cinema tickets
November 1, 2021
Northgate Yard in Bridgwater will provide restaurant space for five high quality restaurant units available to let to a mix of dining brands and we have come up with a survey which will help give us information about what sort of places that the local community would like to see in the development. Please…
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LOCAL SCHOOLS DECORATE CARNIVAL MASKS FOR 2021
October 26, 2021
With the start of Sedgemoor Masquerade Week just under a week away, 21 large carnival masks, designed and decorated by local school children, are now on display in shops and businesses around Bridgwater town centre. Organised by Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Committee, 16 local schools have taken part in the popular education project, which has…
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Shop Sedgemoor banners
October 22, 2021
Eagle-eyed residents will notice a wave of banners on lamp posts which are being put up this week. As part of Sedgemoor District Council’s help for local shops and their customers affected by the pandemic, there will be colourful banners attached to lampposts in Highbridge, Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater reminding people to support their local shops…
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A C Mole Rebrand and Website launch
October 11, 2021
A C Mole, based in Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton, is one of the leading, independent firms of Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisers in the South West. To celebrate returning to the office following the relaxation of the COVID-19 restrictions, and our forthcoming 120-year anniversary in 2022, A C Mole are thrilled to announce an exciting…
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CARNIVALITES TO STAGE UNIQUE VARIETY SHOW AS PART OF SEDGEMOOR MASQUERADE WEEK
October 11, 2021
Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Committee, Bridgwater Gangs and Features, and Bridgwater Town Council have joined forces to organise a special 2021 Variety Show. The show, which will run from Sunday 31 October to Thursday 4 November, is one of the first live events to be staged at Bridgwater Town Hall since the start of the…
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SEDGEMOOR MASQUERADE WEEK - 31st OCTOBER 2021 TO 8th NOVEMBER 2021
October 11, 2021
Carnivalites in Sedgemoor have revealed plans to commemorate The Gunpowder Plot this year in a low key and symbolic way. Organisers of Bridgwater Carnival and Highbridge and Burnham on Sea carnival have joined forces to stage a number of smaller one off individual events as part of a Sedgemoor Masquerade Week to celebrate the failure…
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Sedgemoor businesses are set to benefit for a whopping £1m from Sedgemoor District Council’s latest Business Support Programme.
October 11, 2021
Sedgemoor’s Economic Development Team has designed a range of schemes that will boost productivity, innovation, greener operations and will give local employees new and improved skills. The programme will deliver cash grants of up to £15,000 to businesses who can demonstrate that the funding will result in business improvement or higher skills. The programme will…
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A LOCAL EFFORT: SOUTH WEST FIRMS TEAM UP TO DELIVER LEISURE AND DINING DEVELOPMENT IN BRIDGWATER
September 30, 2021
Local business has been at the heart of the construction process so far for Bridgwater’s new Northgate Yard development with 75% of suppliers to the project being within a 30-mile radius. The building works for the £16m leisure and dining development in the heart of Bridgwater is well underway and has already seen completion of…
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WESTON COLLEGE TO GET WORLD CLASS SKILLS BOOST
September 27, 2021
Weston College is to get a world-class skills boost after being selected to join an elite training programme. Weston College is one 12 leading institutions (colleges and Independent Training Providers) to have been selected to join the skills revolution by becoming part of WorldSkills UK’s Centre of Excellence. The Centre of Excellence – partnered and…
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