Put your Food and Drink Business on the Map
August 26, 2021
Sedgemoor District Council, alongside Somerset West and Taunton Council, are working with the Food and Drink Forum to launch a Food and Drink Mapping project. Through the project, the local Food and Drink Forum team based at The Food WorksSW, will be contacting as many food and drink producers, suppliers and local retailers based within…
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PAGEANT ENTRY TAKES SHAPE
August 18, 2021
Photo credit to 'Brian Sweeting, Bridgwater Photographic Society' The first stages of the design of Bridgwater Carnival’s Pageant entry are revealed to Pageant Master, Adrian Evans (L), by Mike Crocker (Centre) and Chris Hocking. Designs for Bridgwater Carnival’s entry in next year’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant are almost complete and the working drawings were shown to…
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£500,000 to boost re-start and recovery
August 16, 2021
Anchor businesses in Somerset that attract people to visit and support a wider range of local enterprises are being urged to bid for grants to help them re-start and recover from the economic hit of the coronavirus pandemic. Somerset County Council is launching a £500,000 fund to support strategically significant businesses badly affected by Covid-19…
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DETAILS OF BRIDGWATER CARNIVAL’S 2021 VIRTUAL LIVE STREAM REVEALED – SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER, 7PM
August 5, 2021
With just three months until what would have been undoubtedly Bridgwater’s biggest night of theyear, Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival has revealed the full details of its 2021 virtual carnival. Taking place on Saturday 6 November at 7pm, the two hour online virtual carnival titled ‘Through the Decades’ will feature 100 entries from Bridgwater Carnival processions…
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PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN CREATE HOARDING DESIGNS FOR NEW NORTHGATE YARD DEVELOPMENT
July 29, 2021
Artistic school children from Northgate Primary School have created designs for a 20-metre section of hoarding around the new Northgate Yard and Brewery Field development site. 26 designs from talented pupils have been selected in a competition run by Sedgemoor District Council and site contractors Willmott Dixon to decorate the section directly opposite the school.…
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Weston College launches new Engineering facility in Bristol
July 26, 2021
As lead partner of the West of England Institute of Technology (WEIoT) Weston College has created a WEIoT base in north Bristol’s aerospace and advanced engineering heartland through partnership working with GKN Aerospace.The College will be opening its own Bristol WEIoT facility for delivery of Higher Education Engineering, within GKN Aerospace’s new flagship Global Technology…
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NATIONAL CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL WEEK IN BRIDGWATER
July 26, 2021
Children across the UK were able to experience the excitement and enjoyment of carnival during the National Children’s Carnival Week in July. At Somerset Bridge Primary School in Bridgwater the whole school took part and thoroughly enjoyed themselves designing and creating their own carnival masks, headdresses, collars and squibs. They then proudly donned their brand…
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Struggling To Fill Hospitality Vacancies?
July 15, 2021
A new service for the 2021 season has been developed to promote your current vacancies directly to young people in schools and colleges here in Somerset. Somerset County Council along with the four District Councils, Education Business Partnership and industry representatives have worked together to produce a link between a central web hospitality vacancy platform…
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Western Somerset district councils hold joint discussions to prepare for unitary future
July 15, 2021
Leaders, Executive members and Chief Executives of Somerset West and Taunton Council and Sedgemoor District Council have come together to discuss next steps in the preparations for a Western Somerset unitary council. It is now almost one month since the clear preference of Somerset voters was revealed in the result of the local poll, with…
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New Arrival At Stokes Partners
July 12, 2021
Stokes Partners Solicitors are delighted to announce the arrival of their newest Partner, Michael Brierley. Michael joins the firm from 6 July 2021. He specialises in contentious probate litigation and looks forward to developing this complex area of work within the firm. Michael was born and brought up in Somerset and trained at a large…
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Now is your chance to claim your crown!
June 25, 2021
Are you the Best in the Business? A boss in the boardroom and on the pitch? Now is your chance to claim your crown! In collaboration with the Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce, Bridgwater United Community Sports Trust are excited to announce the Inaugural Bridgwater Business League! Boost your awareness in the community, increase team morale…
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A Brand-New Expansion Opportunity for Four South West Dining Brands.
June 18, 2021
Northgate Yard is a brand-new entertainment and dining hub in the heart of Bridgwater town centre, due for completion in October 2022. The £16million development will feature a 7-screen cinema, 8-lane bowling alley, sports bar and four restaurants. Outside, a refreshed green space, wildlife pond and children’s play area in Brewery Field is the perfect…
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South West small businesses encouraged to apply for Brexit Support Funding before 30 June deadline
June 17, 2021
With two weeks to go before the deadline, small and medium sized businesses in the South West are being encouraged to apply for funding to help them adapt to new customs and tax rules when trading with the EU. The £20m Brexit Support Fund, which closes 30 June, enables businesses who trade with the EU…
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Sedgemoor celebrates the poll result
June 10, 2021
The leaders and a representative from the political parties who make up Sedgemoor District Council joined forces to thank those 111,589 voters who took the time and trouble to vote in the recent local poll regarding the future of local government in Somerset. There was a resounding result in favor of Stronger Somerset which gained…
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Booming Bridgwater
June 8, 2021
News that £22.6m has been granted to the Bridgwater Town Board is a massive boost to the local economy and very welcome news. Ambitious bidding plans were put to the Government and they saw the aspiration, drive and determination of local people to make Bridgwater a better place. Bridgwater Town Board chair, Dr Fiona McMillian,…
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WELCOME BACK to Sedgemoor!
June 4, 2021
#ShopSafeShopSedgemoor is being managed by Daffodil PR and Communications, supported by the government and the European Development Fund with the message now focussed on welcoming people back to high streets and shopping areas across the district. Over the past few weeks, we have seen all high street businesses across the Sedgemoor district able to open…
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