Bumper sales of its cannabinoid (CBD) hand sanitiser helped give medical cannabis company Sativa, the firm behind the Goodbody Wellness retail chain, a record month for revenues in June. The firm, based at Beckington, near Frome, shrugged off the high street meltdown caused by the coronavirus lockdown as consumers and corporate buyers snapped up...
Almost 250 jobs look set to be axed at Bristol Airport as it reels from the devastating’ impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the aviation industry. Some 76 directly employed staff are in line to be made redundant – just under a quarter of the total workforce – while aircraft handling firm Swissport has...
Bath charity Julian House is calling on the city’s businesses to join it in stepping out and standing up against homelessness at its annual Circuit of Bath Walk. Taking place on Sunday September 27, the sponsored circular walk will be the only fundraising event that Julian House, Bath’s main homeless help charity, stages this...
Developers behind a major town centre regeneration scheme are to stage a street market and drive-in cinema on the site while they await planning permission for to build 300 homes on it. Innox Mills, a 10-acre brownfield site in Trowbridge, could become a new mixed-use quarter for the town with food, leisure and retail...
A tiny historic pub has reopened its doors after surviving the lockdown with the help of a Bounce Back Loan. The Flemish Weaver, which has been a feature of Corsham’s picturesque High Street since 1625, secured the government-backed financial support through Barclays. Owner Robert Carter, who bought the family pub just over three years ago, is...
Rishi Sunak’s efforts to kickstart to boost the housing market as it emerges from lockdown have been welcomed by the area’s residential property industry – with reservations over how effective they will be in the long term. David Westgate, chief executive of Keynsham-headquartered estate agency and property group Andrews, described the Chancellor’s stamp duty...
While Bath’s hard-hit hospitality industry digests the measures announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help the sector in his summer economic statement, two experts from the area have questioned whether they go far enough. Richard Lake, an associate in the leisure & hospitality team at Bath-headquartered law firm Royds Withy King, fears many of...
It was three months ago that Pearson May partner Matthew Rutter first wrote here about the various support schemes introduced by the government to help support businesses and individuals through the coronavirus pandemic. Since then there have been various changes to the main support schemes introduced by the government and it is worth recapping...
The CBI said Chancellor Rishi Sunak was “absolutely right” to prioritise jobs in his summer statement on Wednesday. Director-general Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, pictured, said: “Flattening the daunting unemployment curve about to hit our country could not be more important. Joblessness scars lives and hits the young and most disadvantaged hardest. “The jobs plan is an important step...
Measures to address the huge economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic announced this week by Chancellor Rishi Sunak have been welcomed by Business West, the region’s largest business group. Matt Griffith, director of policy at Business West – which runs Bath Chamber of Commerce – described them as impressive but also added that the...
