Independent menswear retailer Suave Owl has opened its first Bath store, relocating to the city from Keynsham. The firm has used a £40,000 funding package from NatWest, alongside personal investment, to lease the Grade-II listed unit on Milsom Street – which is more than 10 times the size of its former Keynsham shop –...
Eight of Bath’s cultural venues have received vital funding under a £1.57bn government scheme to help them survive the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and secure their future. The diverse list – which spans music, visual art, theatre, comedy and literature – ranges from The Theatre Royal to Moles Club. They are among 1,385...
A scheme to connect Bath’s food and drink producers with Chinese consumers with an appetite for high-quality British produce has been launched by Business West. The Great British Food Programme, in which Business West is partnering with Regroup China, a digital marketing agency which specialises in driving Chinese cross-border eCommerce sales, will also allow...
Sports and classic cars will combine with street food in the latest event to be staged by the developers behind a major town centre regeneration scheme. Innox Mills, a 10-acre brownfield site in the centre of Trowbridge, has already been transformed into a street market and drive-in cinema ahead of 300 homes being built...
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Bath’s iconic Roman Baths has attracted more than 100,000 visitors since reopening from lockdown at the beginning of July – an achievement described as “a milestone on the city’s road to recovery”. The Baths was among the first major UK attractions to re-admit the public following the closedown of the cultural sector in March as...
