Co-op's New Store in Somerset Town Offers Expanded Range and Services Friday, March 28, 2025 co-op store somerset bakery costa coffee local employment range fresh healthy community Co-op has unveiled its new store in Castle Cary, Somerset, signaling a significant upgrade for the town. The relocated store occupies a spacious 3,000sqft area in The Triangle, a vast improvement from its former location on … Read More
Plans for Karting Track in Keynsham Turned Down Tuesday, December 31, 2024 keynsham karting council planning warehouse employment space community refusal development The Bath and North East Somerset Council has rejected a proposal to convert a vacant warehouse in Keynsham into a karting track. TeamSport, a company with multiple karting centers across the UK, had applied to repurpose the … Read More
Young Apprentices at Hinkley Point C: From Burgers to Nuclear Power Saturday, April 20, 2024 apprentices hinkley point c nuclear construction skills training employment edf apprenticeship community From flipping burgers at McDonald’s to working on the construction of one of Europe’s largest sites, three apprentices share their experiences at Hinkley Point C. The project, set to be the UK’s first new … Read More
Somerset Council's £150m Investment in Gravity Site for Gigafactory Friday, March 8, 2024 somerset council investment gravity gigafactory repayment business rates infrastructure government grants public transport cycling environmental impact local sourcing employment housing market Somerset Council has committed to investing £150m in the Gravity site near Bridgwater, following the announcement of a £4bn investment in a new electric vehicle battery factory. Agratas revealed plans for the gigafactory on … Read More
Controversial Business Park Sparks Local Opposition Sunday, February 4, 2024 business park local opposition employment development farming planning permission economic growth community resistance infrastructure council decision A controversial plan to transform farmland into a £30m business park, bypassing the need for planning permission, has received approval from the Bath and North East Somerset Council. This move has incited substantial … Read More
Uncertainty Surrounds Future of Closed Somerset Factory Saturday, January 20, 2024 somerset factory site uncertainty vacant redevelopment housing local plan employment brownfield The future of the Oscar Mayer factory site in Chard, Somerset, remains uncertain more than two years after its closure in August 2021. The factory, which employed 860 people, closed due to the high cost of modernizing its … Read More