Somerset residents will face an average council tax increase of nearly £122 per year starting April 2026, following the approval of Somerset Council’s annual budget. The council confirmed this rise during a full-day meeting …
After 11 years at Walcot Street, Bath’s beloved stationery shop Meticulous Ink faces a new challenge: a significant rent increase forces them to seek a permanent new home. To make this move possible, owner Athena Cauley-Yu …
The cost of a first class stamp with Royal Mail has once again increased, now costing more than double what it did just five years ago in 2020. A recent survey shows that over two-thirds of Brits find the rising cost to be …
Residents in Somerset’s Cavalier Way, Wincanton, are up in arms over the “unreasonable” and “crazy hiked” service charge bills they have received from Residential Management Group (RMG). The new management company, which took …
In a bid to address the escalating demand for policing services, Avon and Somerset Constabulary has successfully lobbied for a significant increase in their share of council tax. Police and crime commissioner Clare Moody, in …
The Land Registry’s latest figures show that the average house price in the Somerset Council area has increased by 0.8% over the last year, reaching £294,078. This is well below the UK average increase of 3.4%, where prices …
Despite a significant surge in passenger numbers, bus fares in Taunton are set to increase from June 1. Somerset Council, which currently subsidizes bus tickets in Taunton using funds from the Department for Transport (DfT), …
Motorists in Weston-super-Mare and its neighboring areas will soon have to pay significantly more for parking, as North Somerset Council has approved a substantial increase in parking charges across its council-owned car …