Meet the Contractor Event
September 1, 2021
Following on from previous successes, there is now the chance to learn about job opportunities with global company SUEZ. This is being offered by way of a virtual event next month. Organised by Under Construction, the Employment and Skills Team at Sedgemoor District Council and Somerset West & Taunton’s Community Employment Hubs, the session will…
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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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£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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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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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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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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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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Work begins on £16m entertainment and dining development in the heart of Bridgwater
May 24, 2021
Work has begun on a £16 million leisure project in Bridgwater town centre. The much-anticipated development will be known as Northgate Yard and will feature a 7-screen cinema, 8-lane bowling alley and sports bar as well as multiple restaurants. It is due for completion in October 2022. Development to be known as Northgate Yard7-screen cinema, 8-lane bowling alley, sports bar and…
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Meet the Team at Sedgemoor District Council
April 29, 2021
Councillor Alan Bradford was sworn in as Chairman of Sedgemoor District Council at its Annual meeting, held yesterday (April 28th). The Vice Chairman of Council is Councillor Mike Facey. The outgoing Chairman, Councillor Peter Clayton thanked all councillors for their cross-party support, especially during the pandemic; also dealing with virtual meetings and for the great…
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Somerset Business Survey 2021 - Economic Impacts of COVID-19 and Prospects for Recovery
April 29, 2021
Following National Lockdowns, Social Distancing and the closure of non-essential business, Somerset County Council have created a short online survey to help figure out how to support businesses best. It will also help establish the economic impacts of Covid-19 and show how to move forward and recover. Somerset’s five Local Authorities are jointly undertaking this…
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Reopening non-essential retail
April 9, 2021
Sedgemoor District Council is working with shop-keepers, traders and larger national chain stores to prepare for the re-opening of High Streets and retail centres, following the Government announcement that non-essential shops can open from Monday, April 12th. Pavement stencilling has been refreshed in Bridgwater, Highbridge, Burnham, Wedmore and Cheddar to remind people to keep their…
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Free advice on offer for Green start-ups
April 6, 2021
Somerset’s local authorities are providing free business advice to people wanting to set up their own Green business. The workshops, run by Business West advisers, are fully funded by Somerset County Council and the four District Councils: Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton and South Somerset. The project is being funded through a Business Rates…
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Sports Funding
March 26, 2021
Hot on the heels of recent announcements in the national budget, comes more good news for Sedgemoor residents, in that three leisure and swimming pools have been awarded £260,000 from Sport England’s National Leisure Recovery Fund aimed to assist leisure facilities in helping the nation to recover from the pandemic. Due to the rules of…
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