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All in Covid
A renowned hospitality consultant has welcomed one hotel group’s efforts to promote staycations and encourage people to book UK breaks – after getting the seal of approval from his son, Leo.
A Bristol-based bathroom business says the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted such an increased demand for its services it has had to expand its team.
Lockdown knitters in Somerset have been clicking their needles to create an aquarium with a difference for residents at a care home in Wellington.
Bristol cancer charity, Penny Brohn UK, has announced a proposed restructure in an effort to protect front-line services in response to the impact of COVID-19 on its fundraising and income generation.
Young people will be asked to wear face coverings, unless they are exempt.
Hoteliers in Bristol say more Government support is urgently needed to protect the long-term future of their businesses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The community choir run in the New Room in Bristol, also known as John Wesley’s Chapel, has resumed its normal Wednesday lunchtime slot, meeting online in order to achieve the safest possible operation.
Hospitality businesses could be hit for six if they fall foul of the latest government pandemic legislation.
Aspiring artists, school children, retired people and creative folk of all ages in the South West are being given a chance to have their names etched in history.
Surfing England has announced that the majority of the remaining divisions of the 2020 Caravan and Motorhome Club English National Surfing Championships will run on 10th – 11th October 2020 at Watergate Bay, Cornwall.
Some of the first passengers to take a Bakers Dolphin coach holiday since Covid-19 restrictions were relaxed say they felt extremely safe and enjoyed the experience so much they’ve already booked their next one.
Temporary pedestrian and traffic measures put in place across the Dorset Council area to help with social distancing will start to be removed as the summer season draws to an end.
Hotels in Bristol are operating at around one-third of their potential occupancy rates as they re-open following the Covid-19 lockdown.
Cornwall Council is inviting residents to take part in the next 'Cornwall We Want’ live event, where they will be talking about the positive changes residents would like to see after the coronavirus pandemic.
Guidance issued this month by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) offers some reassurance to expectant mothers that Coronavirus may not represent a significant risk to them or their unborn child, has been welcomed by the team at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM).
International legal practice Osborne Clarke, which employs around 600 people in its Bristol Temple Quay office, recorded revenue of €318 million (£288 million) for 2019/20. This is an increase of 5 per cent on 2018/19 and an increase of 63 per cent over five years.
One of Bristol’s oldest and best-loved cultural centres, the New Room in Broadmead – also known as John Wesley’s Chapel – is reopening its state-of-the-art museum on 11 August, providing local people with an additional family-friendly destination to visit in the city centre.
An industry-leading health and safety consultancy has given the independent businesses within the Focus Hotels Group a clean bill of health.
An artists’ impression shows how memorial gardens at several crematoria in the South West to remember people who have died during the COVID-19 pandemic will look.
