Three Bath stores saved from closure (Bath Chronicle)
02/01/2009: Three community stores in the Bath area have been saved from closure after the collapse of their former owner.
Nearby Stores, which ran shops in Avon Street and Twerton High Street, went into administration shortly before Christmas.
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Long queue for sale bargains (Bath Chronicle)
01/01/2009: More than 100 people queued for huge bargains at a Bath store's Christmas sale.And for the couple at the head of the line, it was a case of if at first you don't succeed........................ more »
...But business is booming for online firm (Bath Chronicle)
01/01/2009: Sales may be down by anything up to 13 per cent on the High Street but an online sex toy retailer based in Bath has seen a pre-Christmas boom in business.Locksbrook Road-based LoveHoney. co.uk saw an 87 per cent increase in sales in December compared to the same month in 2007. more »
New plan for Raymond blanc restaurant (Bath Chronicle)
01/01/2009: Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc is hoping to impress planners in Bath with his latest recipe for a restaurant in the city.The star is hoping to transform the Quaker-owned Friends Meeting House in York Street into a 140-seater mid market restaurant. more »
Firm's £14k green backing (Bath Chronicle)
01/01/2009: Environmental schemes in the Wessex Water region have been given a total of £14,000 of funding over the past year.The firm gave the money to 37 projects within its region through the Watermark award scheme. more »
Businessman of the year (Bath Chronicle)
01/01/2009: WinnerMartin Tracy He has been a stalwart of independent business in Bath for the last 20 years. The ex-Royal Marine has won numerous awards for his own business The Framing Workshop in Walcot Street and has fought for the future of the city's smaller traders. This year he saw the opportunity of the inaugural Bath Business Show and offered to represent more than 60 small businesses with a stall alongside international airlines, conference venues and recruitment agencies. He is a great believer in working together and self-promotion, and created the Walcot Street Business Association to encourage traders to work to each others' strengths. Mr Tracy has also been a key boost to tourism in Bath with sponsorship of the Bath Festivals Box Office, and was one of the first businessmen to support the King Bladud's Pigs project. more »
Businesswoman of the year (Bath Chronicle)
01/01/2009: Winner Carol Spalding Dealing with death may not be most people's idea of a dream job. But funeral director Carol Spalding has become an inspiration to others in and around the city. She joined Clarksons Independent Funeral Directors in 2001 and bought the business four years later. In 2008 she was named businesswoman of the year by the Bath Business Women's Association, and Most Inspirational Woman in Business. She prides herself on taking a hands-on role and was unable to stay to pick up her second award as she was looking after a funeral.RUNNERS-UP more »
Business of the year (Bath Chronicle)
01/01/2009: Winner Great Western Wine Philip Addis built Great Western Wine from an idea on the back of a Post-it note into a multi-million pound success story, and celebrated 25 years in business in 2008. The firm, based at Wells Road, has a staff of 30 and annual growth of between 10 and 15 per cent.RUNNERS-UP Komedia The live entertainment group breathed new life into the old Beau Nash cinema by converting it into a performance venue. more »
Spa to shut for facelift (Bath Chronicle)
01/01/2009: The Thermae Bath Spa complex will close for a week on Thursday for a major internal facelift.The city centre attraction has now been open for nearly two and half years, with hundreds of thousands of customers using its facilities. more »
Tyre firm ends site speculation (Bath Chronicle)
24/12/2008: The future of a site in Bath at the centre of development speculation has been secured with a new business agreement.A city businessman has teamed up with a former colleague to buy the franchise for the HiQ Tyre Centre. more »