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New
Members:
No fewer than 12 new members have joined the Bath
Chamber of Commerce in the last few weeks. They come
from a variety of sectors, illustrating the appeal to a
wide range of businesses:
Flight Centre, Union Passage, Bath –
Corporate Travel
Furnishing Business Interiors, The
Maltings, Midford – Corporate Furniture Supply and
Installation
Integrated Health Trust, Weston Road,
Bath
Medici Consulting Ltd, Catharine
Place, Bath
Phil Bull Automation Ltd, Kilmersden
Road, Radstock
Regarding Personnel Ltd, Warminster
Road, Bath
Seaway Insurance Consultants Ltd, Bath
Hill, Keynsham
Smart Training & Recruitment
Limited, Evelyn Road, Weston, Bath
Sustain IT Solutions, Limeburn Hill,
Chew Magna
Teresa Stephenson Designs, Foxhill
House, Bath – Blackwork Embroidery Kits
Workingstyle Ltd, Horseshoe Walk,
Widcombe, Bath – Design, space plan and furnish
commercial office space
Environmental Health Support Services
Limited, Bath
AGM:
This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held on
Tuesday May 19th at Wessex Water on Claverton
Down starting at 6.00pm. Anyone wanting to attend should
contact info@bathchamber.co.uk and also
to arrange parking. Theresa McDermott will be standing
down as President after serving for four
years.
Economic
Barometer:
References to the economic barometer in the Bath
Chronicle have helped attract the interest of BBC 2’s
Newsnight Programme and from The Times. They have come
to this City because there is some modest evidence of
businesses and the general population doing their best
in trying circumstances and to offer as confident and
optimistic a face as possible. Retail sales from the
biggest stores in Bath continue to buck the national
trend and they show that during April, on average, they
were on a par with last year. In fact during a couple of
weeks they were actually slightly ahead of 2008.
Business and property enquiries for Bath and North East
Somerset are recovering well after a slowdown over the
Christmas and New Year period and they are fast
approaching the peak figures seen last
August.
Parking:
Some members have suggested that the temporary structure
on Avon Street Car Park should be retained after the new
bus station opens. The Council have given the Chamber an
assurance that they will explore the financial
feasibility of this happening before a final decision to
take it down is made.
Bath
City Centre Deliveries:
Almost 90 businesses responded to the survey of delivery
vehicles, which has provided an excellent sample. The
returns are now being analysed and the results will be
published as soon as they are
available.
Major
shopping campaign:
Property owners in Bath have set up a fund to help
promote the retail offering and the Council has also
contributed cash. We are hoping to see the first
advertisements by the end of this
month.
City
centre blueprint:
Council Cabinet members will be considering public
feedback on its Public Realm and Movement Strategy for
Bath City Centre at its meeting on the 6th May 2009.
Responses to the strategy have been generally positive
and support its key principles and recommendations. The
Chamber has lobbied in favour of the document and
encouraged the delivery of its
contents.
Travel
Forum:
The next meeting of the Bath & NE Somerset
Employers' Travel Forum will be held at 14:30 on
Wednesday 9th September in the Aix en Provence Room at
the Guildhall, Bath. Contact info@bathchamber.co.uk for more
information.
Ticket
to ride:
The Council is proposing a new multi-operator bus
ticketing scheme for Bath that will allow bus passengers
to use day tickets and season tickets on local bus
services, irrespective of bus operator. The scheme is
likely to start on 28th September following
consultation with operators, representatives of bus
users, and the Traffic Commissioner on the details and
implementation of the Scheme. Comments to info@bathchamber.co.uk
Swine
Flu: Companies are
being advised to prepare their Business Continuity Plans
to enable them to withstand the impact of any emergency,
including an infectious disease outbreak. If
your company has not considered the implications of
Swine Flu, more information can be found at: www.businesslink.gov.uk/swineflu
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