Somerset Chamber Member ITEC will be featuring in Somerset County Cricket Club’s T20 matches next season after sponsoring the county team’s new Vitality Blast shirts. The ITEC logo will be prominently displayed along the collar of the shirt which has been supplied by BLK and designed by Peloton Design. SCCC Strategy Director, Sarah Trunks, said: “There’s no doubting that it’s a stunnin...

Newcomers to the sport of horse racing will have a dedicated member of Wincanton’s team to accompany them throughout the day to help demystify the ins and outs of a day at the races on its Newcomers Day on January 4. From explaining the minutiae of the racecard and what goes on behind the scenes in the weighing room, to understanding the day to day life of jockeys, the horses that make up the s...

Pupils at King’s Hall School, in Taunton, have been embracing the true meaning of Christmas this year as they work with local charity, the Christmas Sparkle Project, to bring festive cheer to children across Somerset. The Christmas Sparkle Project is an organisation that works with local schools, charities and agencies who support families in need. Their goal is to give a Christmas gift to ever...

The team at SSG Training and Consultancy has had a great year of charity work, raising £450 for their three charities: Devon Air Ambulance Trust, RNLI and Children’s Hospice South West. On top of chosen fundraising events, the team has taken part in a variety of organised events for great causes and sponsored local teams and individuals. Fundraising events in 2019 included a company quiz, tak...

Home-Start West Somerset is making a difference to young families in Somerset and is one of a growing number of organisations benefitting from the Hinkley Point C (HPC) Community Fund, administered by Somerset Community Foundation (SCF). Home-Start West Somerset supports families that have complex and long-term needs in the Sedgemoor and West Somerset area. In 2018 they were awarded a grant of £...

Thanks to more than 300 generous supporters across Somerset, the annual Surviving Winter appeal - which provides funding and support to our older neighbours who are struggling to heat their homes - is already over halfway to reaching its target of £100,000. Surviving Winter, which is run by Somerset Community Foundation (SCF), encourages pensioners who can afford to, to donate some or all of the...

The Charitable Trust of Battens Solicitors, one of the South West’s leading law firms, has donated more than £40,000 this year to a variety of different local charities and organisations across Somerset and Dorset. Recipients include: Yeovil Hospital Charity, Yeovil Heartbeat, South Somerset, Central Dorset and Bath Citizens Advice Bureaus, Dorchester Arts, Somerset and Dorchester Child Contac...

Businesses in Sedgemoor will soon be able to benefit from free workplace bullying and conflict resolution workshops, thanks to Taunton-based charity Stand Against Violence and funding from Somerset’s Hinkley Point C power station project. The workshops have been specially developed to tackle problems that have become prevalent throughout UK businesses. Hannah Palmer, lead training facilitator a...

Battens Solicitors, one of the South West’s largest law firms, is celebrating the achievements of one of its Residential Property Specialists, Ross Siviter. In recognition of his dedication to his clients and to Battens, Ross has been promoted from Associate to Senior Associate. Ross joined Battens’ Residential Property Team in July 2017, quickly becoming a popular and valuable member of sta...

Kim Barnard, Group Marketing Manager at West Country financial experts Old Mill, has become the firm’s new head of office for Yeovil. The role of head of office is to encourage collaboration and engagement among the teams and encourage and support Old Mill’s work within the local community. The 35-year-old’s promotion marks the first time anyone in a professional support team role has take...

New Chamber Member Swan Paul Partnership Ltd, a landscape architecture practice based in Taunton, was appointed back in 2018  by (the then) West Somerset Council to design and implement public realm improvements on Minehead's Eastern Promenade. Several rounds of public consultation were undertaken to find out the most popular choices for improvement features which were then included into the des...

Bridgwater-based engineering company, Berry & Escott has expanded its dedicated stainless steel fabrication and production facilities at the company's base on Blake Mill Business Park, in Bridgwater. In response to increased customer demand from a variety of highly specialised industry sectors, the company has invested in a new unit, creating an additional 2,500 sq ft dedicated to their work ...

Michelin-starred celebrity chef Michael Caines MBE has officially opened Somerset Larder’s new central production kitchen in Bridgwater. The award-winning restaurateur was also on hand to judge the Larder’s young apprentices in a “Masterchef” style cooking competition. Having toured the new state-of-the-art kitchens, which supply meals and ‘food to go’ to all the catering outlets at ...

David Hutchins, Chairman and Principal of David Hutchins International, has been presented with the CQI Honorary Award by the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI). David has been a member of the CQI for 50 years and won the award for his continuous contribution to the evolution of quality. The award recognises those who have moved the quality professions or the quality discipline forward over a numb...

Fleet decision-makers’ optimum use of data to manage vehicles, drivers and journeys is now business-critical and PVS Innovation has launched a new management information platform to help them identify key action areas. PVS Innovation is a division of the award-winning PVS Group, which provides a cradle-to-grave advisory and management service and was founded by 30-year fleet veteran Marcus Pudd...