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Carbon reduction pilot open for applications from B&NES businesses
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Bath and North East Somerset are invited to apply to take part in a 12-week pilot programme to help reduce their organisation’s carbon footprint.
Climate Emergency, Delivering for local residents, energy efficiency, Environment and Clean Air, Preparing for the Future, Tackling the climate and ecological emergency
New community art to celebrate Midsomer Norton Town Centre
Residents in Midsomer Norton will be invited to co-create art, poetry, and songs celebrating the town’s people and culture in a series of events taking place this year.
Delivering for local residents, Events
Council supports new bus initiatives
Free buses 24/7 for Disabled Person’s travelcards holders and an extension to care leavers’ free bus travel are part of new measures starting next month across Bath & North East Somerset.
Transport and Development
Safety improvement works in Bathampton
Bath & North East Somerset Council is making pedestrian safety improvements in Bathampton and is advising people plan their journeys if travelling in the area.
Delivering for local residents, Roads, travel and transport, Streets and Highway Maintenance
First new national forest for 30 years will aid nature recovery in B&NES
Woodlands and tree habitats will be planted in both urban and rural settings across Bath and North East Somerset as part of a new national forest.
Climate Emergency, Delivering for local residents, Ecological Emergency Action Plan, Preparing for the Future, Tackling the climate and ecological emergency
Decision sought on short-term lease for Fairfield House
Plans to protect the former Bath home of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia with a proposed lease to a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, have been set out in a council
Bath, Fairfield House
Overnight road closures for Milsom Quarter Public Realm scheme exploratory works
Road and pavement surveys to inform the creation of a new public space outside St Michael’s Church in Bath and improve routes around this part of the city will take place in April.
Bath
Work gets under way on Bath Western Riverside development
Work to prepare a former gas works site in Bath for the development of around 900 quality, sustainable market and affordable homes as well as a riverside park is under way.
Bath, Delivering for local residents, Housing
Parish and town councils in Bath and North East Somerset benefit from funding to support environmental projects
A footbridge, a retrofitted community room and village hall solar panels are among the improvements that have been realised in communities across Bath and North East Somerset.
Communities and volunteering, Community Funding, Delivering for local residents, Environment and Clean Air, Tackling the climate and ecological emergency
Free entry to Parade Gardens trialled after popular pilot event
The delights of the historic Parade Gardens in Bath will be enjoyed by visitors for free from this April, after a pilot event removing the entrance fee helped attract more than 29,000 visitors to the
Bath, Delivering for local residents, Giving people a bigger say, Leisure, Tourism and Heritage, Regeneration and Development
Christmas Market 2024 brings additional £60.4m spend to Bath
A £41.5m turnover for businesses, support for more than 500 jobs and a £60.4m associated spend in the city are among the findings of a survey of Bath Christmas Market 2024.
Bath, Business support , economic development, Events, Heritage
Bath & North East Somerset Council launches an interactive Transport Action Map to showcase schemes
An innovative and interactive tool that highlights more than 200 current and future transport projects set to be delivered, developed and studied over the next three years has been launched by Bath
Improving people's lives, Roads, travel and transport