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  • New law seeks to make it easier for small businesses to tender for contracts with the council

    Small businesses and social enterprises are set to benefit from a simplified and more transparent procurement process relating to the supply of goods, works and services to public sector organisati

    Delivering for local residents, Finance

  • Ukrainian Parkour champion visits Bath to support fundraising events

    As part of Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Friendship Agreement with the Ukrainian City of Oleksandriya, a former world champion in parkour was welcomed to Bath last week.

    Delivering for local residents

  • Civic visit for Bath Armed Forces veterans

    Bath & North East Somerset Council leader Councillor Kevin Guy and the Chair of the council, Councillor Karen Walker had the honour of meeting four Armed Forces veterans at a special visit.

    Bath, Delivering for local residents

  • Resurfacing work to get under way near Royal United Hospital

    Planned resurfacing work will get under way next week along Combe Park, Weston, and residents, hospital staff and visitors are being advised of diversion routes in place.

    Bath, Delivering for local residents, Roads, travel and transport

  • Consultation on A368 speed limit changes goes live

    Bath & North East Somerset Council is consulting on proposals to change the speed limit along stretches of the A368 between Marksbury and Ubley.

    Giving people a bigger say, Roads, travel and transport

  • Expanded programme for Somer Valley Walking Festival

    A family nature walk, music workshop and an evening bat walk all feature in this year’s expanded Somer Valley Walking Festival, which runs from Friday September 6 to Sunday September 8.

    Delivering for local residents, Events, Leisure , Somer Valley, Walking Festival

  • Bath Quays North regeneration partnership announced

    Bath & North East Somerset Council and the University of Bath have announced a new partnership to develop a vision for the future of this key site.

    Regeneration and Development

  • New planning policy benefits local landscapes and helps nature recovery

    A group of volunteers is transforming former grazing land in Charlcombe Valley into a new community run wildlife site, including a species-rich meadow, following the introduction of a planning policy.

    Delivering for local residents, Local Plan, Planning, Tackling the climate and ecological emergency

  • Residents asked their views in highway survey

    Residents in Bath & North East Somerset are being encouraged to take part in a nationally-run satisfaction survey on the quality of roads and the transport network in the area.

    Giving people a bigger say, Roads, travel and transport

  • New funding to help more young people in care to stay connected

    More children in care in Bath and North East Somerset will be able to maintain relationships with important people in their lives thanks to new government funding.

    Children's Services, Communities and volunteering, Focusing on prevention, Improving people's lives, Safeguarding, Wellbeing support

  • New water safety signs installed in B&NES ahead of World Drowning Prevention Day

    Signs advising swimmers of hidden dangers and how to follow safety advice when using local rivers and canals have gone up at open water swimming locations in Bath and North East Somerset.

    Bath, Chew Valley, Focusing on prevention, Public Health, public safety, Wellbeing support

  • New tenants welcomed to Bath landmark office building

    BMT, a maritime-orientated high-end design house and technical consulting firm, is the latest tenant to take space in Bath & North East Somerset Council’s prestigious office building located on

    Bath Quays , Delivering for local residents, economic development, Investment Zones, Preparing for the Future, Regeneration and Development