A well known local business in Mendip is branching out and setting their sights on markets further abroad. Barbers, a local dairy business which has been operating out of Ditcheat in Mendip for over 180 years, has made the successful transition into an international trading company. Its products are easily recognizable in many local outlets and soon you’ll be able to purchase their famous Cheddar cheese in Brazil too! Full Story: Read more
More Somerset business than ever before enter this year’s Somerset Business Awards
The 2015 Somerset Business Awards are now closed and the organisers are delighted to record the most entries in its 11 year history. More than 160 entries were received from over 100 successful businesses in Somerset. Judges faced their biggest task ever of going through the applications and long-listing the entries. They now they look forward to visiting the successful business, before selecting their finalists for each of the 14 categories. Full story: Read more
Annual Bank of England update is a sell-out success
Over 60 business people attended this year’s Bank of England update, organised by the Somerset Chamber of Commerce, to hear the Bank’s views on the current economic situation and the prospects for the British economy over the next two to three years. Geoff Harding, Deputy Agent for South West England, spoke to a full house of Somerset business people at the annual event, this year held on 2nd September at the Holiday Inn in Taunton. Full story: Read more