The Trustees of the Wincanton Community Sports Centre (WCSC) have decided that due to its ongoing success WCSC needs professional management, and have agreed with South Somerset District Council that the running of WCSC should be passed to a professional leisure organisation. The volunteer trustees feel that the best way to realise the potential of this great community – based leisure centre is to stand aside. This would allow an established leisure provider to help achieve the ambitious plans that WCSC’s senior management are keen to put into place. Full Story: Read More
‘Closed loop’ recycling win for Somerset
Somerset Waste Partnership’s Sort It Plus county-wide kerbside recycling collection system has received a new national accolade as well as up to £1.25 million from retailer Marks & Spencer. The Resource Revolution “closed loop exemplar” award recognised how Somerset’s councils worked with retailer Marks & Spencer to add household plastic bottles and cardboard to the Sort It Plus kerbside collections and extend the enhanced service through the county. Full Story: Read More
Dyne Drewett solicitors announces exciting new relocation plans
Legal 500 law firm Dyne Drewett has employed the services of Exeter-based commercial property advisers Space to oversee its forthcoming relocation to new premises. After decades at Cheap Street in Sherborne and at Market Place in Wincanton, the 200-year-old regional law firm will move into newly refurbished offices in Sherborne Business Centre (above) this summer. It will continue to retain its office serving Mendip and East Somerset in Shepton Mallet. Full Story: Read More