The area’s leading business organisation is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a fresh plan to promote businesses operating here. Chew Valley Chamber of Commerce is planning to produce a map which highlights the wide variety of businesses run by members. Right back at the beginning, the first President, Jim King said something which is still true today, perhaps even more so: “People outside the area may regard the Valley as a sleepy, Somerset back water. But the truth is i

Last week I had the chance to attend the official opening of Bath Spa University’s brilliant new Campus in the former Herman Miller building in Locksbrook Road. It’s a great place with lots of different spaces for creative young people to develop their skills and as one seasoned teacher beamed: “This is a proper Art School !” There’s no question the new facility will be a huge success, but I went away with a couple of different thoughts, beyond the school itself. First, it wa