By Sandy Bell, President Chew Valley Chamber of Commerce. One of the traditional principles of Chambers of Commerce is to encourage...

Every set of economic figures paints a gloomy picture and those for retail and tourism are particularly bleak, which is obviously bad...

By Sandy Bell, President of Chew Valley Chamber of Commerce. Once upon a time, long ago, members used to meet up in places like the...

At the end of the 16th century, merchants in the French City of Marseille were engaged in a critical quarrel with the port authorities....

By Sandy Bell, President of Chew Valley Chamber of Commerce. Regular announcements about a relaxing of lockdown mean we are edging back...

As the lockdown is gradually relaxed individuals will start getting used to the new normal, keeping apart from other people, wearing...

By Sandy Bell, President of Chew Valley Chamber of Commerce. In some ways declaring the lockdown was straightforward. The message was...

Bath and North East Somerset Council are currently consulting on adjustments to the Local Plan, the blueprint for the future shape of the...

By Sandy Bell, President of Chew Valley Chamber of Commerce. The role of a Chamber of Commerce has never been more important than during...

It seems amazing that it was only a month ago that I was writing optimistically about the superb new Bath Spa University art school in...