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All in Covid
Summer 2021 is shaping up to be a bumper house moving season in North Somerset thanks to a combination of pent-up demand due to Covid-19 restrictions and an increasing interest in the area from buyers.
A Covid-19 Memorial at Westerleigh cemetery and crematorium, near Bristol is now available for the public to visit.
Hoteliers in Bristol welcomed the announcement from Prime Minister Boris Johnson that ‘Freedom Day’ is set to happen on 19 July.
The annual Military Service of Remembrance was held at Bristol Memorial Woodlands with numbers strictly limited to comply with Covid regulations.
Having lived with COVID restrictions for over a year, many of us are eager to reunite and reconnect with friends and have fun together once again. Bristol-born online experience marketplace Yuup.co has over 200 unique COVID-safe things to do for the inquisitive individual to enjoy with friends, run by passionate local hosts.
In light of rising COVID-19 infection rates in Bristol, the local authority has added new ways for residents to access asymptomatic community testing.
A surfer, chef and doctor are among the faces encouraging people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to arm themselves against COVID-19 by booking their jab.
Hoteliers in Bristol claim the next three months will be a ‘game changer’ for the hospitality industry in the UK as businesses struggle to find the number of staff they need.
With DIY entertainment continuing to be the order of the day in care home settings under Covid restrictions, residents at Wellington’s Camelot House and Lodge have been treated to an in-house Great British Bake-Off which involved them in selecting their Star Bakers as well as tantalising everyone’s tastebuds.
A Bristol funeral directors has issued a plea to the Government to lift social distancing measures for funerals as of 21 June so that grieving families don’t have to choose between loved ones to invite.
A major study into the factors affecting IVF treatment success, led by NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) researchers at the University of Bristol, is restarting after a year-long pause due to COVID-19.
Bookings for coach holidays are soaring in the Southwest as people look for an alternative to overseas and cruise holidays.
Bristol’s high streets are at the forefront of a new campaign to support the business sector’s recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which gets under way next week.
A recent High Court judgement has provided commercial property landlords with reassurance about the use of ‘cyclical occupation’ schemes as a way to mitigate their liability for business rates on empty properties.
Drivers from South West travel business Bakers Dolphin have been praised for their professionalism during a pandemic partnership with a Bristol ambulance firm.
Hotels in Bristol are making final preparations for re-opening their doors on 17 May but say there’s still some a long way to go before business is anything like back to normal.
