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Loop South West
Bristol hoteliers help people to ‘have a go at hospitality’
Sep 21

Sep 21 Bristol hoteliers help people to ‘have a go at hospitality’

Loop South West
Business, Food & Drink, Events, Hospitality, Lifestyle, News, Recruitment, Travel

A practical event has taken a significant step towards dispelling the myth that the hospitality sector only offers ‘stop gap’ jobs for people to earn money while considering their long-term careers.

Sep 20
Sep 20 Two new partners in Clarke Willmott's expanding housebuilder team

Loop South West
Business, Development, Legal, News, Professional Services, Property

Two new partners have joined the fast-growing housebuilder team at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP.

New support programme to help men affected by cancer
Sep 19

Sep 19 New support programme to help men affected by cancer

Loop South West
Care, Events, Environment, Health, Lifestyle, News, Science & Nature

A new programme of support launching in Bristol is aimed at helping men affected by cancer, with outdoor-focussed days and courses led by nature-based practitioners.

New mum advises women struggling to have a baby how to save themselves heartache
Sep 18

Sep 18 New mum advises women struggling to have a baby how to save themselves heartache

Loop South West
Lifestyle, Fertility, Health, News, Science & Nature, Technology

Michelle Hutchings’ baby Ava Rose, born on 11 April 2023, is the result of a double donation – donor egg and donor sperm – a possibility she is convinced not enough people are aware of.

Gardening club promotes wellbeing for residents with Dementia
Sep 15

Sep 15 Gardening club promotes wellbeing for residents with Dementia

Loop South West
Care, Health, Lifestyle, News, Science & Nature

Families and friends have been making the most of September’s fine weather by joining loved ones at a Wellington dementia care home at a gardening club that has been launched at their home.

‘Little understood’ health condition one in ten women suffer
Sep 14

Sep 14 ‘Little understood’ health condition one in ten women suffer

Loop South West
Care, Health, Fertility, News

A condition which affects up to 10% of all women between the ages of 15 and 44 is under the spotlight this month in a targeted drive by campaigners to raise awareness of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, commonly referred to as PCOS.

Protecting inheritance from divorce
Sep 14

Sep 14 Protecting inheritance from divorce

Loop South West
Business, Legal, Professional Services, News

Adam Maguire, partner and family law expert at national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP looks at how to protect inheritance from divorce.

Small is Beautiful - Dorset’s smallest museum gets a makeover
Sep 13

Sep 13 Small is Beautiful - Dorset’s smallest museum gets a makeover

Loop South West
Attractions, News, Travel, Lifestyle, Heritage, History

Over the past year, a volunteer team has been working hard to redisplay Dorset’s smallest museum, the Corfe Castle Town Trust Museum at Corfe Castle, in Purbeck.

Newquay Harbour Festival 2023
Sep 12

Sep 12 Newquay Harbour Festival 2023

Loop South West
Attractions, Business, Culture, Events, Food & Drink, Heritage, Lifestyle, News

On Saturday 16th September from 10 am until late, the bustling Newquay Harbour will celebrate all it has to offer with the inaugural Newquay Harbour Festival.

Linear – An Exhibition by Bonnie Brown
Sep 11

Sep 11 Linear – An Exhibition by Bonnie Brown

Loop South West
Arts, Culture, Events, Lifestyle, News

Until Wednesday 20th September, Durlston Country Park’s Fine Foundation Gallery is showcasing the latest work by Purbeck artist Bonnie Brown, made in a response to her regular runs in the Purbeck landscape. The exhibition will be open daily from 10:30am – 5pm.

Crematorium to donate to Dementia UK for every memorial purchased
Sep 10

Sep 10 Crematorium to donate to Dementia UK for every memorial purchased

Loop South West
Charity, News, Health

Westerleigh Cemetery & Crematorium is marking World Alzheimer’s Month by pledging to make a donation to Dementia UK, the specialist dementia nursing charity, for every memorial purchase made over a six-week period.

New Director for Environment and Sustainability Institute
Sep 9

Sep 9 New Director for Environment and Sustainability Institute

Loop South West
Business, Environment, Education, News, Science & Nature, Technology

Professor Camille Bonneaud has been appointed as the new Director of the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI).

Leading light in British video art stages major exhibition in Bath
Sep 8

Sep 8 Leading light in British video art stages major exhibition in Bath

Loop South West
News, Events, Lifestyle, Arts, Attractions, Bath, Celebrity

Roseberry Road Studios, the newest exhibition space in Bath, is to host a major retrospective in October featuring past and new works from one of the UK's foremost video artists compiled over 50 years of continuous practice in the moving image.

New finance plan means infertile patients can start treatment sooner
Sep 7

Sep 7 New finance plan means infertile patients can start treatment sooner

Loop South West
Fertility, Finance, Health, Lifestyle, News

Sub-fertile couples and women who wish to become mums via private fertility treatment can be faced with clashing challenges. The need to start treatment quickly is often compromised by hefty costs they haven’t had a chance to save for.

Sep 6
Sep 6 Professional firms warn of wave of Covid loan-linked insolvencies

Loop South West
Business, Covid, Finance, Legal, News, Professional Services

Interest rate and inflation “double whammy” could spell the end for indebted businesses, say Evelyn Partners and Clarke Willmott.

‘Putting on the Ritz’ at Chestnut lodge
Aug 29

Aug 29 ‘Putting on the Ritz’ at Chestnut lodge

Loop South West
News, Care

The team at Yeovil’s newest care home, Chestnut Lodge enthusiastically embraced the recent opportunity to take part in National Afternoon Tea Week and will be adopting regular afternoon tea celebrations as part of their ongoing social activities programme.

Ruling on online will that left children with nothing
Aug 27

Aug 27 Ruling on online will that left children with nothing

Loop South West
Lifestyle, News, Professional Services, Legal

The High Court in Bristol has found in favour of a brother and sister who disputed their late mother’s DIY will which left them with nothing.

Zillah Oakes joins Camelot Care management team
Aug 26

Aug 26 Zillah Oakes joins Camelot Care management team

Loop South West
News, Business, Care, Recruitment

Wellington dementia care home, Camelot House and Lodge, has welcomed a new manager whose husband also manages one of the four homes run by Camelot Care.

Behind the scenes tours of Kresen Kernow strongrooms for Heritage Open Days
Aug 25

Aug 25 Behind the scenes tours of Kresen Kernow strongrooms for Heritage Open Days

Loop South West
Events, Culture, Heritage, News, Local Authority

Kresen Kernow, home to the world’s largest collection of documents, maps, books and photographs about Cornwall’s history, is opening its strongrooms for exclusive behind the scenes tours as part of the national Heritage Open Days festival of history and culture from 9 – 14 September.

Time running out for shared appreciation mortgage borrowers to claim compensation
Aug 24

Aug 24 Time running out for shared appreciation mortgage borrowers to claim compensation

Loop South West
Business, Legal, Lifestyle, News, Property, Professional Services

Thousands of homeowners trapped by shared appreciation mortgages (SAMs) in the 1990s should take legal advice as soon as possible as there are time limits within which compensation must be claimed.

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