Tag: Covid-19 Lockdown
Triumphant brass band welcome greets the first returning guests at Winchcombe Farm Holidays A FANFARE welcome awaited the first guests arriving back at Winchcombe Farm on Monday, marking the end of the latest six-month closure for the business. The five-star glamping retreat, in Upper Tysoe, greeted guests with an exclusive brass band concert by their […]
Three local businesses that rose to the challenges of the pandemic have been recognised with a new special award. The first COVID-Resilience Leamington Business Awards, organised by Talk Business UK, were held as part of a virtual ceremony hosted by local DJ Kirsty Leahy from Noisegate Media Studio in Leamington on Friday night. As well as a special performance […]
New Business, New Baby & Coping With Loss – All In Lockdown! A Warwick couple are toasting the success of their new wine business – despite overcoming two lockdowns, redundancy and a personal tragedy. Paul Rowe and Lucy Scrivens, from Hatton Park, are enjoying a busy start for BRC Collective which they partly attribute to […]
A celebration of the best of Coventry and Warwickshire’s food and drink scene is at the heart of a new awards program designed to support businesses as they re-emerge from lockdown. The first Foodie Awards 2021, in partnership with Visit Coventry, lists among its guest judges Birmingham-born Michelin star chef Glyn Purnell and chef-turned-restaurateur Andreas Antona, founder […]
Nominations close next week for the preliminary phase of the new Leamington Business Awards which recognises COVID resilience across the region. The seventh – and newly named – Leamington Business Resilience Awards, introduces three additional categories recognising Business Resilience, Business Pivoting and Lockdown Hero. Established in 2014, the LBAs champion and celebrate the […]
THE LEAMINGTON BUSINESS RESILIENCE AWARDS As of Friday 9th October, nominations are now being invited to recognise COVID Resilience, as part of a new-look preliminary event for next year’s Leamington Business Awards. Newly named The Leamington Business Resilience Awards, the seventh annual event will see the introduction of three additional categories recognising Business Resilience, Business […]
Winchcombe Farm Holidays… Five Weeks On From Reopening Exactly 5 weeks on from reopening their gates after lockdown, the owners of Winchcombe Farm Holidays have resumed work on a new project which they hope will see their business flying high again. Award-winning aerial gymnast Lucy Pearsall, from Halesowen, was invited to ‘hang out’ in […]
“Clothing isn’t just about what you wear or how you look. It’s about how it makes you feel. It’s about who you are. At Albie & Lonnie’s we get that” Popular Rugby-based retailer Albie & Lonnie’s is battling back after a difficult few months by taking its unique service and quality brands to people in […]
Could Fogging Technology Help Lift the Pandemic Cloud? Two friends are hoping their new enterprise will help boost local business efforts to re-emerge from the challenges of lockdown. Carl Barlow, from Leamington Spa, established Fog surface sanitisation company this month after adapting his private jet and helicopter valeting business which was suddenly grounded by COVID-19. […]
Award-Winning Spanish Restaurant in Warwick Set to Reopen The owner of an award-winning – but famously compact – Spanish restaurant in Warwick claims relaxing the 2m distancing rule has saved his business from closure. Alex Clayton was forced to shut Tasca Dali at the start of lockdown, resorting, like many others, to offering meal deliveries […]
WINCHCOMBE FARM HOLIDAYS The owners of a boutique glamping retreat in Warwickshire say they hope a ‘surge in ‘staycationers’ will help them bounce back from a three-month lockdown that is forecast to have cost the business more than £100k. Jo Carroll and Steve Taylor are now ready to welcome back guests after taking comprehensive steps […]
Musicians form North Oxfordshire and South Warwickshire have made an impressive remote recording of the classic song “With A Little Help From My Friends”. A song that’s very apt and reflects the current situation pretty well with people coming together with great community spirit, despite the current distancing situation. They have all donated their time […]
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