North Somerset business news

Weston-super-Mare Poundland Gets 10 More Days to Find a Rescue, and Weston's MP Wants Answers Poundland has 10 more working days of protection from creditors to find a rescue deal, and staff wages are covered in full this month. Updated November 2026. 13 November 2026 · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston Ice Cream Maker Gelato Bros Ships Choc Ices to Saudi Arabia Gelato Bros, at the Foodworks in Weston, is selling its plant-based choc ices in a Saudi supermarket chain, backed by £103,000 of loans for a bigger machine. 7 November 2026 · 3 min read Food hygiene North Somerset Food Hygiene Ratings: 74 Fives, No Zeros 74 of 82 North Somerset food businesses inspected since 23 September were rated 5 and none got zero. Every 1 and 2 named, including six that surfaced late. 3 November 2026 · 4 min read Weston-super-Mare Weston College Wins £8.8m to Expand Its Locking Road Campus Weston College has won £8.8m from the Department for Education to expand its South West Skills Campus on Locking Road, with heat pump, drone and BIM training. 24 October 2026 · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare North Somerset Claimant Count: Under-25s Up 90 in a Year Claims from 16 to 24-year-olds hit 710 in September, up 90 on a year, while claims from people aged 25 to 49 fell. The district total is 3,190, or 2.4%. 24 October 2026 · 4 min read Business North Somerset Business Support Shrinks After 208 Start-Ups Start-up help from the hive in Weston-super-Mare is down to a basic service until March 2027, after a three-year scheme created 208 businesses and 226 jobs. 17 October 2026 · 4 min read Business New North Somerset Companies: 112 Registered in September 112 new companies registered at North Somerset addresses in September, up from 97 in August, including a Portishead mini market and a Weston café. 6 October 2026 · 4 min read Food hygiene North Somerset Food Hygiene Ratings: 2 Zeros, 101 Fives Two North Somerset food businesses were rated zero and 11 rated 1 since July, while 101 got top marks. Every low rating named, with the date and address. 29 September 2026 · 6 min read Business Allegro Adds 25,000 sq ft in Clevedon and Portishead Allegro opens a Portishead warehouse on 5 October and a second Clevedon unit on 1 November, adding 25,000 sq ft of fulfilment space in North Somerset. 24 September 2026 · 4 min read Weston-super-Mare Grove Park cafe reopens in Weston on a 15-year lease Busy Lizzies now runs the Grove Park cafe in Weston-super-Mare on a 15-year lease and plans to open seven days a week. The park's new toilets are open too. 1 September 2026 · 3 min read Weston-super-Mare North Somerset Claimant Count: 3,185 in July, Up 45 on a Year July's revised figure is 3,185 people, 2.4% of working-age residents. Under-25s account for more than the whole year's rise, and Weston Central's rate is seven times Backwell's. 18 August 2026 · 7 min read Business Portishead construction firm faces HMRC winding-up petition HMRC has asked the High Court to wind up J Quick Construction Ltd of Bunting Lane; the petition is heard on 19 August. What the public record shows. 12 August 2026 · 3 min read