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B&NES Anti-Bribery policy (2016)

Policy

B&NES Anti-Bribery policy (2016)

Bribery is an inducement or reward offered, promised or provided to gain personal, commercial, regulatory or contractual advantage.

  • Published date: 08 December 2023
  • Last updated: 11 December 2023

Details

Bribery is a criminal offence. As a council, we do not and will not, pay or receive bribes to anyone for any purpose. We are committed to the prevention, deterrence and detection of bribery.

We require that all personnel working for or on behalf of the council must act with honesty and integrity at all times.

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Last updated 11 December 2023

National Procurement Policy Statement

Policy

National Procurement Policy Statement

National policy

  • Published date: 08 December 2023
  • Last updated: 07 March 2025

Details

The National Procurement Policy statement (Feb 2025), updated in February 2025, sets out the strategic priorities for public procurement and how contracting authorities can support their delivery. 

This statement identifies five national priorities of government, as follows: 

  • Kickstart economic growth 

  • Make Britain a clean energy superpower 

  • Take back our streets 

  • Break down barriers to opportunity

  • Build a National Health Service fit for the future 

This policy statement aims to guide local authority procurement to reinforce and enable these national priorities.

Documents

Last updated 07 March 2025

Public Realm & Movement Strategy

Strategy

Public Realm & Movement Strategy

The strategy forms a key component of our Future for Bath vision which seeks to revitalise Bath’s economic, social, and cultural wellbeing up to 2026 and beyond. Inspired by Bath’s outstanding heritage and ‘DNA’ as a place, the vision seeks to unlock the city’s remarkable human and economic potential and to reposition Bath as an exciting, distinctive and culturally relevant 21st century city.

  • Published date: 04 December 2023
  • Last updated: 20 May 2025

Details

Public Realm Movement Strategy (PDF 35MB)

Documents

Last updated 20 May 2025

Place prospectus

Prospectus

Place prospectus

The Place Prospectus for Bath & North East Somerset is an opportunity to celebrate our beautiful area and the talents of our communities. The prospectus provides an overview of key priority projects planned and underway. We hope this will serve as an invitation to visit, live, work, and invest in our fantastic area.

  • Published date: 04 December 2023
  • Last updated: 27 June 2024

Documents

Last updated 27 June 2024

Annual air quality reports

Report

Annual air quality reports

These annual reports form part of our ongoing review and assessment of air quality within Bath and North East Somerset.

  • Published date: 01 December 2023
  • Last updated: 21 August 2025

Details

If you want to view reports from previous years, contact us by email at environmental_monitoring@bathnes.gov.uk to make a request. 

You can also view additional air quality documents that supplement our annual reporting.

Documents

Last updated 21 August 2025

Better Care Fund 2023-2025 Narrative Plan

Corporate Plan

Better Care Fund 2023-2025 Narrative Plan

This Bath & North East Somerset Council and Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board Better Care Fund Plan for 2023-25 seeks to deliver against the National Conditions of the Better Care Fund, including the Policy Objectives as set out in the Better Care Fund planning requirements that were published on 4th April 2023.

  • Published date: 29 November 2023
  • Last updated: 29 November 2023

Documents

Last updated 29 November 2023

Undertaking given to B&NES Council by Mark Richards, T/A Unique Design and Build SW

I, Mark Richards, of Heavitree, Exeter, admit to failing to provide the consumer with a written cancellation notice, falsely claiming on my website that I was a member of the Federation of Master Builders, writing my own 5* review on my Facebook page for Unique design and build SW, requesting by text and taking payments the consumers roof namely £2200 and failing to carry out any roofing work, failing to tell the consumers that you couldn't complete the build for £23,000 until the consumer had paid you nearly the full amount namely £20,800, walking off site leaving much work left incom

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