Somerset Society News (United Kingdom)

Children at the New England Community in Freetown, Sierra Leone have received 200 SchoolBags from Somerset based disaster relief charity the Piers Simon Appeal and, in a gesture of thanks, have renamed their school the ‘Piers Simon School’.

Two registered charities in the village of Nunney, 3 miles southwest of Frome on the border of Somerset and Wiltshire, are set to receive a boost from sales of the Nunney 2012 wall calendar.

Managing directors and chief executives from many of the county’s largest employers will be assembling in Taunton on Tuesday 21st June for the Somerset Chamber of Commerce Business Leaders’ Dinner.

The Somerset Business Awards were launched on 2 June at the Bath & West Show. Officially opening the call for nominations, Rupert Cox, Chief Executive of the Somerset Chamber of Commerce, was joined by the Countess of Wessex.

Jackie Haley is a wedding planner who runs her own wedding business, A Perfect Celebration, and has compiled a list of her top tips to help plan your perfect wedding.

Pure Midas have released to the Apple iPhone App Store a new social networking application called Cuspus. Cuspus is location based and has a number of useful benefits that includes making easy updates to Twitter and Facebook at the same time.

A Perfect Celebration is pleased to announce a unique partnership with MacDonald Hotels and Resorts that provides a discount for couples booking through A Perfect Celebration.

A new action thriller starring Nicolas Cage as a clairvoyant