Town Clerk Moves On
Bridport Town Clerk Will Austin will be leaving his position at the end of June after 7 years in post, Bridport Town Council has announced. Will’s tenure has included some significant moments for the council, including the introduction of the Bridport Area Neighbourhood Plan and the Bridport Investment Plan, a…
Town Council Seeks New Internal Auditor
Bridport Town Council's current internal auditor, Lightatouch, will cease service provision at the end of 2024/25. We are now seeking a replacement auditor. The scope of the current internal audit service is shown at https://www.bridport-tc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Audit-Spec.pdf. If you would like to be considered for engagement from 2025/26 onwards, please could you…
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January 10 – donation to BTC of a very unusual picture My first and very pleasant engagement for the New Year was to gratefully receive a lovely piece of art created by Richard Butterworth, kindly donated to Bridport Town Council by his daughter, Sarah Butterworth. I really love this. There…
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December Blogs Dear Readers, I must have been visited by some mischievous Christmas elves! I was adding the last photo to this set of blogs and whoosh! Everything else I’d prepared just vanished into thin air and was not recoverable. After some considerable grumbling, I have had to start all…
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1st November November opened with another book launch – this time the brainchild of Sheila Meaney, working within Bridport Heritage Forum on a community project called “A House Through Time”. This she explained was “The end of chapter one” – as it can, and will be an ongoing project. Sheila…