17^th February 2014

Businesses in Bath voted a Most Loved Business in National Competition!

February has always been a special time of year for all those in love. It is a time when loved ones go out of their way to show they care. And that’s just what thebestof Bath has been encouraging local people to do in Bath.  The Local & Loved awards has seen the best businesses across the UK go head to head to earn the title of ‘The Most Loved Business in the UK’. For the 14 days leading up to Valentine’s Day consumers have had the chance to review their favourite local businesses reinvigorating and raising the profile of their local community. During the competition tens of thousands of reviews were added equating to one every 11 seconds as the contest reached its crescendo. The locals here in Bath have really done their bit.

The Results:

The Top 10 Most Loved Businesses in Bath: This is across all business categories. The most votes went to Vibe Fitness, then to Archers Marquees, and so on…

1.     Vibe Fitness Studio
2.     Archers Marquees
3.     Artizan
4.     FrontlineStyle
5.     A Man who Can
6.     The Jazz Café
7.     Baskervilles Gymnastics
8.     The Courtyard Hair Consultants
9.     Kip McGrath Bath Weston
10.   The Orangery Laser and Beauty Clinic

The Most Loved Businesses by Category in the UK:

The following are businesses from Bath that have gone head to head with businesses in the same category as themselves from towns and cities all the over the UK and that rightly can be crowned a Most Loved Business by Category in the UK.

-Archers Marquees – Marquee Hire – 1^st in UK -Winner

-SKD Loft Conversions – Attic and Loft Conversions – 2^nd in UK– Highly commended

-Vibe Fitness – Personal Trainors – 2^nd in UK– Highly commended

-The Jazz Café – Bistros and Bars – 3^rd in UK– Highly commended

-Larkhall Butchers – 4^th in UK – Top 5 in UK

-Adams of Bath – 4^th in UK – Top 5 in UK

-Baskervilles Gymnastics – 5^th in UK – Top 5 in UK

-Dataline Couriers -2^nd in UK– Highly commended

-Rosemount Mortgage planning – 4^th in UK – Top 5 in UK

-Pestforce – Pest Control – 1^st in UK - Winner

-Mardan Removals – Removals – 4^th in UK – Top 5 in UK

-Freestyle Designs – Sign Writers – 3^rd in UK– Highly Commended

-Country Mini Skips – Skip Hire – 1^st in UK - Winner

-Kip McGrath (Bath Weston) – Tuition – 4^th in UK – Top 5 in UK

-Raisin Wine – Wine Merchants – 2^nd in UK – Highly commended

-Bath Pilates – Pilates – 5^th in UK – Top 5 in UK

Framed certificates will be on the way (in the next couple of weeks) to the top 3 businesses for Bath and the Top 3 places for UK Category.

The campaign set up by James Tribe said, “It’s been so exciting to see such a huge number of people actively talking about the great local businesses and demonstrating their feelings by voting in the Local & Loved campaign. It just goes to show how much our communities are supporting their local independent businesses, which is great news for our local area. Independent businesses are at the heart of Bath and lots of local business owners – and their loyal staff – are feeling great today because their efforts have been recognised and appreciated by so many of their loyal customers.” 

Thanks for participating and hope you enjoyed it.