The Retreat at Middle Street

🌟International Women’s Day 2026 🌟

Meet some of the women behind the businesses in ‘Taunton Independent Quarter’… the founders, owners, directors and managers who have bought their vision to life, have kept their businesses running and in turn added something truly unique to Taunton.

Today we celebrate the passion, hard work and energy that these women bring to the table…the creativity, the fun, the knowledge, the skill…unique as individuals and creating something pretty powerful as a collective!

We don’t need one day to celebrate the fact that over half the businesses in this area are female founded but we’ll use this day to acknowledge the fact.

The theme for this year’s International women’s day is “Give to gain” - “..As individuals, giving support means calling out stereotypes, challenging discrimination, questioning bias, celebrating women's success, and more. When people, organizations, and communities give generously, opportunities and support for women increase. Giving is not a subtraction, it's intentional multiplication. When women thrive, we all rise…” (taken from the internationalwomensday.com)

Thank you for reading…and taking the time to find out more about the businesses in Taunton Independent Quarter.



**I am sure I have missed someone and I hope nobody is offended if they’re not in the photo..it is quite the task to go through 70+ businesses and find photos of everyone- do let me know who I have missed though, everytime I do a post I learn more about the amazing businesses located here**
**before anyone comments, international Men’s day is on Thursday 19th November**

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Our lovely Flowers at the RETREAT the 🐝 love them

Lovely to see the sun today at the RETREAT one of our lovely clients enjoying the sunshine after her treatment 🥰