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Two new verses of the national anthem have been written to celebrate the Queen’s diamond jubilee. Composed by Poole singer and musician [read more]
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The elusive Loch Ness monster wasn’t enough to deter fundraisers Lee Collier and Philip Sanders from their epic canoe trip. The [read more]
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Tastebuds tingled and memories were revived when a Dorset law firm organised a charity school tuckshop. Old favourites, including Curly Wurly [read more]
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One of Dorset’s oldest residents enjoyed a slice of the action when her care home celebrated its tenth birthday. Christina Ungaretti, [read more]
A shooting school in the Purbecks founded 17 years ago is on target to hit £750,000 in sales. Purbeck Shooting School [read more]
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Eighty new jobs could be created with the building of a new nursing home in Chichester. Colten Care, one of the [read more]
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New ‘signing’ Hugh Craig scored big-time in his first major deal for Bournemouth law firm Ellis Jones Solicitors. The consultant solicitor [read more]
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Alan Waters, manager of assurance and business services (ABS) at the Southampton office of accountancy group Smith & Williamson, has [read more]
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Did you know Boscombe once had three stately homes or that in the 1920s a curse was cast on a [read more]
A new marina in Poole has launched a specialist area for jet skis. The Port of Poole Marina, which enjoys views [read more]
A Dorset charity for disabled people, older people and carers has been given a much-needed boost, with a £4,000 cash [read more]
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Innocent people in Dorset and Hampshire could find themselves unwittingly caught up in plans to crackdown on so-called ‘wealthy tax [read more]
Childhood memories have been revived for residents at a New Forest nursing home who now have their very own Christmas [read more]
Award-winning students from Avonbourne School in Bournemouth have been treated as VIPs at Number 10, in recognition of their pioneering [read more]
One of the largest industrial investment deals of its kind in Hampshire in recent years has taken place. Titchfield Park, Fareham, [read more]
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Property professionals across Kent have raised more than £10,000 in one day for a charity dedicated to improving the lives [read more]
One of the top private technology firms in the UK has relocated its headquarters within Hampshire. In a property deal through [read more]
A former care home, convent, chapel, car park, public toilets, pubs and infill plots, along with dozens of houses and flats. Just [read more]
A Continental-style Costa Coffee ‘pod’ is to be built on the square of a retail centre in Hampshire in the [read more]
A professional staffing recruitment agency undergoing rapid expansion has awarded a brace of contracts to a Hampshire firm which transforms [read more]
Blood curses, murder and mayhem engulfed The Arnewood School when pupils performed one of the most exciting and challenging plays [read more]
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A major dredging and specialist workboat company has cemented its commitment to Poole despite the new Twin Sails Bridge forcing [read more]
A Dorset company which is the global market leader in marine safety equipment is celebrating a major order with the [read more]
Horse bedding made from recycled wood and used by some of the UK’s top training stables has won a national [read more]
Forget taking notes – they’re making them for both their students and the New Milton Music Festival. The Arnewood School has [read more]
A former alcoholic who attended rehab in Boscombe is giving back to his community with a project to help low [read more]
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Chartered accountants and business advisers Princecroft Willis (PcW) has expanded its tax team with the appointment of three new recruits. Ben [read more]
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Tills are ringing at retailers across Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole to signal the launch of new qualification giving shops the [read more]
Dear oh dear – what to wear? More than £1,000 was raised for charity thanks to a bit of ‘green’ retail [read more]
Their visit to the UK ended with zithers and Flamenco dancing performing with their new British friends. Nearly 60 foreign [read more]
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A new £7 million care home in North Dorset which has created 85 new jobs has been likened to a [read more]
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The Southern Construction and Housing division of major construction company Leadbitter Group, with £60m of contracts secured for 2012, has [read more]
Peter Bridgewater has been appointed as the new Finance Director of Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (SBW). A chartered accountant, he has a [read more]
From battling James Bond to redefining modern theatre, Steven Berkoff will be talking about his long and distinguished career at [read more]
The countdown is on for the ultimate girl’s night out with just a week left to donate bags and buy [read more]
35 years after he first joined the firm as a hearse driver, funeral director Ted Bridger has returned to manage [read more]
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Yellow Buses’ Pete Diffey has driven off with a top national award. Just three years after retraining as a bus driver, [read more]
A bid by a Dorset man to mark his 60th birthday by running 60 marathons in 60 weeks has won [read more]
Students from The Arnewood School in New Milton were building their career prospects when they had-a-go working a 7 tonne [read more]
Imagine coming face-to-face with a true-life digital avatar of yourself. Or benefiting from a waste water process that reduces our carbon [read more]
Corporate tax adviser Rebecca Combes - known as Bex - has joined the South Coast office of accountancy and investment [read more]
A 16-year-old Waterside lad with a rare medical condition is to get a fundraising boost from Southampton-based civil engineering and [read more]
Real estate adviser Hughes Ellard has made a high-profile signing of a leading commercial property agent in Hampshire. David McGougan’s appointment [read more]
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She started it nearly 40 years ago with just six students, in a cottage on land near the Sheiling School [read more]
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Howdy partner! One of Dorset's best known accountants is ditching the business suit and donning the cowboy outfit to play [read more]
Wimborne Town Crier Chris Brown composed a special ‘cry’ to mark the launch of a new service by Yellow Buses. Route [read more]
A New Forest charity which connects children and adults with the countryside is £1,500 better off thanks to Sembcorp Bournemouth [read more]
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Hundreds of job seekers have registered with South Coast recruitment specialist Rubicon People during a packed jobs fair hosted by [read more]
With the help of waste management specialist TJ, local firms have rallied around to put a spring in the step [read more]
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A £20,000 donation from the operator of Southampton’s container port has helped a social enterprise café in the city become [read more]
Business leaders are counting down to the inaugural annual conference of Hampshire Chamber of Commerce. Talking Business is expected to attract [read more]
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Staff at Ellis Jones Solicitors threw on their jeans when they took part in the annual ‘Jeans for Genes’ appeal. The [read more]
Four local firms have been appointed to support an innovative partnership which will regenerate Bournemouth Town Centre. They have been appointed [read more]
A brave farmer from Trinity is handing over his barley field to novices to enable a 10 mile charity plough. Nick [read more]
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Round Table members literally witnessed the highs and lows of fundraising when they travelled a stomach-churning 10 miles by rollercoaster. 10 [read more]
Business partners from Bournemouth are in training for a triathlon with a difference in aid of local charity Round Table [read more]
A group of men from Wareham are braving strong currents, cold water and ravenous insects in a 10 mile charity [read more]
Cuts and pruning took on a new meaning when staff from a Dorset and New Forest accountancy firm gave up [read more]
Foot-tapping beats rattled the rafters at the Ringwood Waldorf School when more than 100 students and staff enjoyed a magical [read more]
Record breaking weather left participants in this year’s Race for Equality heading for the sea to cool off. More than 200 [read more]
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The national Round Table president turned heads in Rugby this week as he took to the canal aboard a bath [read more]
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Changes to pension regulations from next year shocked delegates at a breakfast seminar in Bournemouth. “There was an audible gasp from [read more]
The Yellows are on their way to Wimborne Minster! Award-winning Yellow Buses, the UK’s current Shire Operator of the Year, is [read more]
A new garden area that has been created by Bournemouth’s oldest charity will be kept well watered thanks to one [read more]
A key milestone has been achieved with the first business to sign up to a newly transformed business park in [read more]
More than 30 property professionals in Hampshire have battled it out in the 9th annual Solent Property Tennis Tournament. Taking part [read more]
Staff from the South Coast office of accountancy and financial services group Smith & Williamson have been boosting commercial links [read more]
Waste management and workplace recycling specialist TJ has appointed a fifth sales representative as it continues to grow the Solent [read more]
A food waste collection service which only began trading last year is celebrating hitting the million mark. Ringwood-based Eco Food Recycling [read more]
Simon Aston is one of the UK’s most determined fundraisers. Despite being thrown from his bike half way around a 47-mile [read more]
Yellow Buses (YB) rolled out the red carpet for Susan Cook when she boarded her ‘1c’ bus in Southbourne. The bus [read more]
An army of wish fairies took to Bournemouth promenade as men, women and children walked pier to pier to raise [read more]
A Dorset law firm has thrown its weight behind a hard-hitting campaign by Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell to encourage [read more]
Walkers taking part in this Friday’s Wish Walk for a local children’s charity will be supported by their very own [read more]
Businessman Matt Browning has one of the world’s most unusual commutes to work. The 44-year-old company co-director from Cheshire spends over [read more]
Marinas in Poole are already taking bookings ahead of the 2012 Games. Poole Quay Boat Haven and the newly-constructed Port of [read more]
Thousands of bedsit tenants in Bournemouth could face extra financial pressure as the Valuation Office takes action to change their [read more]
Expanding organics recycling firm Eco Sustainable Solutions has taken delivery of a new £250,000 turf harvester. The arrival of the state [read more]
Blooming marvellous! That’s the verdict of one of Westbourne in Bloom’s key sponsors after organisers chose a new colour scheme for [read more]
A team from Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (SBW) took national honours when they won the men’s category of the 2011 Institute [read more]
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Carbon Stoppers has passed a new milestone. Male cancer charity Everyman has become the 30th good cause to receive a donation [read more]
A schoolboy from Dorset who bravely battled leukaemia has been given a tree house by a local wish-granting charity. Louis Hammond, [read more]
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“A little less conversation a little more action please.” That’s the plea from footballer Hermann Hreidarsson as he invites fellow Elvis [read more]
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The ultimate girl’s night out is back with a vengeance this November with a special charity sale dedicated to handbags. Three-year-old [read more]
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AquaCare Water Hygiene Services has landed a major contract with Dorset County Council’s property division. The Christchurch-based company is to provide [read more]
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A veterinary practice in Hampshire has undergone a £50,000 refurbishment in the run up to its 20th anniversary. ODT Business Interiors, [read more]
Forget morris dancers and ferret racing – a village fete is turning to alpacas for fundraising fun. Renaldo, a six-year-old prize-winning stud alpaca [read more]
Shoppers and diners were taken by surprise when flash-mobbers sprung into action at a Bournemouth shopping centre. As diners in the [read more]
Going green has earned Sixpenny Handley First School silver from an international awards scheme. The North Dorset school has received a [read more]
Dorset's business community set off a chain reaction when they raised £1,000 in the first-ever charity event at Bournemouth’s new [read more]
Sporting records were broken and staff retirements honoured at the official opening of a Bournemouth school’s new state-of-the-art million pound [read more]
The Southern Co-operative has moved its headquarters into a landmark business centre in Hampshire. Running more than 180 community food stores [read more]
Dorset is to get its first biomass power plant providing ‘clean’ energy for thousands of homes. Planners have given the green [read more]
Water bosses are being thanked after paddling to the rescue of a newly formed canoe and kayaking club. Dorset’s Ultimate Canoe [read more]
A petrol go-kart, Samurai armour, swords and computer game were among the items lovingly created by Class 8 students at [read more]
Businesses are being warned about falling foul of new bribery laws which can result in unlimited fines and up to [read more]
Restoration work on the grass roof of a covered water reservoir which is home to the green winged orchid has [read more]
Michelle Howell has been promoted to the post of Director of Audit and Accounts at the New Forest office of [read more]
Jobs at a troubled telecoms firm in southern England have been safeguarded after being sold out of administration through insolvency [read more]
The Speaker of the House of Commons has been urging Bournemouth pupils to be noisy about green issues. The Rt Hon [read more]
The Speaker of the House of Commons has urged locals to get their voices heard by lobbying MPs, joining demonstrations [read more]
High-tech internet servers, an eco boiler and new dining and learning facilities for catering students are coming to The Arnewood [read more]
Children at St Katharine’s Primary School in Southbourne are among those taking part in a ‘Boomwhacking’ flash-mob this summer. Experts from [read more]
Celebrations are underway in Bournemouth after a partnership tackling health, antisocial behaviour, education and community cohesion was crowned one of [read more]
A plan to replace the controversial Imax complex with a Gothic museum celebrating Mary Shelley and Frankenstein wowed councillors and [read more]
A special school in Bournemouth is celebrating the arrival of a new bus thanks to the generosity of local people. A [read more]
Boomwhacking fundraisers are preparing to cause a storm in Bournemouth. In the first charity event of its kind in Dorset, [read more]
Do you know someone with a heart of gold who has made an outstanding contribution in their community or displayed [read more]
It's well known teenagers love shopping, but these youngsters have taken this passion to the next level running their own shops [read more]
Further expansion is on the cards at a Bournemouth bank which prides itself on an ‘old fashioned’ approach. Graham Gillingham has [read more]
Horses taking part in one of the UK’s top equestrian events will be competing in comfort thanks to a Dorset [read more]
This 58-tonne linkspan is carefully barge-craned into place at Gosport Ferry, the busiest short-route ferry service in England, during an [read more]
Water industry contractor BTU has achieved one of the top accreditations for any forward-thinking company in the country – the [read more]
Calypso beats set feet tapping across the centre of Southampton and its landmark Guildhall Square at the VIP launch of [read more]
Henry “The Fonz” Winkler inspired students at the Oakmead College of Technology when he paid a visit. The actor, who is [read more]
Directors at a Bournemouth-based property and lettings agency are celebrating the successful expansion of the business. Roberts Property Group now has [read more]
Fewer than one in ten family businesses expect the next generation to take over the reins according to a major [read more]
A member of the GB women’s volleyball squad returned to her former school The Arnewood to pass on some tips [read more]
Students at Oakmead College in Bournemouth were served an ace when the GB indoor volleyball team took time out of [read more]
A men’s social networking club is helping to make a dream come true for a little boy with Leukaemia. The BC [read more]
Food scraps from Dorset households helped an award-winning nursery achieve its 66th consecutive Chelsea gold medal. Organics recycling company Eco Sustainable [read more]
Pure water provided by one of the area’s longest-established companies is the theme of the latest ‘Pride in Bournemouth’ lion [read more]
A £500,000 transformation of a statement building on a popular office campus near Southampton has attracted an anchor occupier. Vanbrugh House, [read more]
Workplace recycling specialist TJ is expanding its commercial service across the region following an industry acquisition. The licensed regional waste carrier [read more]
A proposal to cut the number of HGV accidents involving cyclists by fitting lorry sensors has won the backing of [read more]
A record number of staff from Ellis Jones Solicitors will be going on the run in this month’s Race for [read more]
These sixth formers are the only students in Dorset this year sponsored to be ahead of the team, as future [read more]
Parkstone funeral directors Ives & Shand have created a special role for a much-respected member of the community. Dilys Trickett, 68, [read more]
A children's reading book starring a Hampshire Beagle is being snapped up before its official launch, and is even on [read more]
Yellow Buses (YB) has taken delivery of five new double-deckers costing nearly £1 million. The luxury buses, which boast leather seats [read more]
Princecroft Willis (PcW) is celebrating another success after Lisa Whitbread passed her final exams with the Chartered Institute of Taxation. The [read more]
FINISHING touches have been put to a £80,000 refit which sees a leading Caribbean shipping line with a new head [read more]
Work is now well underway preparing for the vibrant grand opening of a new £750,000 Caribbean restaurant and bar in [read more]
Hundreds watched as children from the Ringwood Waldorf School welcomed summer in the traditional way. Maypole dancing performed by classes four [read more]
It was battle of the professions when solicitors, estate agents and accountants were put to the test at a corporate [read more]
One of the South’s newest office developments has two inaugural occupiers following deals involving regional commercial property consultancy Myddelton & [read more]
Event-planner extraordinaire Rachel Cohen has joined local charity Round Table Children’s Wish. In her new post as fundraiser Rachel will be [read more]
A multi-million pound scheme for two headquarter buildings on a premier office park on the South Coast has been unveiled. The [read more]
They believe they have the talent and will showcase this at the area finals of a prestigious national battle-of-the bands, [read more]
Council bosses have said a big thank you after a Dorset company agreed to take 60 tonnes of unwanted weed [read more]
A ferry company is leading the way with disability awareness training for its crew. Local charity DOTS Disability has been spending [read more]
Keen cyclists from Ellis Jones Solicitors will be hoping for a chain reaction when they take part in next weekend’s [read more]
One of the largest regional distribution hubs of its kind in southern England is set to be transformed into a [read more]
Dave Wells has welcomed his son Shane to the family business. As his other son Steve continues to take over the [read more]
Waste wood from Dorset and Hampshire will be used to heat Swedish homes this winter. The first of five shiploads of [read more]
A turnaround and restructuring specialist who breathes new life into troubled businesses has joined the Bristol office of accountancy and [read more]
“Outstanding,” say government inspectors following their visit to a North Bournemouth primary school. They have also taken Elmrise Primary out of [read more]
Takeaway food businesses in Dorset could be in line for some tasty compensation following a European legal ruling. Currently cold food [read more]
Legal eagle Summer Abrahams has hailed her first parachute jump as “an amazing experience.” The Ringwood paralegal, who works for Ellis [read more]
A breakfast seminar focusing on how businesses in and around Portsmouth can clear hurdles for growth is being held in [read more]
CALLING all engineers – your county needs you to respond to a surge in British manufacturing. Rubicon People, the recruitment specialist [read more]
Bowlers in Wimborne are celebrating the start of a new season by inviting the public to come and try the [read more]
New life has been breathed into a large industrial unit at a vibrant trading estate in Salisbury in readiness for [read more]
Runners in this year’s London Marathon have raised more than £80,000 for a Bournemouth charity which grants wishes for children [read more]
A Hampshire teenager needs your votes to help achieve her dream of becoming a Teen Queen. Imogen Wilson, from The Arnewood [read more]
Ever fancied starring as a real life fairy godmother? Well now’s your chance. Local charity Round Table Children’s Wish is urging [read more]
A Dorset woman whose childhood was plagued by trauma and abuse has been catapulted to the national stage through the [read more]
Encouraging new figures show that more office space in the 10,000 sq ft-plus category has been let in the first [read more]
An enzyme fuel treatment that reduces CO2 and improves fuel economy in commercial and leisure craft has seen sales soar [read more]
Somerford Children’s Centre is quite literally going for growth after becoming the latest good cause to be helped by Carbon [read more]
One of the South’s biggest turf growing operations has a new boss. Andy Mercer has joined Dorset-based Eco Sustainable Solutions as [read more]
High-flying Summer Abrahams is taking to the skies for a charity parachute jump in aid of victims of the Japanese [read more]
Keen runner Annie Dougall will be raising money for the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation when she takes part in [read more]
Hughes Ellard, the regional commercial property consultancy, has set up a dedicated office in Southampton as part of the firm’s [read more]
A tough job, but someone has to do it. James Martin from Bournemouth has landed one of the plum roles in [read more]
This is the under-16s girls’ hockey squad set to fly the flag for Dorset and the South Coast in the [read more]
Deep South Media, the regional PR agency and outsourced press office, is going for growth with the promotion of two [read more]
The Arnewood School has officially converted to an academy (as from April 1st). This is a pivotal change for the New [read more]
Firms in the South are to face spot-checks on their tax records – with penalties of up to £3,000 for [read more]
A new dessert has been launched in Dorset - laden with calories and dripping in chocolate but great for the [read more]
A business which netted a major football sponsorship package in a prize draw is urging fellow firms to back Wimborne [read more]
Trant Construction has completed a £5m pier refurbishment project within time and on budget for one of the UK’s largest [read more]
CHART-topping Kate Nash inspired Bournemouth schoolgirls when she made a special visit to Avonbourne Business & Enterprise College. The 23-year-old chose [read more]
An independent fuels and lubricants distributor in the South has been awarded a fuel sales agreement with Thames Water and [read more]
Mark Johns has been elected Managing Partner of Princecroft Willis (PcW), the Dorset and New Forest independent chartered accountants and [read more]
NFU Mutual, the UK’s leading rural insurer, has become the latest business to move into a bustling business [read more]
Wimborne’s most historic firm has re-launched with a new name and a makeover. F.C Douch & Son funeral directors, which celebrated [read more]
Regional fuels and lubricants distributor WP Group, employing 70 people and headquartered by Fawley Refinery, near Southampton, today welcomed news [read more]
Good news for local businesses. The view of regional tax expert Trevor Hayman, who works out of the South Coast office [read more]
A charity known to thousands of children through its popular giraffe mascot called Harold has won further backing from Sembcorp [read more]
Firms in the South are to face spot-checks on their tax records – with penalties of up to £3,000 for [read more]
Dozens of youngsters at a volleyball club in Hampshire are digging £1,700 worth of sponsorship from DP World Southampton. The city’s [read more]
Brides to be are being offered a unique way of saving money without scrimping on style as a new website [read more]
Ellis Jones Solicitors has expanded the family law team at its Ringwood office. Associate Sarah Dendle, a Resolution trained collaborative lawyer, [read more]
Accountant Julian Smith will be pounding the streets for a good cause when he takes part in his first London [read more]
One of the top headquarter buildings in Hampshire has a new anchor occupier in the latest blue-chip deal involving regional [read more]
A Cricket mad fundraiser is joining the team at Bournemouth-based Round Table Children’s Wish. Richard Taylor, 32, recently returned from New [read more]
Plans for a major cinema development next to the Pavilion in Westover Road will be unveiled to the public next [read more]
WP Group, one of the UK’s largest distributors of fuels and lubricants, is the latest company in and around Southampton [read more]
Staff at South Coast accountancy and business advisory firm Smith & Williamson are celebrating a promotion, exam success and a [read more]
Royal wedding fever could result in a huge headache for many small businesses according to a Dorset solicitor. The marriage of [read more]
A global manufacturer of turbomachinery components has a new flagship base following a successful location search by Hughes Ellard and [read more]
Large steel tubes will soon be craned into place in Poole Harbour as the second phase of constructing a new [read more]
Premier Marinas, a leading UK marina group, has awarded a major fuel supply contract to fuels and lubricants distributor WP [read more]
New life is set to be breathed into a large sheltered housing scheme in Portsmouth for retired naval personnel. Agamemnon Housing [read more]
A leading accountancy group in the South is hosting a Budget breakfast briefing in Southampton to keep companies up to speed [read more]
Property has a key part to play in the economic growth of the Solent region as business emerges from recession. The [read more]
The slapdash state of job applications by many graduates amid record youth employment has been laid bare by a recruitment [read more]
GIRLS from a Bournemouth secondary have helped a notorious dragon launch a national search to find fresh talent like them. Pupils [read more]
A member of a famous Dorset family bakery dynasty is now giving advice on making a different sort of dough. Jamie [read more]
As the recession changes the face of lettings, an experienced landlord from Surrey has written a No Nonsense Guide to [read more]
An independent commercial property consultancy in the South with a 37-year pedigree is unveiling a new corporate identity. Hughes Ellard, which [read more]
One of the south coast’s most established advertising agencies has added digital new media to its creative expertise, thanks to [read more]
A water industry contractor headquartered near Portsmouth in Hampshire has been commended under the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS). Employing 150 staff [read more]
Senior finance staff at larger companies in the Solent region have a chance to stay up to date with key [read more]
A thriving business hub in Portsmouth has achieved a record 92% occupancy - fuelled by the new wave of entrepreneurs [read more]
Number one – in both name and performance. That’s the enduring verdict on Mobil 1 by Ed Abbott, one of the [read more]
CHICKEN ricotta with sundried tomato was among the mouthwatering dishes served by sixth formers to VIP diners including an MP, [read more]
Carbon Stoppers is celebrating a new milestone. The amount of money donated to local good causes since the launch of the [read more]
Water bills are to rise by an average of 6.81 per cent from April. Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (SBW), which provides water [read more]
THE UK’S exclusive importer of Ronit Furst eyewear will be unveiling the designer’s latest frames and colours to British opticians [read more]
Staff at a Dorset organics recycling firm are celebrating after one of their colleagues was named UK Bio-Waste Site Manager [read more]
Some 250 hens have been rescued from slaughter and given new homes by the Ringwood Waldorf School and Lantern Community. The [read more]
Speeches, weddings and presentations hold no fear for these Arnewood sixth formers, who’ve become the first students at the school [read more]
The sun came out for the 600 parents, primary school children and community members who watched students at a north [read more]
SOUL beauty therapy, shamanic healing and plant spirit medicine are just some of the treatments at a Wellbeing Fair being [read more]
Yellow Buses proved the Age of Romance is still alive by presenting passengers with cards and red roses to mark [read more]
A Dorset law firm is celebrating a double success. Ellis Jones Solicitors has been awarded the coveted Lexcel quality mark for [read more]
Tips on how to successfully start up a new business are to be shared at a free seminar in Bournemouth. Chartered [read more]
Two local businesswomen are loading up on pasta in preparation for this year’s Rome Marathon. Sarah Gracia, 36, from Wimborne, who [read more]
HUNDREDS of family businesses across Dorset and Hampshire are to be quizzed about the particular challenges they face. Princecroft Willis (PcW) [read more]
A charity which supports families caring for a young person with a disability or a special need is £250 better [read more]
FACEBOOK users are to get the chance to directly quiz three senior managers from Yellow Buses. The current Shire Operator of [read more]
ALL the community was a stage at the Ringwood Waldorf School when parents, children and teachers performed in this year’s [read more]
IT’S ALL aboard for sixth formers at the Arnewood School in New Milton, thanks to their own personal minibus service. Two [read more]
An expanding provider of leading IT solutions to the legal market in the UK has relocated within Hampshire to larger [read more]
GETTING from A to B by public transport is now even easier for passengers on Yellow Buses (YB). The company has [read more]
CRAIG Gibson has joined AquaCare, the Christchurch-based property services and maintenance company, as Business Delivery Manager. Formerly working in contract management [read more]
A recruitment agency in Dorset laid on corporate entertainment with a difference as a ‘thank you’ to clients for another [read more]
A regional workplace fit-out specialist has signed off on a four-week project to transform the new Hampshire headquarters of Europe’s [read more]
More than 12 million customers are served in its restaurants around the world each day – and now there are a [read more]
Football manager Harry Redknapp is urging runners to sign up for this year’s Rome Marathon in aid of Round Table [read more]
A new virtual centre for independent living in Dorset has been highlighted to central government as a beacon of good [read more]
BOURNEMOUTH & West Hampshire Water has a new name and logo. The company, which provides water to about half a million [read more]
STEVE and Jo Tolley have taken to running their own business like a duck to water…or perhaps, more accurately, a [read more]
YELLOW Buses (YB) is challenging budding poets to enter a Valentine’s Day contest and 'beat the bus bard.' For the last [read more]
MATHS teaching and learning at a Bournemouth secondary schoolhas seen it recognised with a national quality mark - the first [read more]
STUDENTS at the Arnewood have achieved the school’s best ever GCSE results this year in national ‘league tables’ published this [read more]
INTERNATIONAL language students will be studying at The Ringwood Waldorf School for the first time this summer. The centre for Steiner [read more]
A niche divorce and family law specialist in the South has acquired a freehold office in a deal involving Southampton-based [read more]
Liquidators from accountancy group Smith & Williamson have begun winding up the financial affairs of a London-based digital printer which [read more]
Digital copiers specialist Canotec is the toast of the UK's legal sector after winning a national award. The 50-strong company near [read more]
One of the South’s leading commercial property agents has been promoted to senior level within 12 months of joining the [read more]
An expanding water industry contractor headquartered near Portsmouth has been awarded a hat-trick of leading industry accreditations within just a [read more]
TELEVISION presenter Miriam O’Reilly’s high profile victory against age discrimination should act as a warning shot to employers. Lesley Walford, an [read more]
ENTREPRENEUR Sarah Fitzgerald is putting her best foot forward and franchising her shoe party business to Dorset. The mother of three [read more]
YELLOW Buses came to the rescue when a Verwood security firm needed a large vehicle to train one of its [read more]
NEARLY 800 years of loyal service was recognised when Bournemouth & West Hampshire Water (BWHW) honoured some of its longest-serving [read more]
PUPILS at a specialist day school in Poole had an early Christmas present thanks to Carbon Stoppers. Langside School in Parkstone [read more]
Three years ago keep fit enthusiast Lindsay Chapman was left paralysed in a motorcycle accident… now she’s living her dream [read more]
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