A collaboration of care – how tech is saving lives

Two British companies have collaborated to create an instant triage system for casualties on battlefields or in disaster zones. Leading Dorset-headquartered cyber-security company C3IA Solutions and Birmingham-based telemedicine pioneers Black Space Technology are already providing the life-saving tech across the world.

A boost for veterans from a Dorset business

A Bournemouth-based charity that was launched a decade ago to help military veterans has been presented with a cheque for £400 from AE Jolliffe & Sons funeral directors which is part of the Douch Family Funeral Directors group.

That’s amoure in armour

A military-loving couple have tied the knot surrounded by weaponry at The Tank Museum in Dorset. Wanda Armstrong-Bridges, 53, and Steve Ellis, 58, love the museum so much they moved from London to live near it and Wanda even proposed there.

 Jolly Roger flag for sale

The Jolly Roger flag made on HMS Unbroken in WWII that is going under the hammer at a Duke’s sale to be held at The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset.

SAS hero pens book and hopes to complete the last Antarctic challenge

A former SAS sergeant who was the youngest member of the elite regiment when he passed selection has penned a novel that borrows from his extreme experiences. Chris Foot, 42, hopes the thriller will help him raise enough money to take on the last unachieved polar record – walking, unaided and unassisted, 1,600 miles across Antarctica.

Business and army – pulling together

An army tug of war team has been pulling up trees after securing sponsorship from a leading cyber security company. C3IA Solutions was roped in to help fund the 11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment earlier this year.

Fort follies all at sea

Three historic forts built in the Solent in the 1860s are being sold by entrepreneur Mike Clare who founded Dreams, the bed company.

Cyber firm brings in reinforcements

Dorset-headquartered cyber-security company C3IA Solutions has recruited two new staff – including the former attaché at the British Embassy in Washington DC. Colonel Stewart McConnell has joined the fast-growing business along with fellow Royal Corps of Signals veteran Major Graham Moody.

Yukon do it!

Special forces’ TV star Jason ‘Foxy’ Fox and fellow military veteran Sean Johnson are to take on a unique challenge for charity – thanks to sponsorship from a leading cyber-security business. C3IA Solutions, based in Poole, Dorset, has got behind the daring duo who hope to raise more than £100,000 for three military charities.