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Family Businesses Call For Greater Support As 92% Say Current Policies Fall Short
When asked whether they felt the government was doing enough to support family businesses, a resounding 92% of respondents said no.
Oct 282 min read
Why Gen Z Could Transform The UK’s Small Business Landscape
“Young adults in the UK are brimming with entrepreneurial ambition, but a persistent barrier threatens to stall the next wave of small...
Sep 122 min read
Support More Young People Into Work
Young people deserve better than unemployment after spending years studying for their exams, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has...
Aug 213 min read
Bank Of England Cuts Interest Rates
The Bank of England has made a significant decision to cut interest rates from 4.25% to 4% which could mean that borrowing becomes...
Aug 75 min read
St Austell Brewery Launches Four Limited-Edition Cask Beers
St Austell Brewery is launching four limited-edition cask beers for 2025 with a special cinema theme. Shark Bait, Outta Time, Breakfast...
Feb 242 min read
Lawyers Gear Up For Deluge Of Business Deal Instructions
A south coast legal firm is gearing up for a deluge of instructions as business owners race to beat an imminent tax deadline. Company law...
Feb 182 min read
School Scratches Surface And Finds Budding DJs
Budding DJs at Ferndown Middle School have taken to the wheels of steel with such aplomb they are now training their teachers. Head of...
Feb 142 min read
St Austell Brewery Trust Calls For Grant Applications
The St Austell Brewery Charitable Trust, which supports local charities and individuals in need across the South West, is inviting good...
Feb 113 min read
Global Opportunities At Hampshire Networking Event
Solent Freeport has sponsored a major global networking event designed to open pathways towards international partnerships for businesses...
Feb 73 min read
Residents Sample ‘New Standard’ In Salisbury Care Home
A care home provider has completed the first phase of a complex new-build project to grow its capacity in Salisbury. Colten Care aims to...
Feb 63 min read
A Word First For Former Boyband Commando
A start-up business in Dorset has trumped the world by developing the first CBD gel that has gained NSF certification – enabling...
Feb 42 min read
Masters of Taste, Tradition, and Sustainability
The UK’s first and only fully solar-powered tea factory. 100% Carbon Neutral. Biodegradable tea bags. Supporting African conservation and...
Feb 42 min read
Dorset’s Human Fish Stars In New Documentary
A world record-holding Dorset super-swimmer is the star of a documentary that has just been released. Human-fish Oly Rush was filmed...
Jan 281 min read
Dorset Business Is Most Trusted
Dorset’s Douch Family Funeral Directors has achieved more than 1,000 great Trust Pilot reviews – making it one of the highest rated...
Jan 282 min read
HWB Hires 10 As Business Demand Grows
Hampshire accountancy firm HWB has welcomed ten new starters in strategic appointments as business demand continues to grow. The...
Jan 282 min read
Esteemed Publican Takes On Two Pubs
Roger Payne, who has been running The Griffin pub in Bath for the past two years and is passionate about delivering top-class food and...
Jan 273 min read
Cornwall’s Biggest Charitable Beer Festival Raises £12,000
Thousands of revellers descended on St Austell Brewery for its much-anticipated annual Celtic Beer Festival in November. The day-long...
Jan 232 min read
Farm Shops Are Back In Focus 77 Years After The Supermarket Revolution
Hampshire farm shops are reporting record-breaking footfall amid supermarket challenges, 77 Januaries on from the opening of the UK’s...
Jan 201 min read
Top Speaker Booked For Dorset Business Innovation Conference
A business support group has secured a best-selling business author and noted entrepreneur to speak at its Dorset conference in February....
Jan 172 min read
Standing On Ceremony
A Dorset funeral group has revealed a sharp increase in families choosing its ceremony rooms over traditional crematorium chapels. Douch...
Jan 92 min read
Solent Freeport Invests £6.7M In Six Projects
Solent Freeport has invested £6.7 million in seed capital funding to support six projects in the region. It is the latest tranche of...
Jan 62 min read
It’s A Theme Park Dream For Husband & Wife Team
A husband-and-wife team from Dorset beat off competition from more than 30 countries to win a £20,000 prize – for designing a theme park...
Dec 18, 20242 min read
Scale-Up Business Agratas Developing Next-Generation Battery Technologies
A scale-up business developing next-generation battery technologies has signed nearly 23,000 sq ft of laboratory space in Science Vale UK...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Grants Available For Dorset Businesses
STRIDE Dorset has innovation grant packages, subject to eligibility, which are available for innovative businesses in the Dorset Council...
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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