Bournemouth’s Hotel of the Year will showcase its specialist breaks at the Group Leisure & Travel Show for the first time this month. The family-run Marsham Court Hotel signed up for the show (at the NEC on October 20, 2016) after seeing a sharp rise in group travel business from the Midlands. The Marsham Court has been run by Jennie … Read More
Councils shake-up under business spotlight
DCCI is urging businesses in Dorset to have their say about plans to create two new ‘super councils’
National recognition as accountant receives charity diploma
A Dorset accountant’s dedicated service to the charity sector has received national recognition. Claire Wait, Assistant Manager at PKF Francis Clark, has been awarded the Diploma in Charity Accounting (DChA). The qualification is presented by ICAEW, the global professional body for chartered accountants. It acknowledges and recognises expertise in charity accounting and financial management at the highest level. Claire, who … Read More
‘Dragon’s Den’ inventor sees Tegstove go into production
A Dorset entrepreneur who won backing from businessman Peter Jones after appearing on TV’s Dragon’s Den will finally see his invention go into production next month [November]. The hit BBC series gives budding entrepreneurs three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multi-millionaires who invest their own cash. Father of two Spencer Turner managed to get three Dragons – … Read More
50-up in Broadstone
A 50-plus information day with dozens of diverse exhibitors from the world of sport through to financial planning experts is being held in Broadstone. The event at the Broadstone Royal British Legion on Tuesday 25 October is family-friendly and open to all. It is being organised by Douch Family Funeral Directors – whose Lesley Shand branch is in nearby Corfe … Read More
Avonbourne students are in perfect harmony
When two former Avonbourne Trust students tied the knot it really was a class affair for all connected with the Bournemouth schools. For taking centre stage as the entertainment at Aaron Manners and Natalie Calver’s ceremony was a choir from Avonbourne College. It was bride Natalie’s dream to have a small choir perform at her wedding and she asked future … Read More
Calendar benefitting Dorset’s cancer sufferers goes on sale
Dorset Cancer Care Foundation (DCCF) has unveiled its first charity calendar featuring photographs by local people. Around 150 people submitted their snaps for the chance of appearing in Visions of Dorset 2017. The desk calendar has now gone on sale in time for Christmas, with all proceeds going to help cancer sufferers in the county. Ann Petrie, from Highcliffe was … Read More
James lifts cup for Parley
Parley Golf Centre’s James White won the Player of the Season award in the Little Gems League – meaning it’s the fourth year in a row the club has held the trophy. The US-born golfer played nine games over the summer, winning seven, halving one and losing one. For the previous two years Parley’s Bob Lloyd won the player of … Read More
Ambitions Academies Trust conducts £1.4m of renovations on its schools
Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) spent the summer carrying out £1.4m of renovations across its schools. Each of the Trust’s six academies benefited from the major project, receiving everything from new libraries and computer suites, to new roofs, boilers and bicycle sheds: Manorside Academy in Evering Avenue, Poole, has a new roof, a new home economics room, an extra classroom and … Read More
When east meets west
For one month 17 students from China will get to experience life in a British school, thanks to the hospitality of Bournemouth’s Avonbourne College. The school is welcoming the group of 13 and 14 year-olds who are coming all the way from a boarding high school in the Hubei province. During their stay the students will be following the timetable … Read More