A former air traffic controller and long-standing lay preacher has celebrated his 100th birthday at the Dorset care home where he has lived for the past five years. Great grandfather Desmond Whiting has held a Church of England licence to lead worship for nearly 80 years and still gives Sunday Bible readings at Colten Care’s Brook View home in West … Read More
Universal Credit is leading to evictions
The Universal Credit (UC) system that replaced six means-tested benefits and tax credits is causing people to be unnecessarily evicted, according to Dorset’s biggest private landlord. DWP Housing Partnership said that while in principle the new welfare scheme has merit, the realities are that its poorest tenants are suffering. Part of the system involves tenants receiving their own housing element … Read More
Award-winning firm sets sights on Airshow
Award-winning Barnbrook Systems set sights on eleventh successive Farnborough International Airshow
Hamptworth expects…
Hamptworth Golf and Country Club hosted 100 students from The Trafalgar School near Salisbury who arrived in style for their annual prom. The venue, between Southampton and Salisbury in the north of the New Forest, saw the well-dressed pupils turn up in tractors, scooters, classic cars, and even Del Boy’s three-wheeler. Following the end of their schooling the students let … Read More
Pre-school’s future is secured
A Portsmouth pre-school has secured its medium-term future thanks to a commercial sponsorship deal. Jack and Jill in Milton has joined forces with local company Bladez Toyz, a UK market leader in radio-controlled toys and gadgets. Faced with a steep hike in rent, cuts in funding and increased staff costs, for the first time in its three-decade history the pre-school … Read More
New HQ for expanding technology company
A growing high-tech firm specialising in creating loadbalancing hardware and software has purchased a new £1.4m global corporate headquarters at Compass House, Portsmouth. Loadbalancer.org recently completed the move from the Portsmouth Technopole and founder and managing director Malcolm Turnbull is pleased with how the relocation has progressed. He said: “There are always a few problems when moving to a new … Read More
Back to the future with Burke’s
The Burke’s Peerage Foundation Award for classically inspired portraiture has been won this year by Richard Foster for his painting entitled Trinity House. The work celebrates the 500th anniversary of Trinity House, a charity dedicated to looking after the well-being of seafarers. In its second year, the annual award was launched by Burke’s owner William Bortrick. He set up the … Read More
Law firm enjoys triple audit success
An expanding law firm in Hampshire is celebrating a hat-trick of quality mark successes. Biscoes has been reaccredited with the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) and had successful Lexcel and Legal Aid Agency (LAA) audits within in a few weeks. Similar to kite marks of excellence, they provide professional assurance to customers that the law firm has trusted quality standards. Biscoes, … Read More
Racer turned farmer Jody roars in for conference
Former Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter will be racing in from his hugely successful Laverstoke Park Farm to be guest speaker at a Hampshire Chamber of Commerce conference.
Ladies flock to Parley
The growing army of lady members at Parley Golf Centre has been receiving complimentary instruction about competition golf. Club pro Marcus Urbye has been nurturing the ladies’ section of the club and membership has soared since last summer. Now he is giving tutorials on how various golf competitions work to help encourage the ladies to take part. The success of … Read More