Yellow Buses has always listened to its passengers – but now it is talking to them as well. The company has introduced voice recordings on its fleet that announce what the next stop is. This obviously helps the visually impaired, but also visitors who aren’t exactly sure when they need to alight. Yellow Buses is the only local operator to … Read More
Village children celebrate Queen’s birthday
In the idyllic setting of an east Dorset village, the young children who live there came together to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday. The bunting and flags were put out in Witchampton when the First School hosted a picnic party to mark Her Majesty’s special occasion. And they did not keep the spoils all to themselves as they invited the … Read More
Up, up and away with Farnborough Aerospace Consortium
FLYING HIGH – Andrew Barnett from Barnbrook Systems Ltd is the new membership chairman at Farnborough Aerospace Consortium.
Team takes law firm Biscoes to new heights
An adventurous team has taken law firm Biscoes to new heights and raised cash for charity by completing a strenuous challenge in Snowdonia. The trio of Managing Director Alison Lee, HR Assistant Charlotte Cobb and Solicitor Ali Lee-Smith spent 10 hours trekking in north Wales, reaching the 940m summit of Glyder Fach, one of the highest mountains in Britain. They … Read More
School’s building blocks for the future
An eminent scientist has officially opened Bournemouth’s Avonwood Primary and to announce it as the UK’s first ever Earth Charter school. Geneticist Dame Kay Davies cut the ribbon to the new £8 million Avonwood Primary school building – which includes a purpose-built science laboratory. And while genetics is the building block of life, Dame Davies – who was at the … Read More
Hi-tech firm’s lift-off for air ambulance
A technology firm in Bristol is helping to keep a publicly-funded life-saving air ambulance going. ITEC, based in Whitchurch in the city, is now providing IT support for Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT) following a rigorous tendering process. The essential back-up ensures vital computer communications remain robust, enabling the charitable trust to raise the money to fund the helicopter’s … Read More
Warm welcome for Sam
Chartered surveyors McAndrew Martin are mapping out the next phase of expansion with the appointment of a new operations director
Could crash of British government website have been avoided?
The importance of investing in your company or organisation’s IT infrastructure has been underlined by the high-profile crash of a British government website. Unprecedented demand to register to vote in the EU referendum, being held in the UK on June 23rd, resulted in frustration for tens of thousands of people as they tried in vain to apply online before the … Read More
The words on the bus go round and round
Yellow Buses has officially launched its latest themed vehicle – the Poetry Bus, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the country. Poets in residence have been travelling on the fleet composing verse and their efforts have now been displayed inside a double decker. The Poetry Bus has now joined the Gallery Bus, History Bus and … Read More
Fundraising was hair-raising
From spiky Mohicans to heads donned with cakes, youngsters at one Dorset school rose to the challenge when they were invited to come in with wacky hair. Merley First School, near Wimborne, staged a ‘mad hair’ day as a creative way of raising funds to improve the school playground. Staff and students swapped sensible pony tails and short back and … Read More