Business

All the latest Stour & Avon business news, events and gatherings featuring the area’s most exciting and innovative companies.

Royal Mail deliveries could be cut to three times a week to save money: Ofcom

MAIL deliveries could drop to five – or even three – times a week in a bid to save…

The Close, in Blandford, is among the streets due to close for roadworks

Blandford streets to close for roadworks in coming weeks

A NUMBER of streets in Blandford are set to be closed for work to bring faster broadband to…

Staff from Miles of Value in Fordingbridge. Picture: Helga Whatley/FB

Miles of Value in Fordingbridge closes after 30 years

A FORDINGBRIDGE shop has closed for the final time – after 30 years of providing shoppers with what they…

(From left) Kavan Wood, Lucy and Sophie Maidman, and Bruce Scammell.

Hamworthy United Store & Secure new sponsor to fix financial situation

HAMWORTHY United have secured a new sponsor as the club continues to battle financial problems. In October, the club withdrew…

Dorset Council was subsidising the QELC to the tune of £500,000 each year. Picture: Dorset Council

Jobs to go at Wimborne leisure centre as new owners take over

WIMBORNE’S Queen Elizabeth Leisure Centre (QELC) will soon cease to operate as it now does as council funding is…

The Jazz Cafe in Sandbanks is up for sale. Pictures: Key Drummond

PICTURES: Sandbanks’ landmark Jazz Café up for sale – for £7.5 million

A LANDMARK café on Dorset’s Sandbanks beach is up for sale – for £7.5 million. The lease of the Jazz…

MD Steve Gill, inset, has announced improvements at Bournemouth Airport

More than a million passengers at Bournemouth Airport in 2024 – as Ryanair adds destination

MORE than a million passengers are expected to travel through Bournemouth Airport in 2024. The announcement comes as Ryanair confirmed…

Graeme 'Tucky' Tuck will pitch his truck outside the White Heather on Friday nights. Photo: Graeme Tuck.

Ferndown pub teams up with food truck for Friday night feeds

A BARBECUE food truck will pitch outside the White Heather pub in Ferndown on Friday evenings. 

Delph House, Broadstone. Photo: Google Maps.

Broadstone and Langton care homes to close amid “financial difficulties”

TWO Dorset care homes are closing – as the company that runs them announced it is to…

Harold Doonan, of Doonans of Weymouth, with James Howarth, of AWS

Wimborne firm AWS takes over Weymouth concrete supplier Doonans

A WIMBORNE-based construction materials and waste management firm has taken over a family-run Weymouth company. Avon Material Supplies (AMS), which…