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Business support seminars to be held in Dorset AN EVENTS and marketing company has announced two initiatives to help get business moving. Dorset-based Marketing West will hold a series of business support seminars, starting on Friday, May 7, with a livestreamed event called Business BounceBack 2021. Speakers will include TV business news journalist Declan Curry; Tej Parikh, chief economist at the Institute of Directors; West Dorset MP Chris Loder; Nick Gregory of Dorset Growth Hub; the mo...

Business support seminars to be held in Dorset AN EVENTS and marketing company has announced two initiatives to help get business moving. Dorset-based Marketing West will hold a series of business support seminars, starting on Friday, May 7, with a livestreamed event called Business BounceBack 2021. Speakers will include TV business news journalist Declan Curry; Tej Parikh, chief economist at the Institute of Directors; West Dorset MP Chris Loder; Nick Gregory of Dorset Growth Hub; the mo...

I DOUBT that few people would disagree with Chris Loder when he says the “We need a fair justice system – one that stands for the law-abiding…

MPs, dignitaries and charity bosses from across Dorset have paid their respects to Prince Philip, following his death aged 99. South Dorset MP, Richard Drax - a former lieutenant in the British Army’s Coldstream Guards - said: “I am devastated. “We are so privileged to have a Royal Family and this is a huge loss. I have been lucky enough to meet Prince Philip a number of times, and was proud to serve his Queen and country. “My sympathy goes to all of the family, particularly the...

Network Rail has said it is now prepared to replace the chain link fence at Dorchester South station with fencing panels. Dorchester Town Council has been pressing for the business to replace the brick wall in Alfred Road which fell down. Town councillors say it has left the area looking untidy and has attracted rubbish which has not been cleared away - giving visitors a poor impression of the county town when they arrive by train. Network Rail initially refused to make any changes but ...

Plastic Free Bridport organised the screening of the Story of Plastic film over a week. The screening concluded with a Q&A session via Zoom, which saw the Plastic Free Bridport (PFB) team joined by West Dorset MP Chris Loder, plastics campaign lead for Friends of the Earth (FOE) Camilla Zerr, and Polly Benfield and Grenville Barr of Plastic Free Lyme Regis along with several members of the public. Mr Loder updated those present with the progress of the Plastic Pollution Bill and his propo...

Sadly, I believe our MP has misunderstood in a fundamental way what national parks are all about. A Dorset National Park, with its duty to care for our unique environment and heritage, promote health and wellbeing, and foster the economic and social wellbeing of communities, would partner not compete with the Dorset Council. It would bring additional resources and expertise, helping to secure a thriving, sustainable future for Dorsets communities and economy; caring for Dorsets environmen...

The proposed legislation cleared the House of Commons after receiving an unopposed third reading.

RELENTLESS in the pursuit of animal rights, I’ve been lobbying the Government to make time to get my Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill back on track given the coronavirus impact on Parliamentary business. I’m delighted that my Bill is due to return to the House of Commons this Friday 12th March. At the time of writing, over 22.5 million people across the UK have received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine. As of 28th February, 44 per cent of West Dorset constituents had received the...

In The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy describes Dorchester as ‘compact as a box of dominoes.