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A 103-year-old tool business, ran by the same family for four generations, will be sharing its behind the scenes story as  the latest feature of an…

A WHOLE host of classic Fiat 500 cars will be lining up in Brewery Square this weekend for a one-off event.

DORSET brewer Hall & Woodhouse has been announced as the headline partner of rock festival Teddy Rocks.

Leila and Liz Willingham, hosts of the It Runs In The Family podcast A PODCAST hosted by a mother and daughter team and focusing on family businesses has reached listeners in 21 countries. It Runs In The Family, launched six months ago has reached number 17 among family business podcasts and 77 in the top entrepreneurship podcasts for Britain. It is hosted by Liz Willingham, founder and managing director of Liz Lean PR in Poole, and her daughter Leila, who is business and PR account manag...

Dorset Chamber has launched an initiative to offer respectful and confidential support from peers. The scheme, Got Your 6 – shortened to GU6 – is named after a term used by World War II fighter pilots, who protected the “backs” of fellow pilots in the vulnerable rear “six o’clock” position. Several chamber board directors, ambassadors and members, as well as chief executive Ian Girling, have qualified as mental health first aiders thanks to Ouch Training and are ready to bec...

Jonny Frosticks post. Picture: LinkedIn The experience was familiar for Paul Tansey, managing director of Ferndown-based marketing agency Intergage. Around 15 years ago, at the age of 41, he was working 16-hour days, with the weight of the business on his shoulders as he combined the roles of managing director and sales director. More than once, he was still working when the morning birdsong started. Paul Tansey of Intergage A routine medical check for the company’s insurer change...

Caron Khan, president of Dorset Chamber THE new president of Dorset Chamber has saluted the county’s “bold and brave businesses” at a historic annual general meeting. Caron Khan took the chain of office when the chamber held its AGM virtually for the first time, with nearly 70 members present via Zoom. The new president, a communications specialist who runs the Caron Khan Consultancy in Bournemouth, said: “The chamber’s place in the Dorset business community is more important th...