A FREE business support scheme has opened for ambitious bosses across Dorset looking forward to the future. Dorset Chamber has announced100 places in its Peer Networks Programme for owners, directors and senior managers – with the scheme free of charge to all businesses with staffing levels of between five and 250 and with a minimum turnover of £100,000. The county’s leading business support organisation, Dorset Chamber won a competitive tender to deliver the initiative for the Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Dorset Chamber chief executive Ian Girling said: The Peer Networks Programme has been transformational for business leaders. These programmes build incredibly strong bonds, friendships and trusted support networks which last long after the course has officially finished.
DOZENS of community buildings across rural north Dorset are to receive gigabit broadband giving residents and businesses better access to a new internet network. Sixty community sites from Blandford to Sherborne - including schools, community centres, a health centre, council depots, farms and adult social care residential homes - will be connected to gigabit broadband by March 2022. The buildings will be connected to gigabit-capable broadband thanks to the Getting Building Fund allocation from Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). It is hoped that by building the network to these sites, it will bring many thousands of homes and businesses within reach of the new Wessex Internet network. Residents and businesses in these areas will be eligible for further subsidy through gigabit vouchers to offset the costs of installing full-fibre.
A FREE business support scheme has opened for ambitious bosses across Dorset looking forward to the future. Dorset Chamber has announced100 places in its Peer Networks Programme for owners, directors and senior managers – with the scheme free of charge to all businesses with staffing levels of between five and 250 and with a minimum turnover of £100,000. The county’s leading business support organisation, Dorset Chamber won a competitive tender to deliver the initiative for the Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Dorset Chamber chief executive Ian Girling said: The Peer Networks Programme has been transformational for business leaders. These programmes build incredibly strong bonds, friendships and trusted support networks which last long after the course has officially finished.
St Thomas Garnet s School in Parkwood Road, Boscombe PLANNING permission has been granted for a new multi-million pound injury and illness rehabilitation centre in Boscombe. BCP Council has approved AECC University College’s plans to demolish the former St Thomas Garnet’s School sports hall to make way for the integrated rehabilitation centre. It said the loss of the hall, and part of the school field was “significantly outweighed” by the benefits of the new facility. The university submitted its planning application at the end of last month, seeking permission to expand its healthcare offering. The move followed the decision of the university to buy the former private school in Parkwood Road. It has since moved some of its operations to the site.