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It truly is spring when the Cartwright Downtown Farmers Market finally opens up. Market Manager Trisha Wilder expects this season to be one of growth, starting with the farmer’s market season kicking off at 4 p.m., on Wednesday. Thirty-four vendors have already reserved space for the season and more are likely to come. The number of vendors is in line with what Wilder had on deck last year before the season started. It was slow going as some vendors had hesitation about COVID-19. By June, the vendor numbers picked up. Then the derecho knocked them back down. The overall turnout last year �...

The club was launched last month to bring business and culture together to back the bid. It will enable business to connect, create and collaborate against a backdrop of culture. Business support and investment is a key element to the successful delivery of the City of Culture bid. Launching its commercial strategy in September 2020, the Southampton 2025 Trust has actively developed relationships with many local businesses and organisations such as toob, Westquay, Solent University and the University of Southampton. Since the Gateway Club launch, several businesses and organisations...

SOME of the best-known employers in Hampshire have been sharing their experience of home working and looking out for staff’s mental health. Southampton law firm Paris Smith, which last year produced a white paper called The Workforce of the Future, held an online discussion about leadership through the pandemic. Julie Breakell, director of KPMG on the south coast, said: “We’ve just tried to keep the hope alive with the communications. Everybody seems to be in a routine where we’re used to lockdown. We’re trying to do fun things together, not just leadership chats and touch poi...

SOME of the best-known employers in Hampshire have been sharing their experience of home working and looking out for staff’s mental health. Southampton law firm Paris Smith, which last year produced a white paper called The Workforce of the Future, held an online discussion about leadership through the pandemic. Julie Breakell, director of KPMG on the south coast, said: “We’ve just tried to keep the hope alive with the communications. Everybody seems to be in a routine where we’re used to lockdown. We’re trying to do fun things together, not just leadership chats and touch point...