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HUGE plans for a new business park at Bournemouth Airport will progress even further in the new year.

A COMPANY which wanted to move out of Christchurch town centre and give its site over to 170 homes has decided to expand its existing factory instead. Structural steel firm REIDsteel has announced a £30milion scheme to redevelop its Reid Street site along with the buildings formerly occupied by Peeks Party Store and Monkey Madness. The business, which employs more than 130 people, has launched a consultation as it prepares to submit a planning application. Simon Boyd, managing director of John Reid & Sons, said: “As a local business of many years’ standing, our heart is in Christ...

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 become GU6 “champions”. The initiative is being supported by law firm Lester Aldridge. GU6 was ...

UK entrepreneurs find a safe haven in China despite political tensions The country is still Britain’s third-largest export market, worth £25bn and rising 17 January 2021 • 5:59pm New markets: Simon Boyd, sales director of British beauty firm Cyden, takes part in a livestream with Chinese influencer Viya Within a month of setting up Hawkins & Brimble, founder Stephen Shortt was flying out to China in order to tout his men’s grooming range. “We’ve been export-centric from the beginning,” says the entrepreneur, 49, who launched the business five years ago. “We were in Shanghai, Be...

Penton Motor Group Financial Director Jan Dibden, centre, with REIDsteel Operations Director Donna Campo, left, and REIDsteel Business Relationship Director Sean Burchell, right. REIDsteel project team are stood behind at the new Penton Business Park in C A NEW business park has thrown open its gates in Christchurch in a boost for the local economy. Construction work has been completed at The Penton Business Park in Stony Lane in a £2.5m regeneration of a formerly disused site. The Penton Motor Group has invested in the commercial property development to create a trading hub for firms,...