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News Testimonials "'...I don't believe it...' Having been giving a great deal of help and support from the AboutMyArea team, I have become the sub-editor of the Hamworthy Matters pages of the AboutMyArea - Poole. There..." more "'...I don't believe it...' Having been giving a great deal of help and support from the AboutMyArea team, I have become the sub-editor of the Hamworthy Matters pages of the AboutMyArea - Poole. There is no doubt, if I can do it - anyone can! Why not give it a try and also become a Contributor?" - Ann - Hamworthy Matters

POOLE'S latest shopping district, boasting ten 'hand-picked independent retailers', has opened to the public for the first time. The Kingland development, at Kingland Crescent adjoining the Dolphin Shopping Centre, has been billed as a 'boutique shopping experience' and is part of ambitious plans to breath new life into Poole town centre. Backed by The Dolphin Shopping Centre landlords, Legal & General, the ten new outlets will not have to pay any rent or business rates for the first two years. And in time there are plans to hold a street market at Kingland with up to 20 independent v...

FIVE new retailers are set to open in Poole town centre once lockdown restrictions are eased – as part of ongoing plans to breath new life into the high street. The independent businesses, which form part of the new Kingland shopping district, got the keys to their new units last week. They include the perfume shop, ånd Fragrance, the Pen Gallery of contemporary art, the Paintshop Studio – a creative design studio – and a zero waste grocery shop called Ten Foot Naked. The five shops are completed by Viper Gin, a Dorset-based gin company. Three retailers, HUX Custom Surfboards,...

News Testimonials "'...I don't believe it...' Having been giving a great deal of help and support from the AboutMyArea team, I have become the sub-editor of the Hamworthy Matters pages of the AboutMyArea - Poole. There..." more "'...I don't believe it...' Having been giving a great deal of help and support from the AboutMyArea team, I have become the sub-editor of the Hamworthy Matters pages of the AboutMyArea - Poole. There is no doubt, if I can do it - anyone can! Why not give it a try and also become a Contributor?" - Ann - Hamworthy Matters

THE son of Lush’s chief executive has launched his own fragrance brand to take on the giants of the industry. Poole’s Simon Constantine, who created perfumes for Lush and was its head of buying for a decade, wants to challenge the “bloated £30billion fragrance industry”. He has launched ånd, a range of five fragrances taking its name from an Old Norse and English word for breath, spirit and ghost. Simon Constantine – whose father Mark co-founded Lush in Poole – said the brand would stand with indigenous people and those protecting ecosystems. The new business, which he...