Organisations throughout Christchurch have been granted £250 from Christchurch Council for events relating to the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. The grant fund was announced as a way of the Council celebrating the two great events happening in this country this year. The events ranges from an indoor Jubilee ‘street party’ for older people attending [...]
To celebrate the Easter bank holiday weekend, Beales in Bournemouth will be hosting a barbeque in the town centre on Saturday April 7 from 12pm until 4pm. Taking place outside the store, barbeques will be fired up and burgers and vegetarian options will be served along with free soft drinks and a Happy Sundaes [...]
By Susan Stockwell I love the question in the “Am I Paul Calf quiz” that goes “Am I talking enthusiastically with two complete strangers about starting a business first thing in the morning?”. Well, if you want to be inspired to get beyond that stage to having a useful business then the London Boat Show [...]
TIMES might be tough, but Dorset businesses are being given a boost by grants to improve their efficiency. The Improve Your Resource Efficiency programme (IYRE), is offering subsidies to companies that reduce waste, energy consumption and water use; helping pay for the installation of more efficient technology, which will also slash their bills. “Not only [...]
Business Link Dorset would like to invite Dorset-based organisations to find out how they could claim a government-funded fast-track grant of up to £40,000 together with 12 hours free support and advice to make their organisations leaner and greener. Businesses who are looking to grow and improve their efficiency should attend one of the 2 [...]
With only 6.9% of Bournemo9uth West 16 – 65 year olds having no qualifications, residents of Bournemouth West are in the top 20 most qualified in the UK. Bournemouth East ranks lower at number 165 of the 600 constituencies with 7.6% having no qualifications, and Poole ranks at 241 with 9.2% having no qualifications Christchurch [...]
Dorset’s leading housebuilder has secured national funding to help first time buyers who want to take their first step on the housing ladder at Honeycombe Beach in Boscombe. Barratt has announced that hundreds of local households who have previously been priced out of home ownership will be able to take advantage of the Central Government [...]
Promote the town centre. That’s the core message from town centre businesses to come out of the BID survey. Ninety six percent of businesses reported that marketing and promotion are important or very important to them but fewer than two percent feel the town centre is currently well or very well marketed. “Although individual businesses [...]
Summer 2011 – Back to the story…. Lostprophets released their first album, ‘thefakesoundofprogress’, just over ten years ago. Ten. Years. They’ve been years of shifts in both style and attitude as the band made the ascent through the British rock spectrum. Their forthcoming fifth record promises to encompass all the sound and experience that Lostprophets [...]
Creativity and Addiction
New logo for the Navitus Bay Wind Park created by local student
New partnership to hold rights to Navitus Bay offshore wind project
Health and vitality in juicy Boscombe
The BCCA – What do the The Boscombe Arts Collective say?
Fighting the cold – bedsits in Boscombe
