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Cut to the chase
9:00am Thursday 11th March 2010
Firms argue for reduced levies as Budget looms THE Budget is two weeks away and Dorset firms want tax cuts to further stimulate spending.
Smaller businesses pin hopes on marketing
9:00am Thursday 11th March 2010
SMALL businesses are pinning their hopes on improved sales and marketing strategies to beat the effects of recession.
Best bosses to work for
9:00am Thursday 11th March 2010
TWO Dorset organisations have been included in The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For.
Broker sets up advisory unit
9:00am Thursday 11th March 2010
THE Jelf Group, the insurance broker, which has moved to Crow Arch Lane, Ringwood, has established an advisory unit to help customers secure lending, according to chief executive Alex Alway.
An ‘inspiration’, says Lord Mandelson
9:00am Thursday 11th March 2010
THE British government has officially thanked a small business in Bournemouth for helping the UK escape the grips of recession.
Hampshire firm may leave UK over tax
9:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Crippling taxes are forcing Lyndhurst-based Ineos, the world’s third largest chemicals company, to consider moving to Switzerland, the company claims.
No need for a paperless office
9:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Recycled paper can be as tough as wood or metal.
Merlin’s magical results
9:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
Merlin Entertainments, the Poole-based owner of Legoland, Alton Towers, Madame Tussauds and the London Eye, recorded revenues of £769m to December 26, 2009.
A decent crop
9:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
David Cross, farmland director at Savills in Salisbury, says that of the 12 farms he sold last year, many were in Dorset and 61 per cent were purchased by farmers – up from 53 per cent in 2008 – countering the myth that farming is dead.
JMC’s 60th celebrations
9:00am Wednesday 10th March 2010
JMC (J Motor Components Ltd) in Vantage Way, Mannings Heath, Poole is celebrating its 60th year of trading.
