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Service's £100m boost to economy

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:00:00 +0000

The Manufacturing Advisory Service in the South West (MAS-SW) has given a £100 million boost to the economy since its launch in 2002.

The Beirut refugee who became a high-flier

Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:00:00 +0100

HE escaped war torn Beirut at 17 and arrived in London with just £90 in his pocket. Fifteen years later he started an airline that would be sold for £30 million.

Nothing like the original

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Original art by lesser-known artists is a better investment than prints by well-known ones.

Panther stalks Beales

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000

A MULTI-millionaire investor is on the verge of owning enough shares to mount a take-over bid for Dorset department store Beales.

Make room for a little Boom!

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:30:00 +0000

EMMA Wimhurst doesn’t think there is ever a bad time to start a new business.

It’s on with the motor show!

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:43:33 +0100

THIS year’s Christchurch Motor Show has been hailed a success.

Pumped up by the news from Iraq

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:30:00 +0000

PUMPING profits back into the company has enabled a small family-owned Bournemouth oil and gas exploration specialist to become an international player without having to become a public limited company.

Savers banking on extra help

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:20:00 +0000

THE wrath of savers will follow the latest reduction in interest rates by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), according to a Poole accountant.

Deals have been rising

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:20:00 +0000

SOUTH west firms have maintained or even increased the number of business deals they concluded over the past six months, according to Deloitte, the business advisory firm.

Nationwide freezes rate cut on trackers

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

MORE than 200,000 borrowers with tracker mortgages from Nationwide, which has its administration centre on Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, will not receive further cuts if the base rate continues to slide. In a bid to retain profits as the economic downturn bites, the lender is freezing its tracker mortgage, which follows the Bank of England’s base rate, when it falls below two per cent.