BUSY week? Here's what you may have missed from the Daily Echo's business coverage this week.
1. Retailers are havig to release shoplifters having to release shoplifters because the police say they can't come out and deal with them. That's according to the boss of Beales.
2. The £4billion sale of Dorset's aerospace giant Cobham to an American private equity fund looks more likely to go ahead.
3. Morebus has spent £2.5m on a depot for its vehicles in Bournemouth.
4. A factory is under construction at one of Dorset's key sites for employment.
5. And we spoke to Bethany Woodward, whose success at the 2012 Paralmypics inspired thousands, about why she left sport behind and is running a farm shop.
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