IF your week was as busy as ours, you might have missed some of the business news that could affect you.

Here our five top stories from the business pages of the Daily Echo this week.

1. The Dorset Business Awards took place at the BIC on Thursday – and there’s a fair chance that a company you know was represented.

2. Which companies are the most popular with their workers?  We reported on a survey which put some Dorset names among the very best.

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3. This one was really popular: the JP Morgan apprentice who is having a “remarkable impact”.

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4. A list of the mid-sized businesses having the best success at exporting included several Dorset names, including Farrow & Ball.

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5. And in an area where many more people have a Nationwide account than in most of the country, we looked at the reasons the building society saw a plunge in profits.

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