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Major initiatives announced to help promote local businesses

Marketing West, the West Dorset events and marketing company, has announced a major initiative to help get business moving again. It is holding the first...

Housebuilder announces planned development on edge of town to be called Corallian Heights

A planned new housing development on the outskirts of Sturminster Newton is to be called Corallian Heights. Contracts for the land, which has outline planning...

Dress sustainably, save elephants: the fashion brand taking a stand against the ivory crisis

A sustainable fashion brand is taking a stand against the ivory crisis, habitat loss and climate change. North Dorset’s Jolly Elephant hand-prints and sells sustainable...

Book edited by coach reaches Amazon bestseller lists

A health and inclusion coach is one of the three editors of a book which has reached the Amazon bestseller lists. Jackie Arnold, who lives...

Meanwhile, back on the farm: World’s first 5G-ready agri-robot for arable farms comes to Dorset as part of £7m project

A £7m project hailed as game-changing and with the potential to close the rural/urban digital divide for farming and rural communities has been unveiled...

Internet company founded by farmer who was quoted £120k for leased fibre line doubles staff to 81

A privately owned internet business, founded by a farmer who was quoted £120,000 to connect a 300 metre leased fibre line to his office,...

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Where the horse work happens

Margaret Millward agreed to help with the show’s equestrian classes – temporarily – in the 1990s. She’s still there and does most of the...

Crops thriving, cows content … questions ahead

Autumn’s been kind at Rawston Farm, says James Cossins, who’s balancing good crops, community harvests and climate conversations The autumn has been relatively kind to...

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