Saffery Champness Chartered Accountants, QuoStar, and NatWest Bank held their inaugural Manufacturer’s Forum dinner in Wimborne, Dorset on 4th March. The dinner was chaired by Dr John Knowles, former Managing Director and Chairman of DEK – now ASM Assembly Systems, a world leading manufacturer of capital equipment for the electronic assembly industry. The evening saw
Team CC Stength and Conditioning gym in Poole has shown its weighty support for Dorset based charity, MYTime Young Carers Charity by hosting a charity circuits session. Members of the club and the general public were invited to take part in the free fitness session which took place at the weekend. In excess of 30
4Com, an award- winning Telecoms communications company, with its UK HQ based in Bournemouth, took on a dual fundraising challenge to raise funds for MYTime Young Carers Charity and the Alzheimer’s Society. The popular staff challenge has, so far, raised an incredible £26,000 for the 2 charities. Over 100 staff members from the business took
Jamie Lane, a partner at Saffery Champness Chartered Accountants, specialises in supporting growth business. He discusses how to prepare for financial due diligence when selling your business. Q. What is financial due diligence and why do I need to prepare for it? Financial due diligence is one of the key elements of the process of
The final Dorset Business Angels (DBA) pitch event of 2019 took place in Bournemouth. Over 20 businesses had applied for the prestigious opportunity to pitch in the Dragon’s Den type forum to the Angels. The pitch proposals were whittled down and just 5 businesses had the opportunity to impress and make their mark on the
Bournemouth Pier have launched a special discounted 2 month pre-Christmas offer on LED screen advertising, with significant discounts available. Bournemouth Pier Marketing Manager Sarah Hunter advised, “We are offering businesses a fantastic opportunity to showcase their businesses and their special deals to a huge, captive audience. Bournemouth welcomes over 6 million visitors to the beach
Dorset Business Angels (DBA) have announced the date for their next investors’ pitch event which will take place on Monday 28th October at the Hallmark Hotel Bournemouth Carlton and is urging potential investors to book a place at the popular event. Businesses pitch in a Dragon’s Den type forum, in a bid to grab the attention
Gales Solicitors is taking part in the national initiative ‘Free Wills Month’. The scheme, which takes place every October, is backed by charities and solicitors ask their clients to consider leaving a donation to a chosen cause when they die. The Free Wills Month campaign is aimed at people aged 55 and over. Wills &
Dorset based Barker, the largest domestic laundry in the UK and a leading specialists Dry Cleaner, is making a bold commitment to reduce ‘single use’ plastic by 90%. Their impressive eco mission is well under way, having converted nearly all of its domestic laundry customers to long lasting Barker laundry boxes over the last 2
