Business

Lyndhurst’s Prezzo is among 46 UK branches set to shut its doors.

A developer has lost its latest appeal in an effort to drop plans for a £1m footbridge linking Lymington Shores to the centre of town.

A Former police officer has hit out at the force’s lack of response after thieves targeted her Lymington sweet shop.

Christchurch businesses have been warned to beware of a bogus fire service publication selling advertising.

A New Milton café has opened its doors to host free community get-togethers with weekly board game events, wellbeing sessions and a veterans club.

A care home has been downgraded after an inspection found medicines were not properly stored and accidents not always appropriately reported.

THE Lamb Inn at Winkton has been taken over by well-known chef Colin Nash, who ran the kitchen at The Three Tuns pub in Bransgore for 16 years.

Thousands of rural properties and businesses across the New Forest are to benefit from a government-funded project to roll-out high-speed broadband.

A pub at Hinton Admiral – currently closed for a £2m refurb – has announced its reopening date.

Important social interaction will also be lost, a leading charity has warned.

The chair of Beaulieu’s National Motor Museum, Christopher Macgowan OBE, is stepping down after more than two decades as one of the charity trustees.

A Lymington hat-maker’s talents are starring in the BBC’s new adaption of Great Expectations.

A Hordle business has launched a bid to avoid having to take down extensions to its cafe and car park that were built without permission.

Development of Dibden Bay into a giant container terminal is “many years away”, Associated British Ports has said.

The director of a long-running family yacht marina in Christchurch was found dead two months after the site went on the market.

A new restaurant and cocktail bar, The Priory, has been opened in Christchurch by gin maker Will Phillips and his partner Charlotte Wells.

Hungry drivers parking on zig-zags outside New Milton’s new major pizza takeaway branch are warned they could face a higher bill than expected.

Natwest has confirmed it is to close its branch in Christchurch due to a lack of footfall and a rise in customers using mobile banking.

The A&T was "highly commended" at the Newspaper Awards in London as it was pipped to the post for the title of Local Weekly Newspaper of the Year.

Drinkers have been shocked by the sudden closure of the White Hart pub in Pennington.