Business

A Ringwood couple who went on Dragons’ Den with their invention to make beds longer for taller people say it gave a “huge boost” to their business.

A popular Christchurch warehouse full of stalls selling crafts, antiques and vintage goods may be demolished to make way for flats.

Ringwood residents have a post office in the town centre again after a branch was officially reopened at Lunns art shop and newsagents.

But Mike Tandy, who has been at the site since he was 14, has a funny idea of retirement.

Christchurch residents have continued to bombard objections against plans for two drive-through restaurants on a busy town roundabout.

A pub at the edge of Christchurch currently undergoing a £2m refurb is holding a recruitment day before its big reopening.

An iconic New Forest hotel on the market since June last year for £12.5m has now been withdrawn from sale.

The A&T has been shortlisted for a national prize in the annual Newspaper Awards.

Plans for two drive-through takeaways on a busy roundabout in Christchurch have drawn a raft of objections from local residents.

An application to allow a new McDonald’s in Christchurch to serve refreshments from 11pm to 5am has been granted.

A load of old rope donated by Wightlink ferries from its operation at Lymington is being given a new use – by a group of monkeys.

A new McDonald’s in Christchurch will play classical music to “scare people away” if they start causing trouble during night-time opening.

A businessman who ran Highcliffe Castle tearooms for 17 years before losing the contract is back after winning the rights for a temporary cafe there.

The only plant-based cafe in Christchurch is wary of being associated with veganism.

A landmark hotel at the gateway to Brockenhurst is seeking permission to keep a tented dining area created during the pandemic.

Regional carrier Flybe, which operates out of Southampton, has ceased trading and all scheduled flights have been cancelled.

Alan Bartlett promised himself that he'd never be working at 67 – so he closed the doors to his popular New Milton butchers aged 66 and 364 days.

The site of a family-owned marina in Christchurch is on the market for the first time in more than 100 years.

Christchurch's Sainsbury's is set to lose its pharmacy.

A Christchurch business group has called for compensation for traders as a music teacher revealed he lost £3,000 in six weeks thanks to roadworks.