Business

A JOBS fair will be held later this month to help fill the recruitment gap facing businesses in the New Forest.

HOW the luxury Chewton Glen Hotel coped with the coronavirus pandemic will be shown in a Channel Four show being broadcast Sunday night.

DOUBLE H nurseries in New Milton has created 42 new jobs after establishing an online business which helped save it during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A FATHER’S idea to help his kids stave off boredom during lockdown has led to the creation of a new board game which is set to go on the market.

A NEW plan has been unveiled by a business partnership hoping to kickstart the region's economic recovery from the pandemic.

DISCOUNT supermarket chain Lidl has promised to create around 40 new jobs as it prepares to move into a unit at Christchurch Retail Park.

A STAFF crisis has hit the New Forest hospitality industry as it attempts to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism chiefs have warned.

TOWN centres in the New Forest could be transformed, with empty shops turned into homes, it has emerged.

OBJECTORS to plans to allow the Noisy Lobster in Mudeford to sell takeaway alcohol have been accused of making unfair “doomsday predictions”.

INDOOR facilities across the New Forest will be able to welcome customers again from Monday, which has been welcomed by business leaders.

NEW Forest holidaymakers can branch out this summer with new treehouses which have finally opened in Shorefield Country Park woodland.

BURLEY Wagon Rides is under threat after 45 years following complaints by 12 home owners in the village that it is invading their privacy.

Children will be able to bring home free books from Morrisons thanks to new swap stations.

FOR those looking for affordable luxury as the evenings draw out, a river cruise followed by dinner on the water is sure to be just the ticket.

THE contentious application by a Mudeford seafront restaurant for the sale of alcohol from its takeaway hatch will be determined next week.

FAST food firm McDonald’s has put forward proposals to open its second restaurant in Christchurch.

A FORDINGBRIDGE landlady has criticised dozens of customers who failed to show without cancelling across Saturday night.

DISCOUNT chain Home Bargains is seeking permission to extend its store into the neighbouring unit at Christchurch Retail Park.

A RINGWOOD software development company has seen its staff numbers more than double over the course of pandemic lockdown.

SOPLEY farmer Dan Tanner and his team of pickers are busy harvesting one of the nation's favourite spring vegetables ready to sell in his shop.