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Grtichie beers will no longer be available once stocks run out, it is understood

Guy Ritchie’s brewery ‘closing’ and will cease to be once stocks run out

GRITCHIE – the Wiltshire-based brewery started by Hollywood film director Guy Ritchie – is understood to be shutting down. Based…

Cutting edge equipment at workshop auction in Frome

SPECIALIST industry workshop equipment will be going under the hammer this weekend. More than 100 items are up for grabs,…

Lidl is on the lookout for sites in Sherborne for a new supermarket... Picture: Lidl GB

Lidl on the lookout for sites in Sherborne for new supermarket

SUPERMARKET giant Lidl is on the lookout for a new store location in Sherborne. The cut-price food chain has launched…

Yapp Brothers is on the move from The Old Brewery in Mere. Picture: Google

Mere wine merchants Yapp Brothers to move to Somerset

RENOWNED Mere-based win merchants Yapp Brothers is on the move – to neighbouring Somerset. The firm, which has been in…

Sophie at the new Shaftesbury cafe as work continues

Sophie’s Ceramics Pottery Cafe announces expansion to Shaftesbury

A POPULAR blend of coffee, cake and painting pottery is heading to Shaftesbury. Sophie’s Ceramics Pottery Cafe, in Blandford’s Greyhound…

The Royal British Legion Club, in Bath Road, Sturminster Newton, will move if the site is sold. Picture: Google

Sturminster Newton RBL Club shuts down – for now…

THE Royal British Legion Club in Sturminster Newton has closed after more than a century serving punters. Drinkers toasted the…

Judges at the launch of the 2024 Dorset Business Awards. Picture: Dorset Chamber

Entries open for prestigious Dorset Business Awards 2024: How to enter

NOMINATIONS are open for the 2024 Dorset Business Awards. The event, organised by the Dorset Chamber, aims to recognise the…

The popular Kitchen at Blandford restaurant, in Salisbury Street. Picture: Google

Popular Blandford eatery announces changes in bid to avoid ‘burn out’

A POPULAR Blandford restaurant is cutting hours of kitchen service in a bid to stave off burn out. The Kitchen…

The market was held monthly in Market Place, Blandford. Picture: Google

Blandford Farmers’ and Makers’ Market will NOT run in future

A MONTHLY market in Blandford will no longer take place, organisers have said. The Blandford Forum Farmers’ & Makers’ Market…

West Dorset MP Chris Loder welcomed Kemi Badenoch to the county this week

Business secretary Kemi Badenoch in Dorset for chamber Q&A

DORSET firms got the chance to hear about government policy from the Secretary of State herself this week. Business and…