Government’s decision to end temporary protection for company directors means they face legal action if their business is seriously struggling but they don’t cease trading.
Labour warns ending this protection means we are now in the “calm before the storm” and likely to see insolvencies snowball. Government’s failure to prevent...
Citizens Advice Dorset and Dorset Council are encouraging people with employment concerns as a result of COVID-19 to reach out and seek advice as soon as possible.
Citizens Advice Dorset has helped over 1,000* people with employment issues since lockdown, a 35% increase compared to the same period last year....
Debenhams's owners have begun drawing up plans for the liquidation of the 242-year-old department store chain in a move that could trigger the single-biggest jobs cull of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sky News has learnt that Debenhams has appointed Hilco Capital, which specialises in helping to wind down distressed retail businesses,...
Offices may be closed but workplace sexism is still thriving - with women being told to dress "sexier" and wear make up for video calls, according to a new survey.
The figures from employment law firm Slater and Gordon showed 35% of women had experienced at least one sexist workplace...
Stand-first: HMRC report highlights uptake of job retention and self-employed support schemes across Dorset
HMRC has reported to Dorset LEP that since the launch of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), over 123,000 jobs in Dorset have been supported.
In March, Dorset LEP allocated additional...
Following government guidelines, on Monday 15 June many of Dorset’s shops will be re-opening for business, and they need your support.
Most shops and high streets across the county have been closed since the government introduced lockdown measures in order to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Now that restrictions have started...
There is an irony here given the rhetoric at the last two elections but the 'magic money tree' has come good in Dorset.
Dorset Council has today (11 June) reached a milestone at having paid out more than £100 million to just over 8000 small businesses in the county.
The council...
Bournemouth will join a pioneering movement across the UK that promises to revolutionise the country’s digital economy.
The Smart Place Pilot project is an opportunity for Dorset to lead a 5G connectivity revolution, pioneering innovation, creating jobs, boosting the local economy and delivering technology which will provide social and health benefits. The...
Devastating news as Dorchester based local radio station to amalgamate with 49 other radio stations to become 'Greatest Hits Radio'.
The majority of the local radio licences bought by Bauer from UKRD, Wireless, Lincs FM and Celador last year will become Greatest Hits Radio from later this year under plans...
The Treasury and the Bank of England have today announced that the names of companies being bailed out through the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) will be made public, and conditions will be attached, following pressure from research and campaign group Positive Money.
The CCFF allows investment-grade companies to sell...
