Business

THE creation of a supermarket chain’s new branch in a landmark Barton building is finally set to resume after a year-long legal wrangle.

ALL jobs at seven local McColl's branches have been saved after Morrisons won a battle to buy the chain.

A MAJOR retailer with seven local stores, including three in New Milton, has entered administration, bosses have confirmed.

SANDY Balls holiday park in Fordingbridge has opened a new shop and deli packed with a huge range of regional and sustainable culinary delights.

THREE New Forest firms walked away with golden gongs at a glittering awards do celebrating the best in the south.

PROBLEMS with customers fighting, swearing and vomiting should stop a Christchurch "party pub" being allowed to erect an outside bar, say neighbours.

NEW rules stopping New Forest landowners from launching pop-up campsites without permission have been labelled “heavy-handed” by one operator.

IT was not just any Thursday morning for New Milton shoppers as they flocked to the long-awaited opening of the new Marks & Spencer Foodhall.

A NEW fine dining restaurant set up by former Hotel TerraVina head chef Gavin Barnes has opened in Lymington.

THE doors of New's Milton Marks & Spencer will open at 10am on Thursday 21st April, the company has revealed.

BASHLEY butcher and farm shop owner Paul Brolan has been crowned at this year's British Pie Awards at Melton Mowbray.

A COUPLE who run a pub in Ashurst have been left with a £5,650 court bill and restrictions on outdoor music events after challenging a noise notice.

MOURNERS are promised a “peaceful” local place to say goodbye to their loved ones as the New Forest Crematorium opens in New Milton.

MICROGREENS have long been a staple in fancy restaurants, but a Sway couple are pushing to make the superfood a go-to in kitchens across the Forest.

THE sale has been announced of Pig Hotels, the collection of boutique sites across the south which began in the New Forest.

ACTIVISTS from Extinction Rebellion have blocked an entrance to the Fawley refinery this morning (Friday) as part of a nationwide protest.

THE UK commercial director of DP World has resigned from the board of Solent Freeport in the wake of the backlash over the mass sackings.

A RESTORED Victorian ice house, a reimagined estate cottage and an old dairy were among the projects recognised in the NPA's Building Design Awards.

SENIOR district councillors have said they are powerless to do anything to stop more bank branches shut after the latest raft of local closures.

CONTROVERSY over the sacking of P&O Ferries staff could scupper a major firm’s potential involvement in the Solent Freeport, it has emerged.