Weymouth & Portland Chamber of Commerce

Dorset Echo Jobs Fair

Dave Fowler — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:20:40 +0000

Over 1,000 job seekers are expected to attend the Weymouth event at the Weymouth Pavilion Ocean Room on Thursday 21st June 2012.

Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership is launched – a new era for Dorset

Laura — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:33:04 +0000

The Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership was launched yesterday atLulworthCastlewith around 200 business representatives attending and a video address from Mark Prisk MP, Minister of State for Business Enterprise and Skills, and speeches from Tobias Ellwood MP, and members of the LEP board

‘Sustainable Business from the Sustainability Sector’

Laura — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:33:03 +0000

The Weymouth and Portland Chamber of Commerce is organising the first of a series of Manufacturing Events. These events will cover a number of topics to highlight manufacturing opportunities that can be exploited by businesses in South Dorset. The first of these events takes place on Tuesday 19th June and is sponsored by Lloyds TSB [...]

PORTLAND PORT PREPARE FOR BIGGEST CRUISE YEAR

Laura — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:54:49 +0000

Portland Port is gearing up for their biggest cruise season to date. Portland’s 2012 cruise calls start with a bang at the beginning of May, with a very exciting inaugural call from Royal Caribbean’s ‘Vision of the Seas’. The call will see around 2,000 passengers arrive at the port. Ian McQuade, General Manager (Commercial), said: [...]

Is your business ready for Facebook’s Timeline?

WPCC Member — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:53:43 +0000

There are just over two weeks to go now until Facebook will start showing the new Timeline version of your Facebook Business Fan Page. It's important to prepare for this and give consideration to just how it all works before the end of March deadline but at the very least you need to prepare a cover picture for your page.

Dorset landlords face tenancy deposit changes

WPCC Member — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:31:42 +0000

The landlords of thousands of privately rented properties across Dorset are being warned to act on new rules for protecting tenants’ deposits.

Open 4 Business Dorset Plans are underway for Award Season

Laura — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:08:46 +0000

The second meeting of the Open 4 Business Dorset Stakeholder group was held on 25th April 2012. This meeting was the second in a series of Stakeholder meetings which guide Open 4 Business Dorset towards its annual Awards programme. The Stakeholder group is chaired by WPBC and includes mainly private sector businesses, plus local Chambers [...]

PORTLAND PORT PREPARE FOR BIGGEST CRUISE YEAR

WPCC Member — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:58:46 +0000

Portland Port is gearing up for their biggest cruise season to date.

99 Days to go..

Dave Fowler — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:20:27 +0000

A video with more information about the London 2012 Sailing events coming to Weymouth and Portland.

Sailing To Success…

Laura — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:02:29 +0000

Sailing To Success Leadership & Team Development Programme on the Olympic Sailing Course. Weymouth Charters have joined forces with Sunsail , International yacht operators and team development experts The Colour Works to deliver their “Great Team-Working” Programme with the classroom being fabulous high-performance Sunsail F40 yachts and the open sea. Racing yachts provide a unique [...]