LOCAL entrepreneur Phill McGowan has bought a majority stake in a London-based website and multi-media training developer. The deal involves TD Multimedia which creates bespoke commercial websites and training software for companies and is embarking on
CONVENIENCE store retailer Alldays saw its shares plunge 20 per cent yesterday as it revealed it was trying to secure more bank loans to pay for its franchise buy-up plan. Alldays began buying up some of its 500 franchise stores in June as part of a plan
CLOSER links look set to be forged between business, sporting and tourism interests in Hampshire with Thailand following a visit to the county by members of the Thai government. They were hosted by Hampshire County Council and Southampton University.
TOP musicians will be jetting across the Atlantic and heading for Eastleigh tomorrow for a star-studded jazz showcase. The Concorde Club in Stoneham Lane has become the annual stage for the crme de la crme of visiting jazz artistes. The Anglo-American
A FULL investigation is to be carried out after a 1,000 pound bomb was dropped while being unloaded at a Hampshire military base yesterday. Although the bomb was in no danger of exploding the accident sparked a major emergency operation which saw 100civilian
AN UNLOVED and grey part of Southampton city centre is exploding into colour as local people bring it back to life. The Rope Walk Community Gardens in St Mary's lies between the neighbourhood advice centre in Derby Road and the Argyle Centre. Until two
DEAN RICHARDS is battling to be fit to make his home league debut for Saints in tomorrow's sell-out clash against Leeds. The new centre-back was unable to train yesterday after hurting an ankle in a crunching slide tackle on Moustapha Hadji in Saturday's
ELLEN MacARTHUR'S Kingfisher became the fourth maxi trimaran to complete the Fastnet Race last night, finishing the 610-mile course after less than 48 hours at sea. The Isle of Wight yachtswoman was beaten by Fujicolour and Broceliande who both crossed
WITH the new Premiership season having just kicked off, Southampton Football Club is determined to play champions Manchester United at their own game - both on and off the pitch. The Saints are always likely to pull off a shock and beat the Red Devils
HI-TECH expertise in Southampton has tempted French firm Bureau Veritas on to the acquisition trail this side of the Channel. The French company has just bought engineering and management consultancy ATL Consulting Group. Based in The Avenue at Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON City College is raising the curtain on a new campus theatre available for use by community groups. The 176-seat venue opens for the academic year next month thanks to an £80,000 cash injection from the city's regeneration project. College
A TALENTED Southampton teenager has scooped first prize in a competition to design a cycle safety poster - but she doesn't know it yet. Ruth Williams, who is aged 13, bowled over the judges with this clever design but forgot to put her address on the
GET you're kit off for the girls! That's the catch phrase for these hunks. Their raunchy antics are causing a stir among the female fraternity as well as coining in hundreds of pounds for charity. The five, actually four New Forest careworkers and a Southampton
A STOREMAN had to be rescued by firefighters after becoming locked inside a giant freezer at a Southampton food firm. Robert Beard spent a terrifying 15 minutes shivering inside the walk-in chiller at Eurofoods on Swaythling's Orion business park yesterday
PLANS to close and privatise Southampton old people's homes have been scrapped, the Daily Echo can reveal. The future of two council run homes had been in jeopardy as social services bosses tried to slash £3 million off its budget. But now the cash will
THE green pressure group formed to save Winchester's Barton Farm from potential housing development is looking for more supporters. The Save Barton Farm Group, formed from residents concerned about future development on the site, already has the backing
bFIREFIGHTERS working at Titchfield's doomed station have begun job-hunting, following the decision to axe the service. The retained station, which is manned by a 14-strong team, had its fate sealed last month when the Home Office announced changes in
NEW MILTON engineer David Hicks aims to leave the leading club manufacturers green with envy as he springs his Ultimate Putter on to the game of golf. The revolutionary new putter has inter-changeable weights which can be fitted into the toe and heel
SOUTHAMPTON Running Club made a brilliant debut at the Asics National Triathlon Relays. But they will be looking at the narrow margin that netted them silver in the veterans' championship and wondering what could have been if they had found an extra ten
