MILLIONS of pounds worth of investment is set to be ploughed into new businesses in the region with the creation of the first Enterprise Hubs in the south. New enterprise centres in Southampton and the Isle of Wight hubs are scheduled to lead the way
Two new area sales managers have been appointed by South Coast company Locators Storage Systems following a substantial increase in business and market share. Both managers have extensive sales experience, which will help further expand the company's
SOUTHAMPTON-based design and print company Cedar Press welcomed a new face to its existing team, with the addition of Mark Weeden to the marketing and sales department. Mark joins Cedar Press as marketing and sales assistant after finishing his marketing
A THIEF at Winchester Crown Court has been undone by his sweet tooth. His love for Maltesers enabled police to set a trap and film him swiping his favourite snack. For weeks, items had been disappearing from offices at one of the most prominent law courts
THEY WERE the best known family in the village. Not only did bus tours and children visit, but they also received Christmas cards from complete strangers. The popularity of the family, a mother, father and baby, was such that villagers adopted them as
THE HALF-SISTER of murdered Beatle John Lennon is pleading with American authorities to keep her brother's killer behind bars after hearing he could be eligible for parole today. Ingrid Pedersen, 55, of Chandler's Ford, said the moment she heard killer
ACTION may soon be taken to slow down traffic on a country lane where a Winchester animal lover has lost three cats in the past year. Norma Pratt, who runs a retriever rescue service, has offered to pay for speed humps to be installed outside her home
KEITH HAMILTON looks through past editions of the Echo and reviews the issues which made the headlines 50 years ago Film star Walter Pidgeon was among passengers who left Southampton for New York on board the liner Mauretania. Members of the Civil Defence
Basingstoke club professional Guy Shoesmith was denied victory in Royal Jersey Players Championship by one of the most astonishing finishes of the season on the PGA Southern Tour. Bill Hodkin, a teaching professional at Chelsfield Lakes in Orpington,
POMPEY manager Tony Pulis has another headache to worry about - an injury to central defender Linvoy Primus. The under-pressure Pompey boss learned that Primus is almost certain to miss Sunday's trip to Stockport after aggravating a thigh injury in Saturday's
WITH no national league action at the weekend, Solent Stars' youth squads kept busy with regional league and friendly matches while celebrating new financial support from the RAF club development scheme and Southampton City Council. Stars' under-18s gained
UNIONS and workers were bracing themselves for another round of job losses at the Woolston shipyard of shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft at Southampton today. Speculation was rife among 1,500 workers at the Victoria Road yard that meetings in the shipyard
HAMPSHIRE television celebrity Esther Rantzen popped into Southampton's new WestQuay shopping centre for a quick make-over yesterday. The former That's Life presenter, who lives at Bramshaw in the New Forest, met up with celebrity make-up artist John
SOUTHAMPTON-based Bowman Power Systems is spreading its wings with plans for expansion into Japan. The company, which makes microturbine co-generation systems, has joined forces with three of Japan's largest companies to form Bowman Japan. The new company's
AIR services at Southampton International Airport were thrown into disarray after a light plane crash-landed and blocked the main runway. Two inbound flights from Jersey and Guernsey were diverted to Bournemouth while another aircraft that had just left
These are the faces that stare down the decades and which form part of a nationally-important archive handed over to Southampton today. More than one million seafarers' records, including some crew members who survived the sinking of Titanic, are now
A VILLAGE school in the New Forest has a staff room for the first time since it was built in 1855. The addition to Burley Primary School is part of a £100,000 improvement package funded by Hampshire County Council. Other changes include a bigger library
SOUTHAMPTON's controversial deep-sea container port at Dibden Bay has already been constructed - in virtual reality. Associated British Ports, owners and operators of Southampton Docks, which lodged its formal planning application for the port development
A HAMPSHIRE baby with an agonising skin condition watched as a sailor set off on an 8,000-mile trip to raise money to help cure him. Ray Rhoades left from Shamrock Quay in Northam, Southampton, to sail to the Bermuda Triangle and back to raise cash for
FURIOUS Saints fans are getting shirty and are about to give the red-card to the club's decision to name the new stadium solely after a company. The club announced at the weekend that the new ground in St Mary's will be called the Friends Provident Stadium
Claus Lundekvam will miss the trip to Everton a week on Saturday after fracturing his cheekbone in the 3-1 home defeat by Middlesbrough. The Saints centre-back will need surgery tomorrow after taking an elbow in the side of the face as he jumped for a
