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Finance firmwins £15m contract with supermarket

Chandlery sails into new hands

A FAMILY-run Lymington yacht chandlery has been sold to a Hampshire marine group. Nick Cox Yacht Chan- dler, situated at the heart of Lymington Yacht Haven, has been owned and operated by Matt and Liz Evans since 2005. It took its name from the previous owner Nick Cox who ran the business from 1985 until his death. The Nick Cox name will contin- ue following the purchase by SeaFront Marine Group. Matt will remain as general manager, while Liz becomes operations manager of Sea- Front across all its retail businesses. “We have grown Nick Cox steadily over the past dec- ades,” said Liz, “and it was time to take it to the next level. With SeaFront Marine

Group, Nick Cox is in safe hands, and we are pleased to be part of a bigger venture and a bright future.” SeaFront director Richard Besse said: “We recognised Nick Cox Yacht Chandler as a family-run business that makes customer care and ex- pert knowledge its number one priority. These attributes are very much suited to the ethos of SeaFront Marine. It just felt like a really good fit.” He added: “The acquisi- tion is in line with the group’s growth strategy of seeking out marine retail and distri- bution businesses in strate- gic locations and enabling them to benefit from our management structure and expertise. “SeaFront Marine Group is privately funded and we view our portfolio businesses as long term assets.”

A RINGWOOD firm has won a £15m contract to help a super- market chain deliver Christ- mas joy. Dawsongroup Finance will supply trucks and trailers to the supermarket – which it hasn’t named – to expand its delivery capacity over the fes- tive period. The finance company says it expects an “unprecedented” demand for Christmas e-com- merce delivering and material handling. Kevin Wills, commercial director of Dawsongroup Fi- nance, said: “After a turbulent year, this Christmas trading period is more important than ever for businesses. “We can help businesses get what they need. It might be new trucks, cold stores, or the latest material handling tech- nology to ensure their ware- houses keep running at opti-

The firm’s Ringwood HQ

mum capacity.” Despite the economic down- turn, it has been a busy year for Dawsongroup Finance, with some sectors seeing up to 15% growth, a large recruitment drive doubling their head- count, and the launch of a new website. Kevin added: “The work we’ve done this year, and the support we’ve been able to of- fer businesses big and small, is testament to the quality of what we do.

Ballard pupils Jack Carter and Lola Gray with the school’s head of business studies Jo Hatton

Pupils’ fresh plan for food company

Town heating firm closes after 54 years

NEW Milton company D & R M Burgess has ceased trad- ing after 54 years following the sudden death of well-known heating engineer James Bur- gess. The heating firm, which served customers across the Forest, was started by James’ father Derrick. As reported in the A&T, James (49) died in

August after suffering a heart attack at his parent’s home. James’s mother Rita Burgess said: “We have been contacted by so many people offering their condolences, which has been very kind. We would just like to take this opportunity to thank our many loyal customers past and present for their years of support.”

Snow – who were so impressed they decided to use two of the strategies. Carolyn said she was “abso- lutely astounded” by the plans. “It was like they’d been put forward by professional con- sultants, rather than GCSE pu- pils. They were so good that we just had to use them. They are packed with fresh and exciting ideas that we never would have thought of.” The initiative came from Bal- lard’s head of business studies Jo Hatton. Jo is also a region - al education consultant for LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) which works with farmers, the food industry, and consumers, to inspire and enable sustainable farming. It was through this that Ballard School chose Avon Organics. The marketing proposals came from Lola Gray and Jack

Carter, who received Amazon vouchers from LEAF. Jo said: “We are working with a number of local businesses to enhance the students’ un- derstanding of the real word, demonstrating that you can apply the theory is a massive benefit, not just to learning, but also for future employment. “All of the pupils who took part loved having the opportu- nity to tie everything from the marketing module together, and present to and hear feed- back from an actual business, rather than just a teacher. “We had such great feedback on all of the marketing plans that were pitched by the pupils. The two selected presentations were commended for their clear research and the interesting marketing ideas relating to search engines and online re- views.”

PUPILS taking GCSE business studies at a New Milton school have helped shape marketing plans for a Ringwood food firm. The Year 11 students at Bal- lard School delivered a full marketing scheme for Avon Or- ganics, a family-run agricultural business which provides organ- ic beef, lamb, eggs and vegeta- ble boxes. Each pupil was asked to identify marketing goals, an- alyse competitors, and create a strategy of marketing ideas. These were then presented to the owners, Chris and Carolyn Firm adopts marketing ideas from students in business studies class BY LYNDON HOGG

Budget flights cut

From left: directors of SeaFront Marine Group Simon Sheehan and Richard Besse, general manager of Nick Cox Yacht Chandler Matt Evans, and operations manager of SeaFront Liz Evans

BUDGET airline Ryanair has been forced to wield the axe to more than half the flights it runs from Bournemouth Air- port this winter amid the coro- navirus pandemic. The cancellation of planes to Dublin, Malta and Prague means its weekly flights from the Hurn airport will reduce

from 19 to nine. Ryanair’s Group CEO Mi- chael O’Leary said it was “inevitable” Ryanair would implement more unpaid leave and job sharing at affected bas- es. He added: “This is a better short-term outcome than mass job losses.”

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