Briefing meetings have recently been held with two Dorset MPs – Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, and Bob Walter, MP for North Dorset – to update them on how Dormen is supporting local businesses.
They heard about the programme from Kevin Poulton, East Dorset District Council’s Economic Generation Manager, Camilla Trimble, who [...]
Dormen client Full-VideoSolutions, a corporate and education video production company, has won a prestigious ‘Stevie’ Award for the Best Motivational Video at the 2008 International Business Awards. Award winners were selected from over 1,700 entries from 30 countries.
The winning video Glass Artist is one of ten commissioned by the Science Council for their secondary education project [...]
The Video Case Studies on the Dormen website have proved so popular that a number of new ones have now been added. They show over 20 Dormen clients and mentors talking about their experiences, and the benefits, of mentoring.
Vivian Dunn, Dormen’s Programme Manager, said “I am delighted that people have found the videos so useful and [...]
Most kids are bundles of energy and they need to need to work that off. Kids also need exercise for their personal development and good health. So there needs to be someone who can provide kids with suitable exercise and related activities in a sensible and safely managed way. FitKid started 18 years ago to [...]
Over the last few weeks, a number of Dorset businesses, which have Dormen mentors, have been recognised in some of this year’s Business Award ceremonies. They include:
Open4Business Awards – The Small Business Award was won by Cathy Warne of Catward Draughting Ltd in Weymouth, who is mentored by Geoff Mullis.
Bournemouth Tourism Awards – The Transport Initiative [...]
Poole’s MP, Robert Syms, visited the Dormen office recently to hear about the Dorset Business Mentoring programme and offer his support. Also present at the meeting was Peter Wheelhouse, Economic Development Manager, Borough of Poole.
Dormen, the Dorset Business Mentoring Programme, which provides free one-to-one mentoring support for small businesses across Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole, is celebrating its 3rd birthday. Since its launch at the end of 2005, it has helped to improve the local economy and many of its clients report sales growth of over 20% as well as [...]
Dormen – Dorset Business Mentoring – launched its new website today at www.dormen.org.uk. The website updates the one that has been used for the last three years, since Dormen started in 2005, and provides a number of new facilities for clients and mentors alike.
“I’m delighted with the flexibility and ease of use that the new [...]
