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865 Dorset Firms Closed in Six Months: MP Wants VAT Cut
865 Dorset businesses closed and 790 opened from January to June, ONS figures show. Vikki Slade MP wants a hospitality VAT cut in the coming Budget.
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Christmas
Dorset pantomimes 2026: Cinderella at Weymouth from 19 Dec
Cinderella at Weymouth Pavilion runs 19 December to 2 January, adults £22 to £25. Jack and the Beanstalk at the Tivoli, Wimborne, is 12 December to 3 January.
Christmas
Santa in Dorset 2026: Swanage trains 28 Nov to Christmas Eve
Swanage Railway's Yuletide Express runs on 12 dates from 28 November to Christmas Eve, £29.95 a seat; Kingston Lacy Santa £15.50; Abbotsbury grotto from 5 Dec.
Christmas
Kingston Lacy Christmas 2026: late nights to 7.30pm on 4 and 5 Dec
Kingston Lacy's Starlit Christmas Ball runs 21 November to 3 January with admission, no booking; late openings to 7.30pm on 4 and 5 December. Santa from £15.50.