Nettlecombe has now got a defibrillator at the Marquis of Lorne. Locals have been learning how to use it in an emergency with South West Ambulance Service Responder, Kate Fisher.

The Anchor Inn at Seatown has won the 2015/16 Sawday’s Pub with Rooms award. Sawday's inspectors chose the Anchor from their collection of almost 2000 hand-picked special places to stay in Britain.

Profits from the Palmers Bar at Bridport Food Festival 2015 have been donated to Help For Heroes for the second year. Members of the Palmers Events Team have presented a cheque for £2318.40 to Mike Court, Dorset Co-ordinator Help For Heroes.

What is the link between selling stamps in the remote Scottish Highlands to pulling pints in a Dorset village? It’s all about the local community, says Marcel Gommers, the new landlord at the Royal Oak in Drimpton. The former village sub-postmaster in Cromarty and his wife Kitty are the new friendly faces behind the bar.

We're pleased to announce that Palmers have been granted full planning consent to regenerate The Three Cups site in Lyme Regis. Councillors voted unanimously in favour of our plans to preserve the historic building fronting on to Broad Street.

Tennis enthusiasts are looking forward to making use of their new clubhouse at the Cattistock Lawn Tennis Club after a donation from the Palmers Brewery Fund helps complete the refurbishment.