Twelve months like no other.

For us, 1,150 stories, more than 700,000 words and a 425 per cent year on year increase in our audience*.

And it comes down to this.

The Top 10 most viewed stories of 2020 on Dorset Biz News.

We’ve always prided ourselves on bringing you a varied selection of news items.

It’s reflected in the chart countdown of our most popular stories from the last 12 months.

Just click on the links, below, to re-read the original articles.

So, without further ado, roll the drums, sound the cymbals as – in true ‘Pick of the Pops’ fashion – we count down our Top 10 stories of 2020 in reverse order.

Not ‘arf!

#10 – Standby Sandbanks! Oriel to open its second café and restaurant on talked about peninsula

#9 – Tasty business as three generations of family invest £40,000 in new sandwich bar and café

#8 – New free app for hospitality sector created by entrepreneurs is hailed as “brilliant” by MP

#7 – He’s back! King of Thai (food that is) returns as award-winning restaurateur launches Nusara

#6 – Barney goes from refugee to businessman with 60-plus staff and £1m revenue in just ten years

#5 – Petrolhead Ty’s prize contest for ‘batmobile’ puts him on the road to new business venture

#4 – Udder-ly delicious! Taste of milk from farm’s new venture hailed as “like nothing on earth”

#3 – Bowie fan goes on a Fantastic Voyage with son after acquiring ‘dream’ record shop in Poole

#2 – World’s most famous ocean liner anchors off Dorset coast as Portland Port hit hard by crisis

…and our most viewed story of 2020:

#1 – Shock and sadness as coronavirus crisis leads to Beales Gourmet going into administration

Hundreds of people have been interviewed – and a similar number of businesses and organisations featured – on Dorset Biz News during the last 12 months.

Now we’re looking forward to doing it all over again in 2021.

And who knows – perhaps you could feature in our Top 10 countdown in 12 months’ time?

In the meantime, from all of us to all of you, a very Happy New Year.

* 4,480 unique users 30/12/19 v 19,147 unique users 30/12/20.

• Don’t forget to join us every Saturday on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter as we count down the week’s Top 5 most viewed stories. Our weekly Top 5 returns on Saturday January 9, 2021.