Award-winning restaurant in Beaminster to close amid rising costs

An award-winning restaurant is to close amid increasing costs and overheads.The Ollerod in Beaminster, Dorset, will continue as a hotel and pub, which owner Silvana Bandini said was the "only feasible option".She said increases in utilities, food prices and staff costs - including increases to the minimum wage - had left the whole hospitality industry "on its knees".The Department for Business and Trade said the…