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Friday 22 May 2020

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Contract manufacturer secures IGF backing

A contract manufacturer for the health and beauty market has secured a £5.9m package from Independent Growth Finance (IGF).
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Business Matters: Time to implement recovery plans

John Stevenson of EMC Management Consultants says it's time to ‘sink or swim’ - do not give up, now's the time to focus on the future and go on the offensive if you want to restore growth to your business.
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Deals

Crop health specialist snapped up by The Milbank Group

A Kent-based developer of crop health formulations has been snapped up by The Milbank Group. East of England law firm Birketts advised on the deal.
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Audio products firm gets loan backing

A supplier of wireless WiFi and Bluetooth ceiling speakers, garden speakers, TV mounts and accessories has secured a finance package from Santander UK and the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
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£40m Clean Growth Fund launches

A £40m initiative designed to support green start-up companies across the UK has launched.
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Ask the expert: Can a temperature screening system help with staff and customer confidence?

Gary Harmer, sales director at Hikvision UK & Ireland, says innovative technological approaches like temperature screening will be crucial in enhancing confidence in workplace and public safety – but potential users need to be aware of issues around their implementation, and realistic in their expectations about performance.
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Business

Job cuts at Clarks as part of strategy to revitalise historic brand

Historic shoe brand Clarks has announced plans to make 160 redundancies in its global operations, including 108 at its headquarters in Somerset, as part of a new strategy which will involve about 700 job losses over the next 18 months.
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First supply deal in place for potential Covid-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca has agreed an initial deal to supply "at least" 400 million doses of its potential Covid-19 vaccine, which it is developing in partnership with the University of Oxford.
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Portsmouth International Port installs temperature scanners

Portsmouth International Port has installed thermal temperature scanners to screen passengers.
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Begbies Traynor revenues set to hit £70m

Revenues at Begbies Traynor are expected to rise to £70m with the company believing it is "well placed" despite the ongoing epidemic.
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easyJet to resume flights next month

easyJet has announced plans to resume a "small number" of flights from 15 June 2020.
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Ecocleen expands capabilities

Commercial contract cleaning company Ecocleen has invested in its its sanitisation and specialist deep clean capabilities.
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Property

Property investor sells warehouse for almost £3m

A property investment company has sold an industrial warehouse for almost £3m.
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Mike Ashley moves to reopen stores

The company behind brands including Sports Direct and House of Fraser has revealed its stores could reopen from 1 June.
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Manufacturing

Production restarts at all Bombardier’s UK train factories

Bombardier has confirmed that all of its UK train factories are back up and running.
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