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Thursday 26 November 2020

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Digital strength and Asian growth lift Mulberry

Revenue fell by 29 per cent in the first-half of Mulberry's financial year, but the luxury brand hailed the growth it had achieved in Asian markets and a robust digital performance despite challenging international conditions. The Somerset-based business celebrates its 50th anniversary next year.
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Ask the experts: 5G – building the infrastructure of the future, today

Fotis Karonis, chief technology innovation officer at BT Enterprises, examines how 5G will shape the future of business.
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Healthcare tech company obtains SWIG Finance funding

An Exeter-based business that creates technology for hospitals and healthcare has secured debt funding through SWIG Finance.
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Up to £75m secured by Olympus Power

Olympus Power has secured up to £75m of funding to install hundreds of commercial rooftop solar arrays across the UK in a deal which was supported by PKF Francis Clark’s specialist energy and infrastructure team.
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Investment to support EV charging company’s roll-out plans

An electric vehicle (EV) charging company is set to accelerate the roll-out of charging points across the country after securing a £1.5m investment.
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Kingsway Asset Finance accredited for CBILS lending

Kingsway Asset Finance has been accredited as a new lender for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) by the British Business Bank.
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Business Matters: Explore an acquisitive growth strategy with private equity backing

Dewi Hughes, head of LDC for the South West and Wales, says while the pandemic has forced many business leaders to re-evaluate their plans, management teams the private equity firm speaks with are actively exploring avenues to build resilience and scale their businesses. An appetite to grow through acquisition is one of the things LDC is seeing.
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Business

Imagining the city of tomorrow at online forum

How has the pandemic accelerated the shift to future cities, strategically designed with an emphasis on wellbeing, the circular economy, the importance of the public realm and connectivity?
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Business events sector welcomes post-lockdown return

The business events industry has welcomed the news that the sector will be allowed to reopen following the end of lockdown under the government's revised tier system.
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Mixed response to Chancellor’s Spending Review

Business leaders have reached to Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spending Review.
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Business Matters: The boardroom ‘show and tell’

Steve Gaskell, executive coach and boardroom facilitator at ActionCOACH, looks at the important role the boardroom plays.
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Property

Whistl agrees deal for new Bristol depot

Delivery business Whistl is to move to a new 78,000 sq ft depot in Bristol in 2021, with 170 staff transferring to the site which is currently under development. The Bristol Parkway depot will be used for the company’s business mail and parcel collection and sortation operations for the South West.
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Stover Trading Estate industrial units attracting interest

Newly refurbished industrial units at Stover Trading Estate in Yate are attracting interest, according to letting agent Knight Frank, with two of the six already under offer.
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Revenue nears £200m for housebuilder’s third quarter

Revenue increased to almost £200m during the third quarter of a national housebuilder's financial year, new figures have revealed.
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Manufacturing

Rolls-Royce signs Hinckley Point C deal

Engineering giant Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Hinkley Point C.
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Work begins on 180-acre development

Work has started on site on a 180-acre mixed-use development of the M5 in Gloucestershire.
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NeedHelp acquired by Screwfix parent

Kingfisher, the parent company of Yeovil-based Screwfix and B&Q, has acquired NeedHelp, a European home improvement services marketplace, for about €10m.
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Mears shareholdrers back disposal

Shareholders have backed housing and social care provider Mears proposed sale of TerraQuest Solutions, a land and planning services specialist which works with a wide range of customers, notably the National Planning Portal. The deal is set to complete next month.
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