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Wednesday 20 May 2020

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Frontier Developments boosted by lockdown gaming

Lockdown has led to a surge in demand for titles published by Cambridge video game company Frontier Developments, with operating profit and revenues for its latest financial year to to be ahead of previous guidance.
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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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Deals

Business expo changes hands

The organiser of a business exhibition in Northamptonshire has acquired a counterpart in Leicester.
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Covid-19 lending schemes reach £22bn milestone

The banking and finance industry has approved more than £22bn in loans to more than half a million businesses through the three major government-backed lending schemes.
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£40m investment boost for cutting-edge start-ups

Innovative businesses and start-ups are set to benefit from a £40m government investment to drive forward new technological advances.
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Business

New chairman at Aviva

Insurance giant Aviva - which has operations in Norwich - has named its new chairman, who was previously chief financial officer at Lloyds Banking Group and RSA.
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easyJet customer details accessed in cyber attack

Budget airline easyJet has been the target of a "highly sophisticated" cyber attack, with the email addresses and travel details of about nine million customers accessed along with more than 2,000 credit card details.
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Avacta signs agreement for Covid-19 test

Avacta Group has struck an exclusive distribution agreement with a new company established by a pair of Boohoo founder shareholders for direct-to-consumer sales of a saliva-based rapid test for the Covid-19 antigen. The development is considered to be a "major step forward" in the fight against the disease.
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Jobs lost as luggage brand appoints administrators

More than 160 jobs have been lost at a well-known luggage brand, which has called in administrators after it was hit by the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on its retail stores and international travel.
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M&S profits hit by Covid-19 impact

Marks & Spencer has reported a period of "substantial progress and change" in its full-year results, but Covid-19 pandemic has led to a drop in pre-tax profit of more than 20 per cent.
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Property

Permission granted for Beds village homes

Detailed plans for a housing scheme in a central Bedfordshire village have been approved.  
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EMW acts for Barwood on land purchase

EMW has acted for Barwood Capital on its acquisition of a site in Woking.
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Manufacturing

Rolls-Royce confirms plans to cut at least 9,000 jobs

Rolls-Royce has confirmed plans to cut at least 9,000 jobs from its global workforce in a bid to save more than £1.3bn because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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