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South West Thursday 23 September 2021

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TOP STORY Global group invests in managed services provider A Bath-based cloud managed services provider with 165 employees has secured investment from Crayon Group Holdings, a global IT services and innovation business. Read More

INSIDER FEATURE Ask the expert: How sustainable is your profit performance? Matthew Gard, regional managing partner at Azets, discusses key areas of the business to review for profit. Read More

DEALS CIOSIF backs investment round at AI specialist The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (CIOSIF) has made a £100,000 equity investment in a Newquay-based artificial intelligence (AI) company as part of a £200,000 deal. Read More Aston Lark acquires The Health Insurance Company Aston Lark, the insurance broker backed by Goldman Sachs, has agreed terms to acquire the clients of Bournemouth-based The Health Insurance Company. Read More Augean to be acquired in £390m deal following auction A takeover of Augean is set to be completed valuing the listed specialist waste and resource management group at about £390m following completion of an auction to decide the successful bidder. Read More

INSIDER FEATURE Ask the expert: How to get the media interested in what you have to say Paul MacKenzie-Cummins, founder and managing director of Clearly, says have you ever watched a TED talk and been impressed at how each speaker successfully sticks to the 18-minute time limit? There is a good reason for this, as TED curator Chris Anderson, founder of Bath-based magazine publisher, Future, explains. Read More

PROPERTY Speculative development lined up at Matford Green Business Park Eagle One has announced plans for a new unit of 23,900 sq ft to be built speculatively at Matford Green Business Park in Exeter. Read More HGP commits £300m of funding to SME and regional housebuilders The Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) has unveiled a new £300m fund for SME and regional housebuilders in the UK. Read More Equity raise supports raft of deals for Urban Logistics REIT Urban Logistics REIT has deployed or committed to deploy £88m on 771,748 sq ft of logistics units in six off-market transactions. This follows an equity raise of £109m in July. Read More

BUSINESS Regional and suburban focus to Pret’s UK expansion plans Pret A Manger has outlined plans to double the size of its business within the next five years, backed by a new £100m investment from JAB and Pret founder Sinclair Beecham. As part of the plan, Pret will expand its shop estate in the UK, with more than 200 shops due to be opened in the next two years, largely located in regional and suburban areas. Read More Trio of appointments for Strutt & Parker Land and property specialist Strutt & Parker has made a trio of appointments. Read More Record profits for DFS in full-year results Listed furniture retailer DFS has reported record underlying pre-tax profit in its full-year results. Read More

OTHER NEWS 2021 South West Top 500 Companies data - now available to order

MEMBER NEWS £220m to help big-emitting industries become greener Businesses in some of the UK’s most polluting and energy-intensive industries will be able to bid for a share of £220m in investment to help cut their carbon emissions and the costs of their energy bills, the UK Government has said. Read More Second drill rig added at United Downs drill programme Cornish Metalshas added a second drill rig to its ongoing drill programme at United Downs in Cornwall. Read More

UPCOMING EVENTS 12 Oct North Somerset Breakfast 2021 21 Oct Insider South West Property Awards 2021

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