Today's South West business news from Insider |
Latest News | Plans for one of the world's largest Passvihaus student accommodation schemes in Bristol have been approved, with work set to begin on site this September.
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Tim Spooner, corporate finance director for KPMG in the South West, says the M&A market is booming. While 2020 was an unusual year for most sectors, since the easing of lockdown restrictions, it's fair to say that Covid-19 has accelerated a change in the market's approach. Both in the South West and across the country we're seeing deal activity moving at such pace that we're a long way ahead of where we were last year, with more deals in the pipeline than ever.
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Vectura, a Chippenham-based inhaled drug development specialist, looks set to be acquired by an international private equity giant after a £958m takeover deal was recommended to shareholders.
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The proposed £1bn acquisition of Spire Healthcare by counterpart Ramsay is set to help the companies to "take advantage of the opportunity for sustained growth in the £5.8bn UK private hospital sector".
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Specialist business advisory firm FRP has provided more details about its work on Brady Corporation's £42m acquisition of Magicard, a pioneer of ID card printing technologies. The deal provides an exit for private equity firm LDC.
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Amazon has agreed a deal to acquire Hollywood studio MGM, which counts some of the most popular films ever made among its catalogue, for a purchase price of $8.45bn.
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James Digby, director and head of HBD’s Bristol office, says recent figures demonstrating a resilient Q1 performance for Bristol’s office market - coupled with investment volumes reaching £85m (the highest quarterly total in the last year) - will come as little surprise to anyone involved in the city’s property industry.
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Many of the region's Most Exciting Companies have managed to stay ahead during the pandemic and the start of the recovery period thanks to their entrepreneurial mindset and capacity to continually reinvent themselves and their businesses. That was the conclusion of an expert panel at the latest Insider online forum event.
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South West firm Porter Dodson has appointed a new partner.
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In a year which has brought stormy seas for the food services industry to navigate, an unexpected rise in consumers looking for comfort foods such as Cornish clotted cream, has made it an unexpectedly successful time for Trewithen Dairy. David Clensy reports.
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Plymouth Science Park has welcomed Nurses Direct to its cohort of healthcare businesses.
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A new 202-bedroom Hampton by Hilton hotel in Bath has reached a milestone with a topping out ceremony ahead of its targeted opening in early 2022.
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Private rented sector owner manager G2M Group has secured a £25m finance facility from Paragon Bank to support its growth plans.
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Property consultancy Eddisons has launched a new team to support its public sector client base with nine appointments.
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Alun Price, head of security at Chorus, looks at eight ways to protect against cyber security threats.
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