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Latest News | There are clear winners and losers coming out of the Covid period, with the most innovative businesses leading the charge on post-pandemic growth. That was the key message from a special Insider online panel and audience debate looking at what SMEs need to do to achieve growth in the coming months and years.
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Steve Benton, deputy CISO director protect services and operations at BT, underlines the five core aims of cyber attackers and the multi-layered defence approach that could stop them targeting your business.
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Bournemouth-based The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) looks set to acquire listed estate agency business Hunters Property after the pair reached an a agreement on a £24.2m offer.
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Bristol-based The Real Olive Company has received a £150,000 loan through SWIG Finance backed by the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme.
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A Bristol-based provider of market intelligence, data and events to the global plastics industry has been boosted by a £3m refinance and working capital facility from ThinCats.
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British Business Investments, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a £10m commitment to venture capital fund Syndicate Room.
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Helen Garner, commercial sales manager at to BCR Associates Procurement Consultancy, says as a result of the pandemic, there has been a meaningful shift in consumer behaviour as we experienced the benefits of cleaner air and reduced CO2 emissions. This, coupled with new directives at Government level such as the Ten Point Energy Plan, means that 2021 is predicted to be the year that we see the start of a significant move towards reducing carbon emissions nationally.
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Mitie Group has reported a strong third quarter performance although the new national lockdown measures currently in place are likely to result in flat growth in the final quarter of the outsourcing giant's financial year. Mitie completed the acquisition of Interserve Facilities Management during Q3 and said the business had made an encouraging start.
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A regional managing director for Wales and the South West has been joined Bouygues UK.
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A Q&A session with James Pomphrey, founder and managing director of 299 Lighting.
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St Modwen has been chosen by the property development arm of Severn Trent as its development partner for a 154-acre site to the west of Cheltenham as part of a wider mixed-use development known as The Golden Valley Development. The site is adjacent to GCHQ and the National Cyber Security Centre.
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Acorn Property Group has secured a £4.9m loan from Paragon to support the acquisition of a site in Padstow town centre and its development into ten luxury apartments.
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Simon Price, senior partner at Alder King, says phenomenal demand for industrial/logistics space throughout last year means businesses seeking top quality space will need to consider a pre-let or pre-sale and expect to pay higher rents.
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The production of cars in the UK reversed by almost a third in 2020, according to new figures. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said it was the worst year for manufacturers since 1984 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit concerns.
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Member Exclusive News | A contractor has been appointed to undertake a £19m package of work on an extension and programme of improvements to the emergency department, at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
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A new action thriller has begun filming in Bristol support by Bristol Film Office.
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