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Tuesday 21 April 2020

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North West firms honoured in Queen’s Awards 2020

North West businesses operating in a broad range of industries, including a designer and manufacturer of commercial vehicles, a supplier of eyelash industry products and a wholesaler of used mobile phones, have been named as winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2020, one of the most prestigious corporate prizes for British companies.
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Roundtable: Business Resilience

Insider held its first virtual round table as leaders – observing isolation protocol – connected electronically to discuss resilience and evolving a business to become more environmentally aware.
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Deals

More than £54m boost secured by Mercia

The British Business Bank has allocated an additional £54.3m to a pair of Warwickshire-based Mercia Asset Management's investments from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.
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Deal of the Month for European seafood acquisition

A long-established seafood business expanding with an acquisition which creates a €300m pan-European group has been named Insider's Deal of the Month.
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Independent golf retailer bought by European giant

One of the UK's largest independent retailers of golf equipment has been bought by a European counterpart in a deal which provides an exit for Foresight Group.
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Amazon-Deliveroo deal provisionally cleared amid Covid-19 concerns

Amazon's plans to invest in food delivery business Deliveroo have been provisionally cleared in light of the deterioration of the latter's financial position as a result of coronavirus.
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Business Matters: Understanding the unprecedented - acknowledging the road ahead

Andy Gregory, head of investments at BGF, looks at the impact of Covid-19 on businesses so far and what lies in store over the coming months.
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Business

More than 140,000 apply for furlough scheme support

More than 140,000 businesses have applied for help through the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, according to reports.
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Spate of promotions at Napthens

Napthens has made five promotions across its teams.
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LCC inundated with coronavirus support queries

The coronavirus business support services launched by Lancashire County Council (LCC) have been utilised by almost 4,000 people.
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Hospitality recruitment firm looks to support keyworker orgs

A Poulton-le-Fylde hospitality recruitment specialist which traditionally caters Premier League matches has offered support for keyworker organisations.
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Local authorities set for further £1.6bn boost

Local authorities across England will receive another £1.6bn in additional funding as they continue to respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Property

Approval for £150m improvement scheme

Plans to make £150m worth of improvements to the main road in and out of Fleetwood have been backed.
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Office plans for mobile taxi company

A mobile-only taxi company launching in Morecambe has submitted an application to open a new office.
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Property Alliance Group completes Morecambe deal

Property Alliance Group has bolstered its industrial portfolio with a £2m sale and leaseback deal in Morecambe.
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Taylor Wimpey submits Garstang housing plans

Taylor Wimpey has submitted plans for a residential development in Garstang.
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Infrastructure investment can help North compete on world stage

The success of the Northern Powerhouse initiative can bring greater international recognition to the region but investment in infrastructure is required, according to a director at planning consultancy DPP.
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Manufacturing

Lancashire baker expands operations

A Lancashire baker has expanded its operations amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Pandemic hits sales as JLR furloughs 20,000

Jaguar Land Rover has said the 12.1 per cent drop in retail sales for its latest financial year was primarily as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic "significantly impacting" its fourth quarter. The automotive giant has also furloughed 20,000 staff, half of its global workforce.
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