Today's South West business news from Insider |
Latest News | A grade II-listed hotel in Bath has been acquired by Axcel Hospitality after attracting a number of offers. Read More… |
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Grant Mansfield, CEO and founder of Plimsoll Productions, looks back at his first year working with a private equity partner. Read More… |
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Job-creating aviation projects in the South West are among pioneering schemes set to receive UK Government funding aimed at supporting the fight against Covid-19 and other challenges like climate change. Read More… |
Piper, a specialist investor in consumer brands, has exited its investment in healthy recipe box and prepared frozen meals company Mindful Chef to Nestlé. Mindful Chef was founded in 2015 by three friends from Devon. Read More… |
OakNorth Bank is still "very active" when it comes to providing financial support to companies in the ongoing pandemic and beyond, a senior debt finance director has told Insider. It comes after government-backed initiatives such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) were extended as the second English lockdown gets underway. Read More… |
Savoury pastry producer Addo Food Group has been acquired by PAI Partners in a deal which provides an exit for private equity firm LDC. Read More… |
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When we left the EU in January this year, a whole year for negotiators to agree how the UK and EU's relationship would look from 1 January 2021 seemed plenty of time. Now we are fast approaching the end of the year, there is still uncertainty as to what will happen when the transition period ends. Helen Howes, corporate and employment solicitor at Willans, answers some of the key questions Read More… |
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A multimillion-pound road upgrade is set to get underway in North Devon after being allocated £60m of investment. Read More… |
A hospitality business that operates across the UK in parks and leisure centres is expanding into the South West after received funding from Fresh Thinking Capital. Read More… |
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Dr Nicola Millard, principal innovation partner at BT, shares her views on the future of work. Read More… |
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Urban Logistics has acquired five logistics assets in Ripon, Braintree, Oxford, Exeter and Warrington for a total of £33.1m. Read More… |
Tool and lightside building materials supplier Toolstation has leased a trade counter and warehouse unit at an industrial estate in Yate, north Bristol. Read More… |
Listed housebuilding giant Persimmon has said it "continues to perform robustly" despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and is on course to achieve a good result in 2020. Read More… |
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Colin James from Atkins says the pandemic has unveiled many shortcomings of our modern world, but there are two – inclusivity and equality – that architects and designers can help to address. Read More… |
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Pfizer and BioNTech have announced positive efficacy results from the third phase, late-stage study of their potential Covid-19 vaccine, which was found to be more than 90 per cent effective. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | A pair of non-executive board appointments have been made at Spirax-Sarco Engineering. Read More… |
Bristol Credit Union is to merge with Wyvern Savings and Loans. Read More… |
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