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Tuesday 16 March 2021

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Management strikes deal for award-winning manufacturer

An award-winning automation and packaging machinery specialist based in Somerset has been acquired in a management buyout.
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Ask the expert: What’s the future of Business Interruption (BII) Insurance?

Welcome to our Q&A with director of BCR Associates, Steve Bolt and one of our preferred suppliers, Elliot McQuillan, managing director at McQuillan Insurance Brokers.
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Deals

MBO at financial planning firm

A Tavistock-based firm of chartered financial planners has been acquired in a management buyout (MBO) with five new shareholders being brought into the business.
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Five deals in five weeks for Deloitte’s South & Wales M&A team

Deloitte's South & Wales Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team has completed five deals in five weeks.
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LionRock completes acquisition of majority stake in Clarks

Private equity firm LionRock Capital has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Clarks for an investment of £100m. A new executive chairman and chief executive has also been appointed at the historic shoe retailer.
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Blackfinch and Praetura back socially conscious tech firm

A technology company which is aiming to transform the travel experiences of those with reduced mobility has secured £2.3m in a funding round led by Gloucester-based Blackfinch and Praetura Ventures.
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Adler and Allan makes trio of acquisitions

Environmental risk reduction business Adler and Allan has completed a trio of acquisitions.
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Business Matters: Five things small businesses and their owners need to consider following the budget announcement

Michael Hesketh, head of Tax for the West Country region at Azets, has put together five top tips to help small businesses and their owners following the Budget announcements.
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Business

Greggs ‘well-placed for Covid recovery’

High street bakery chain Greggs has experienced a "better than expected" start to 2021, although the business reported a pre-tax loss in its latest financial results.
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Ask the expert: Building in a pandemic – what did I learn?

Claire Arbery, director at West of England Institute of Technology, says the date March 31st 2021, has been a key day in my calendar for the last 18 months. Why? We committed back in the summer of 2019 to fully open The West of England Institute of Technology (www.weiot.ac.uk) and its building projects by this date. Have we achieved it?
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Property

New Cheltenham base for Optimum Professional Services

Swindon-based Optimum Professional Services is expanding into Gloucestershire by opening a second office, which will be located in Cheltenham.
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Unite hails resilience after challenging year

Unite Group has reported full-year results which the listed student accommodation specialist said demonstrated the resilience of its operating platform.
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Business Matters: Top cyber tips from The Cyber Resilience Centre for the South West

Top cyber tips for using email, mobile devices and software safely from The Cyber Resilience Centre for the South West
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Multimillion-pound school build programme up for approval

A school capital programme of up to £10m in Wiltshire is set to be approved today.
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Green Frog Designs acquired by Gardenature

Gardenature, a manufacturer and supplier of wildlife habitats and camera systems, has acquired Green Frog Designs, a Somerset-based maker of poultry housing.
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