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Friday 16 October 2020

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Mixed-use parcel delivery hub recommended for approval

Plans for a job-creating mixed-use development centred around a new Hermes parcel delivery depot look set to get the green light next week.
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Business Matters: How universities can be a secret weapon for business growth

Dr Harrison Evans, collaboration manager at Nexus, the University of Leeds innovation hub, offers his insights and advice to businesses on how they can benefit from the huge opportunities presented through working in partnership with universities.
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Deals

CMA finds education supplier deal could leave schools worse off

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that schools could be worse off following the proposed £50m acquisition of a supplier of school equipment and resources.
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JLA completes further fire safety and security acquisition

Critical equipment supply and service partner JLA has acquired a Sunderland-based fire safety and security business, its third deal in as many weeks.
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Leumi ABL backs Tuffnells with £17m facility

Leumi ABL has provided a £17m facility to Tuffnells Parcels Express following the company's acquisition earlier this year.
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Construction business moves to employee ownership

A construction business that has worked on projects including the refurbishment of the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool has been acquired by an employee ownership trust.
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Business Matters: Sustainable communities must be the aim of all housing developments

Andy Brown, Leeds director of national architecture practice Corstorphine + Wright, discusses why placemaking must centre on community to ensure developments deliver homes people will want to live in long-term.
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Business

Freeports: SCR bid ‘can help turbocharge regeneration’

The proposed Sheffield City Region (SCR) freeport bid would build on the area's existing strengths and help 'turbocharge' its regeneration.
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BHP appoints audit and advisory partner

Accountancy firm BHP has appointed a new audit and advisory partner.
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TransPennine Express to invest £1.7m in cleaning programme

TransPennine Express is set to invest £1.7m in its cleaning programme, creating almost 60 jobs across the North.
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JD Wetherspoon slips to loss following Covid-19 restrictions

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has slipped to a pre-tax loss for its latest financial year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Revenue jumps to almost £200m at Roadchef

Revenue jumped to almost £200m at motorway service station company Roadchef during its latest financial year. The company added that its sales for 2020 are expected to dip by 15 per cent due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Boots sales drop as Covid-19 bites

Sales at historic pharmacy giant Boots fell by 16.7 per cent in the three months to 31 August 2020, new figures have revealed.
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Property

Funding deal supports next phase of housing scheme

Charworth Homes has started construction on the final stage of housing at an East Yorkshire development after agreeing an £850,000 funding deal with SME funding specialist One Stop Business Finance.
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Bathroom retailer agrees deal for Wakefield store

A bathroom retailer has agreed a deal on a unit in Wakefield for a new store.
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Ripon post office reopens in The Arcade

Ripon's main post office has reopened in a new location in The Arcade, which has recently undergone a £100,000 refurbishment.
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Manufacturing

ilke Homes to bring forward 140-home development

Modular housing specialist ilke Homes has been appointed to develop up to 140 homes on a brownfield site in Nottinghamshire.
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Sheffield United partner with confectionery group

Sheffield United have entered into a new partnership with an international confectionery group.
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Design contractor appointed to road improvement scheme

A design contractor has been appointed for the latest phase of a project to improve a key road in West Yorkshire.
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