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Monday 22 February 2021

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Textiles firm enjoys ‘very proud moment’ with Mars mission

A Devon-based performance textiles company has hailed the "very proud moment" its super high-strength and heat resistant parachute fabric was used in NASA's Perseverance rover mission to Mars.
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Business Matters: We need to reinvent work, not create ‘horrible hybrids’

When future historians look back at the pandemic era they may well find it curious that we were so hung up on where work was done, rather than the work itself, says Dr Nicola Millard, principal innovation partner at BT. Much is being talked about "home working", "remote working", "hybrid working" and "digital workplaces" now, but very little of the conversation so far has been about reinventing work itself.
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Burges Salmon advises renewable energy developer on acquisition

A multidisciplinary team from Bristol-based law firm Burges Salmon has advised renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. UK on its latest acquisition.
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Buyer sought for Cornish butcher business

A long-standing Cornish butchers has been put on the market after more than a century of family ownership.
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Planet X secures Santander UK funding facilities

Bicycle manufacturer and retailer Planet X has secured new funding facilities from Santander UK to support international growth plans.
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Ask the expert: How to make remote working a long-term solution

Martin Robbins, sales manager at BCR Associates Ltd, says the majority of office-based businesses have been working from home for the best part of a year now. Many have been forced to adapt to lockdown restrictions and have found that initial challenges were relatively easy to overcome. By now most companies are well-adjusted and it’s safe to say that the working environment will never be the same again and that remote/home working is here to stay.
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Johnson to outline England’s lockdown exit plan

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to outline the government's roadmap out of lockdown later today.
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Firms partner for pet medicine supply model

Two companies have joined forces to create a new model of supplying medicine to the UK veterinary market.
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BCC reacts to delay for business rates review

The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has reacted to the government's announcement that the final report for the review of business rates has been delayed until autumn.
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Business Matters: The importance of community in a pandemic

Marcela Pomphrey from 299 Lighting looks at the importance of community in a pandemic.
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Property

Independent cinemas awarded £5m grant funding

More than 30 independent cinemas across England have secured £5m of grant funding as part of the government's Culture Recovery Fund.
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Manufacturing

Robust performance at resilient Finsbury Foods

Finsbury Food has posted interim results covering a resilient trading performance and said the avoidance of a no deal Brexit had removed a significant strategic risk for the listed group.
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First residents move into latest phase of Wapping Wharf

The first residents have moved into the second phase of Bristol harbourside scheme Wapping Wharf Living.
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Major city centre roadworks set to begin

Work to carry out essential repairs to key city centre roads starts next week in Bristol.
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