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Friday 26 March 2021

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West of England to bid for job-creating energy opportunity

The West of England could be home to a pioneering form of clean power generation, bringing thousands of jobs.
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Business Matters: Staying ahead of the digital switchover

Clive Quantrill, BT’s enterprise migrations director, offers insight into the next generation of communication and collaboration solutions – and how you can make your business future ready.
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Deals

Major equity crowdfunding merger terminated

The planned merger between Exeter-headquartered Crowdcube and Seedrs has been terminated after the Competition and Markets Authority provisionally found that the proposed deal would reduce competition and innovation.
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Law firm works on tech firm sale

Law firm Porter Dodson has acted for Devon-based PrognostiX-Poultry on its acquisition by Merck Animal Health.
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Over £75bn of Covid loans provided through British Business Bank schemes

More than 1.63 million government-guaranteed loans worth a total £75.1bn have been provided to support businesses during the Covid-19 through British Business Bank schemes.
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Business Matters: Investing in digital technology changes for tomorrow

Jim Dolan from KPMG, says the past year has been incredibly challenging, but there is real comfort to be found in the way businesses in the South West have reacted. The COVID crisis has sparked a rapid transformation in technology, bringing forward investment and digital transformation that would have otherwise taken years to implement.
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Business

New floating wind leasing opportunity to be created in the Celtic Sea

The Crown Estate is commencing work to design and deliver a new leasing opportunity for early commercial-scale floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea.  
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Britannia wins contract for new A40 roundabout and spine road

Britannia Construction has been awarded the contract to take forward the next stage of development at Innsworth Park: a roundabout on the A40 and a new spine road.
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Santander to consolidate offices and close branches

Santander has outlined plans to close four UK offices as part of a move to consolidate into six main locations, with staff at the closed sites to be offered new dual location working arrangements. The bank is also closing 111 branches by the end of August in response to the ongoing shift by customers towards mobile and online banking.
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Property

Contracts exchanged on Bideford land lined up for housing

West Country housebuilder Devonshire Homes has exchanged conditional contracts for the acquisition of more than 18 acres of land for a new build development in Bideford, North Devon.
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Two partners appointed at VOLOCO

Specialist construction consulting firm VOLOCO has added two new partners as it expands and develops its services.
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New occupier at Crescent Office Park in Bath

Lightsource bp, a specialist in development and management of solar energy projects, is the latest occupier at Crescent Office Park in Bath, following a deal negotiated by commercial property adviser Colliers.
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£3.8m bridge project to start next month

Essential engineering works to repair Bath's historic Cleveland Bridge is set to start next month.
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National Grid chairman to step down in May

The chair of National Grid has confirmed that he will step down from the end of May.
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