Today's South West business news from Insider |
Latest News | Bristol-headquartered OVO Energy has outlined plans to cut 2,600 jobs across SSE Energy Services and OVO, largely through voluntary redundancy, over the course of 2020.
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Western Global chief executive Clem Connor tells David Clensy how the diesel tank specialist business has grown rapidly in recent years.
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A Wiltshire-based manufacturer of medical devices has secured a £1.45m finance package from Barclays to assist the NHS with Covid-19 testing.
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The restaurant chain owned by the founder of food giant 2 Sisters is to save 900 jobs at Carluccio's, according to reports.
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Julian Hemming, a partner at Osborne Clarke, says the government has announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will now be extended for the whole of the UK until the end of October 2020; although from August 2020 there will be modifications.
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The chief executive and board of Redde Northgate have paid tribute to non-executive director Steve Oakley who died earlier this month.
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With more than £2bn of grants for small businesses left unclaimed, the government has announced a further £617m available to local authorities to distribute to those "out of scope of the original scheme".
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The owner of Cafe Rouge, Bella Italia and Las Inguanas is understood to have filed intent to appoint administrators, putting about 6,000 jobs at risk.
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Vital freight routes into, out of and around the UK are set to benefit from a £35m scheme designed to help ensure critical goods – such as food and medical supplies – can move freely.
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Gary Harmer, sales director at Hikvision UK & Ireland, says innovative technological approaches like temperature screening will be crucial in enhancing confidence in workplace and public safety – but potential users need to be aware of issues around their implementation, and realistic in their expectations about performance.
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A major refurbishment project is underway at Glenavon Farm in Saltford to transform a group of dilapidated farm buildings and cow sheds into a new foodhall and kitchen.
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A Bristol-based flooring company has acquired new premises in the city.
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Demand for self storage space in the UK remained robust in 2019, according to new data, with the sector now well placed to deal with the impact of Covid-19.
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Member Exclusive News | Imperial Brands has said it is focused on opportunities to strengthen the business after saying it was disappointed with its interim results.
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A new trade counter operator in windows and plastics for builders and DIY customers has acquired a unit on a new development at Amesbury's Bluestone Centre.
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