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Friday 19 March 2021

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Cornish holiday park snapped up by PE-backed resort group

A major holiday park situated on the North Cornish coastline has been acquired by a resort group backed by Freshstream and LDC.
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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

Acquisition provides platform for future growth at GWP

Bosses at Wiltshire-based packaging business GWP Group have said its acquisition by Macfarlane Group provides a platform for further growth.
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AJ Bell moves for tech firm

A technology group developing a mobile focused platform proposition for financial advisers has been acquired by listed investment platform AJ Bell.
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Farm productivity eyes global expansion after funding boost

A Dorset-based cloud computing start-up that monitors farm productivity has raised £235,000 in Innovate UK funding, launched a recruitment app and expanded its software development team.
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Marlowe raises £100m for acquisitions

Marlowe, a listed group focused on business-critical services and software which assure safety and regulatory compliance, has raised £100m to capitalise on acquisition opportunities.
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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

Electric commuter flight set for take-off

The first electric commuter flight in the UK will take place at Exeter Airport, following a successful bid to UK Research and Innovation's £30m Future Flight Challenge.
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Bank supports historic school with six-figure funding package

The historic Blundell’s School in Tiverton has invested in new grounds equipment to overhaul its 120 acre site after securing funding from HSBC UK.
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BBC outlines plans to shift focus away from London

The BBC has outlined plans to shift its creative and journalistic centre away from London.
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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

Plymouth Science Park relocation for healthcare recruitment firm

A healthcare recruitment specialist has taken space at Plymouth Science Park.
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Further expansion for Wild Water Group

Cold storage chain Wild Water Group has expanded into new territories in southern England.
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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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Manufacturing

Major contract win for Dudley’s Aluminium

Dudley's Aluminium has secured a multimillion-pound project at Bristol mixed-use development Finzels Reach.
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Talent retention platform to launch

A new service to support businesses and employees at risk of redundancy due to Covid-19 will be launched in April by the West of England Combined Authority.
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Bristol launch for on-demand grocery supplier

On-demand grocery supplier Weezy has launched in Bristol.
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