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Latest News | A Bath-based financial services technology specialist has been acquired a Canadian software company.
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In the latest episode of PKF Francis Clark’s Business Noodles & Doodles podcast, Amanda Stansfield shares the lengths she went to in order to win her first export orders. And she explains how selling internationally has transformed the business from a seasonal enterprise to a thriving year-round operation.
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The chief executive of CMO Group has hailed a "landmark day" for the online-only retailer of building materials after its shares were admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
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LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, provided £180m of investment to back eight new management teams and to support its portfolio companies in the first half of 2021. The firm said the investments demonstrated an "increasing appetite and ambition for growth" among the management teams of UK mid-market businesses.
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A new Wiltshire food business using cricket powder to help combat the environmental impact of industrial meat production has received Start Up Loan funding via SWIG Finance.
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Rob Watson from Plymouth City Council says from Drake to Darwin through to the present day, Plymouth has been the UK's acknowledged centre for marine innovation.
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Swindon-headquartered retailer WH Smith is to open 18 technology and accessories stores under its InMotion brand across major UK airports.
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Revenue has rocketed by more than 50 per cent at commercial vehicle hire business Redde Northgate.
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Jet2 has reported a loss of more than £370m in its full-year results after Covid-19 international travel restrictions led to the grounding of its aircraft for more than half the year.
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Jonathan Riley, practice leader and tax partner for Grant Thornton UK LLP in Bristol and the South West, looks at how Employee Ownership Trusts can be used to harness the energy of employees and be a useful way in which to plan for succession in a business.
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Zump, a new off-market property app, has launched in Bristol. The business was co-founded by former Bristol Bears player Danny Gray.
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Listed housebuilding giant Persimmon has reported a strong opening to its financial year with sales returning to 2019 levels.
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Growth in the light commercial vehicle market slowed during June following a bumper recovery in April and May, according to new figures.
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Member Exclusive News | A start-up from Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, has received an offer of funding from Aerospace Cornwall allowing it to move into the next phase of development.
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Main contractor ISG has been awarded a £21.8m construction contract to complete a major warehouse/logistics development for joint venture developer Richardson Barberry.
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