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Tuesday 16 June 2020

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£100m to drive forward affordable housing development

A major provider of affordable homes across Central and South West England has secured a £100m funding package to support plans to build 12,000 houses by 2028.
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Bringing people back to together

Bristol’s YTL Arena is set to bring £1.5bn into the visitor economy of the city over the next 25 years once it opens its doors in 2023. David Clensy talks to managing director Andrew Billingham about his vision for the scheme and asks how the industry is set to bounce back after Covid-19.
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Deals

BPE dealmakers work on successful REACT placing

The corporate team at law firm BPE Solicitors has advised AIM-quoted client REACT Groupon its recent placing of shares which raised £1.25m before expenses.
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Growth Street to seek institutional debt funding

Alternative finance provider Growth Street has revealed plans to phase out its peer-to-peer investment structure and seek institutional debt funding.
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Business Matters: Artificial intelligence augmenting the pandemic fight

Will Robertson and Catherine Hammon from Osborne Clarke, say the focused power of artificial intelligence is being deployed in a myriad of ways in the fight back against the coronavirus pandemic – starting with the AI monitoring system believed to have picked up an unexplained pneumonia cluster in Wuhan in December.
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Business

Bristol office location head elected at DAC Beachcroft

A new location head has been elected unopposed at DAC Beachcroft's Bristol office, the largest of the law firm's global network of 11 locations.
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Dorset LEP invests in region’s Covid-19 response

Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has invested in a range of initiatives in response to the impact caused by the Covid-19 outbreak.
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New CEO at Connect Group

Newspaper, magazine and book distributor Connect Group has named its new chief executive.
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Turnover jumps to almost £200m at pallet giant

Turnover at a pallet delivery services giant jumped to almost £200m during its latest financial year, new documents have revealed.
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Profits up in latest Hitachi Capital (UK) results

Hitachi Capital (UK) has reported a rise in pre-tax profit is its latest financial results with the lender set to emerge from the Covid-19 outbreak in a strong position.
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Property

Pair of promotions at Knight Frank in Bristol

Commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has made two promotions within its Bristol office.
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Poundstretcher sets out CVA proposals

Discount retailer Poundstretcher has set out proposals for a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) as part of a turnaround plan for the business.
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Manufacturing

BAE Systems to take on 800 apprentices

BAE Systems is moving forward with plans to recruit a record number of apprentices, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Pandemic disruption pushes JLR to £422m loss

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has generated a £422m pre-tax loss for its latest financial year due to the impact of Covid-19. The automotive giant also confirmed that it has "taken the difficult decision" to reduce the number of contract-agency employees in its manufacturing plants over the coming months.
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Member Exclusive News

LV= exploring options to maximise value

Insurance business LV= has said it is assessing a range of options to maximise long-term value for its members, with transactions with third parties a possibility.
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Finance professional to join Imperial Brands board

Imperial Brands has appointed an experienced finance professional to its board.
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