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Wednesday 24 March 2021

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£50m funding commitment for rail testing facility

Plans for the construction of a rail testing facility on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Tawe Valleys have moved forward, with the announcement of £50m of Welsh Government support for the project.
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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

Investment boost for expanding Hub Box

Hub Box has secured investment from Loungers co-founder Jake Bishop with the burger and barbecue business planning to open a minimum of three new sites in 2021. Hub Box opened a restaurant in Cardiff last year.
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Busiest ever period for Azets dealmakers

Regional accountancy and business advisory firm Azets has completed 50 transactions in ten weeks, with an aggregate deal value of £350m across its UK national corporate finance team.
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Virgin Money to offer sustainability-linked loans

Virgin Money is set to launch a range of sustainability-linked loans for UK businesses.
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Milestone reached in proposed Wickes demerger

A "significant milestone" has been reached in the proposed demerger of Wickes Group from Travis Perkins.
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Business

Town centre revitalisation targeted with £24m of investment

An additional £24m package of support has been revealed to revitalise Wales' town centres.
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Job-creating trade hubs to be set up

Four major trade hubs are to be established in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the North East of England, the UK Government has announced, creating up to 750 jobs.
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Property

Swansea Council signs up to Wales Placemaking Charter

Swansea Council has become the second local authority in Wales to sign up to the Wales Placemaking Charter.
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Popeyes to enter UK market and targets 350 restaurants

US fried chicken restaurant brand Popeyes has unveiled plans to enter the UK market in 2021, with the goal of opening 350 new restaurants in the country over the next ten years.
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Manufacturing

Turnover passes £100m mark at Ifor Williams

Turnover rose past the £100m mark at Ifor Williams Trailers in accounts covering the year leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Momentum maintained at Quartix Holdings

Quartix Holdings, a subscription-based provider of vehicle tracking systems, software and services, has said it is on track to meet market expectations for its current financial year after the strong progress experienced in its second half of 2020 has continued into 2021.
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