Monday 6 September 2021

A new £7m cycle hub in Cornwall has moved forward after securing planning permission. The facility will build on the legacy of hosting the Tour of Britain.
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If you are looking to recruit a new employee who is not from the UK, the process can seem opaque and daunting. Here, business immigration solicitor, Hayley Ainsworth of Willans LLP, gives an overview of the need-to-knows of sponsoring a foreign national.
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Leaders Romans Group (LRG), a Berkshire-headquartered property services group, has completed an acquisition which will extend its coverage into Swindon.
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Science Group has withdrawn its possible offer for engineering and consultancy services specialist TP Group. It comes after inital approaches were unanimously rejected by the TP board for 'significantly undervaluing' the business.
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Entrepreneur and Wrightbus boss Jo Bamford has joined forces with multi-family office Vedra Partners to launch a hydrogen investment fund which has set its sights on raising £1bn.
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John Boughton is the managing director of Bouygues UK in Wales and the West. John joined the business in January and has been enthused by how customer-centric the business is, a welcome change for the construction industry he thinks, but one that should be emulated in both the construction and wider business world, as he explains here.
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Tess Williams, a tax partner in Deloitte’s Global Employer Services practice, explores the role that employee benefits can play in accelerating a business’s net zero ambitions.
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Outline planning permission has been granted for 1,550 new homes on land at Great Stall East, just south of the A420 to the east of Swindon.
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Vistry Partnerships has secured strategic partnership status with Homes England.
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Property group Watkin Jones has said the strong momentum in the business has continued into the second half and its development pipeline has been enhanced.
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Have you ever wondered what the day-to-day life of a lighting designer entails? Get to know Megan Tranter, a senior lighting designer at 299 Lighting. She unveils how she turns her clients’ lighting visions into reality and her favourite projects to date.
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Jollyes has unveiled plans to invest £500,000 in Bristol, creating up to 12 jobs by opening a new store in Brislington, relocating its existing store in Longwell Green to Warmley and refreshing its store at Cadbury Garden Centre in Congresbury. 
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Time Finance has secured a new head of sales in its invoice finance division. 
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Asda is expanding in the convenience market by partnering with EG Group to launch 28 new Asda On the Move stores this year, up to 200 sites next year and the ambition to roll out further stores in 2023.
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Network Rail has completed its major upgrade of Bristol East Junction, removing a bottleneck into Bristol Temple Meads and replacing the 1960s track and components.
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One of the few surviving remains of Bristol's medieval castle has opened as a café.
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