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Wednesday 9 September 2020

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KCP backing for educational virtual reality specialist

A Gloucester-based educational virtual reality business has secured a £4.25m investment from Key Capital Partners (KCP) as it looks to drive forward international growth. A host of dealmaking firms supported the transaction.
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Business Matters: Pandemic architecture - It could be the answer!

Tony Mullin of Oxford Architects says the proverb 'necessity is the mother of invention' has never reigned truer. The primary driving force for most new inventions is borne out of a direct need.
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Premier League player invests in Forest Green Rovers

Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has invested in Forest Green Rovers (FGR) becoming the sustainability focused club's second-largest shareholder. Chairman Dale Vince said he looked forward to working with Bellerin on FGR projects and the "wider agenda we have a shared interest in".
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£14m deal agreed for Bristol Energy’s residential customer base and brand

Bristol Energy's residential customer base and brand has been acquired in a £14m deal by Together Energy, securing the jobs of 110 frontline workers.
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Wesleyan Bank provides 1pm with £5m facility

Bath-based SME finance provider 1pm has secured a £5m funding facility from Wesleyan Bank.
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Beckham co-owned eSports firm set to float

A global eSports business co-owned by David Beckham has announced its intention to float on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in a deal led by Zeus Capital.
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Business Matters: Time to tax?

Michael Hesketh, partner, head of tax, West Country at Azets, talks about the possible reforms in tax and who will bear the burden of the circa £300bn missing from the treasure chest, which is the estimate of the overall public finance cost of Covid according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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Business

Have your say on the South West’s creative bounce-back

The importance both of the creative sector to the South West, but also of creativity in business generally as we begin the economic recovery phase, will be the key themes of a special Insider Online Forum.
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Revenues pass £70m at renovation specialist

Revenues have passed the £70m-mark at a renovation and refurbishment specialist, with pre-tax profits also remaining steady.
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Hotel group encouraged despite pandemic hit

A family-owned hotel group has said that while the Covid-19 pandemic will have a "big effect" on the figures for its current financial year but said since reopening after the lockdown the "early signs are very encouraging".
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Business Matters: Enlighten your people with the power of commercial lighting

Marcela Pomphrey from 299 Lighting says lighting may be something we take for granted, but it has the power to affect our mood, our concentration, our performance. Think about any offices or places you've visited where the lighting was dull and poor. How did it make you feel? Unwelcome? Unstimulated? Unhappy?
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Property

New future envisioned for South Devon coastal site

A seaview hotel on the South Devon coast is to make way for an apartment scheme in a £3.3m redevelopment project. Shawbrook Bank is financing the scheme.
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Seaside town hotel brought to market

A 31-bedroom boutique hotel located in the heart of Bournemouth has been brought to market by Christie & Co.
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Pioneering firm overfunding on Crowdcube

An immersive technology in healthcare pioneer is overfunding on Exeter-based Crowdcube after its successful crowdfunding campaign secured backing from a wide range of investors.
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