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Tuesday 10 November 2020

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KCP invests in online darts retailer

Leeds-based private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has completed a £7m investment into an online darts retailer.
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Ask the expert: Lockdown 2.0 – Remaining operational and staying secure

Matt Bruce, CEO at Bruce & Butler, says hackers are always finding new or more sophisticated ways to access data and compromise systems. Considering a security operations centre (SOC) as part of your ongoing security strategy is something all medium and large organisaitons should think about.
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Deals

British Steel secures £50m funding facility

British Steel has secured a £50m facility from Secure Trust Bank to support plans to expand production and sales.
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£2.24m funding awarded to support Sheffield venues

Funding of £2.24m has been secured by the operator of venues including Sheffield Arena and Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.
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Fletchers Waste Management acquires skip hire business

Sheffield-based Fletchers Waste Management has acquired a Nottinghamshire skip hire company.
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Hospitality business expands with backing from Fresh Thinking Capital

A hospitality business that operates across the UK in parks and leisure centres has received funding from Fresh Thinking Capital.
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Tech firm valued at £90m after MBO

Private equity firm LDC has exited a cloud services technology company in a management buyout (MBO) which values it at £90m.
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Yorkshire advisers act on logistics software company deal

Yorkshire-based advisers have acted on Hudson Hill Capital's acquisition of a majority stake in a global franchiser of transportation and logistics services, in partnership with the company's senior management team.
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OakNorth targets further lending during pandemic and beyond

OakNorth Bank is still "very active" when it comes to providing financial support to companies in the ongoing pandemic and beyond, a senior debt finance director has told Insider. It comes after government-backed initiatives such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) were extended as the second English lockdown gets underway.
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Business Matters: Duties of liquidators and administrators when realising litigation claims

Andrew Cawkwell from Manolete Partners says with a significant economic downturn now a certainty due to Covid-19 business interruption, insolvency-related claims will continue to increase into 2021. As CFA success fees are now irrecoverable and after the event insurance expensive, third party litigation funding is now increasingly a "go to" solution for insolvency practitioners looking to bring claims.
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Business

£2bn sought for West Yorkshire’s Covid-19 recovery

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is seeking up to £2bn from the government over the next five years to support the region's economic and transport recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Ward Hadaway appoints partner to head up construction team

Law firm Ward Hadaway has appointed a new partner to head up its construction team in Leeds.
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Business Matters: Building business resilience - How business operations can thrive in uncertain times

Many businesses were forced to adapt and adopt new processes in a rush as the pandemic hit. SafetyCulture’s Dan Joyce explores how we can build on those hasty foundations and optimise for safer, more productive and successful businesses in 2021.
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Property

Plans lodged for £24m industrial development

Plans have been lodged for a £24m industrial development close to Junction 31 of the M1.
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Persimmon continuing to “perform robustly”

Listed housebuilding giant Persimmon has said it "continues to perform robustly" despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and is on course to achieve a good result in 2020.
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300-home North Yorkshire plans set for approval

Plans for a development of almost 300 homes on the North Yorkshire coast look set to get the go-ahead later this week.
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Urban Logistics acquires logistics units for £33.1m

Urban Logistics has acquired five logistics assets in Ripon, Braintree, Oxford, Exeter and Warrington for a total of £33.1m.
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Manufacturing

Pfizer and BioNTech Covid vaccine ‘90 per cent effective’

Pfizer and BioNTech have announced positive efficacy results from the third phase, late-stage study of their potential Covid-19 vaccine, which was found to be more than 90 per cent effective.
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Engineering company supports metal processing facility project

A Wakefield-based thermal and metallurgical engineering company has completed seven-figure project to support the creation of a new antimony and gold processing facility in Sohar, Oman.
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NG Bailey completes £14.6m battery facility project

NG Bailey has completed its £14.6m installation of mechanical and electrical services at battery development facility.
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Pork pie producer snapped up by new backer

Savoury pastry producer Addo Food Group has been acquired by PAI Partners in a deal which provides an exit for private equity firm LDC.
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Turnover rises as plant-based food and drink maker

Turnover increased to almost £230m at the UK arm of plant-based food and drink maker Alpro during its latest financial year, new documents have revealed.
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Seafood restaurant launches delivery service

A Yorkshire seafood restaurant brand has launched a delivery service for the second Covid-19 lockdown.
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