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Surrey, Sussex and Kent
Tuesday 7 April 2020

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New owner for KB Tech

KB Tech, a Kent-based software development company providing data management services and products to the trading, pension and financial markets, has been acquired.
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Ask the expert: Data Protection and Covid-19 – what are your obligations as an employer?

Businesses may be required to share information quickly, and adapt and change the ways in which they work as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. But Guy Cartwright and Charlotte Allery, from Coffin Mew, look at how firms must still consider immediate business and staff interests in light of data protection laws.
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Deals

Investment to support buy-and-build strategy at IT services firm

A managed IT services provider with offices in West Sussex, the West Midlands and London has secured private equity investment as it looks to expand its service capabilities through a buy-and-build strategy.
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Drone specialist completes funding round

A Surrey-based manufacturer and supplier of drones to the UK's emergency services, law enforcement and defence sectors has secured its first significant round of institutional funding which it will use to further product development, R&D and company expansion.
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IPOs “severely impacted” by oil prices and virus crisis

IPO activity has been "severely impacted" by the reduction in oil prices and the Covid-19 crisis, creating "the most turbulent market conditions since the financial crisis in 2008", according to EY.
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easyJet takes steps to safeguard short-term liquidity

easyJet has borrowed from the Covid Corporate Financing Facility and drawn down on its revolving credit facility in order to increase its liquidity in the event of a prolonged grounding of the fleet. 
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Business

Debenhams set to appoint administrators

Department store chain Debenhams has filed a notice of intent to appoint administrators.
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Kent business helpline launches

A new helpline which will aim to support Kent businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic has gone live.
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The Open in 2020 cancelled

The R&A has decided to cancel The Open in 2020 due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. The Championship will next be played at Royal St George’s in 2021.
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Haven to extend park closures

Haven has revealed plans to prolong the closure of its holiday parks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Firms working on Covid-19 antibody programme

Ergomed, the specialist services provider to the pharmaceutical industry, is providing support for an antibody therapy for the treatment of patients with rapidly worsening Covid-19 symptoms. The programme is led by Oxford-based Izana Bioscience.
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Property

New owner for seafront guest house

A four-star seafront Sussex guesthouse has changed hands in a deal brokered by Christie & Co.
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Modular construction firm manufacturing ward for Surrey hospital

Modular construction specialist Elite Systems is currently manufacturing a 20-bed isolation ward for a hospital in Surrey.
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Manufacturing

Brewer ‘preparing for high demand’ post-pandemic

Sussex craft beer producer Hepworth is getting its brewery in a "condition to meet the high demand" for when the restrictions around the coronavirus pandemic are lifted, with the business also experiencing a surge in shop sales and introducing a home delivery service as customers practice social distancing.
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Pandemic hits UK new car market

The UK new car market slumped by 44.4 per cent in March, according to new figures.
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Farm’s soap range in online sales surge

A Sussex family farm has experienced a surge in online orders for its soaps and creams in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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