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Latest News | KB Tech, a Kent-based software development company providing data management services and products to the trading, pension and financial markets, has been acquired. Read More… |
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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. Read More… |
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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. Read More… |
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. Read More… |
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. Read More… |
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. Read More… |
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Department store chain Debenhams has filed a notice of intent to appoint administrators. Read More… |
A new helpline which will aim to support Kent businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic has gone live. Read More… |
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. Read More… |
Haven has revealed plans to prolong the closure of its holiday parks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Read More… |
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. Read More… |
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A four-star seafront Sussex guesthouse has changed hands in a deal brokered by Christie & Co. Read More… |
Modular construction specialist Elite Systems is currently manufacturing a 20-bed isolation ward for a hospital in Surrey. Read More… |
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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. Read More… |
The UK new car market slumped by 44.4 per cent in March, according to new figures. Read More… |
A Sussex family farm has experienced a surge in online orders for its soaps and creams in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Read More… |
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