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Thursday 15 April 2021

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TasteConnection snapped up by Nactarome

TasteConnection, a Gloucestershire-based manufacturer of specialist seasonings, glazes and marinades has been sold to Nactarome Group in a deal funded by private equity house Ambienta and supported by RSM's M&A and private equity team, alongside law firm Womble Bond Dickinson.
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Ask the expert – Do we know what we mean by digital skills and jobs?

Claire Arbery, director at West of England Institute of Technology, says, after reading recent headlines about digital skills shortage – do we know what this means to the parents of school pupils and OUR future workforce? How do we go about changing this?
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Deals

Funding helps garden centre bounce back during lockdown

A garden centre group with three sites in the South West has used a six-figure bank funding package to help it rebound during lockdown.
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Regulator provisionally clears merger of Virgin and O2

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally cleared the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2.
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Ask the expert: Do your values only turn up on the wall?

Steve Gaskell from ActionCOACH looks at the importance of having organisational values that resonate and are more than simply a marketing strategy.
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Business

Companies House gets ready for new powers

Companies House is preparing for a new role in identiying wrongdoers, and for changes to the way directors file information.
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Broadband investment drive underway

Cornish broadband provider Wildanet has started work on the £50m roll out of its new broadband network across the county.
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Managing director appointed at draperVENT

Dorset-based draperVENT has appointed a new managing director who will help drive forward the business' plans to push turnover up to £30m.
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Positive start for Travis Perkins

Travis Perkins has reported a positive start to 2021 with sales rising and the proposed Wickes demerger due to complete, according to a new trading update.
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Ask the expert: What is the core web vitals Google update?

In this video blog, Christian Thomson from Marwick Marketing will run through what’s different about the May 2021 update, known as “Core Web Vitals”, and how important these changes are.
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Property

Brownie business set for expansion

A business which bakes chocolate brownies and sells them online and in shops and cafés is set to open new stores with the aim of almost doubling in size inside the next ten months.
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Long-serving Places for People CEO to retire

The chief executive of Places for People is to retitre after 24 years in the role. The business today manages about 200,000 homes across the UK and is one of the largest developers of affordable housing.
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Manufacturing

Revenues jump at Barbour despite lockdown impact

Revenues have jumped at iconic clothing brand Barbour despite being "heavily impacted" by the first Covid-19 lockdown, new documents have revealed.
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Sterilisation of shoot sets boosts Aardman

Academy Award-winning animation studio Aardman has benefitted from a deal with Uvisan to ensure work on its blockbusters continue during the pandemic.
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Loan helps firm set up business premises

An independent herbery business in Cornwall has received a Start Up Loan to help develop its business premises.
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