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Friday 24 April 2020

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Taxi group looks at new ways to drive growth

One of the UK’s biggest private hire taxi groups is using the “once-in-a-generation opportunity” of the Covid-19 pandemic to improve its business model before returning to growth.
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Ask the expert: Economic Resilience Grant Fund is now open

The new Welsh Government Economic Resilience Grant fund begun taking applications on Friday 17th April. Mike Fenwick of Verde Corporate Finance outlines the key eligibility criteria for businesses.
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Deals

Development Bank updates on Covid-19 loan scheme progress

Almost 600 businesses across Wales have been awarded funding totalling £36m by the Development Bank of Wales since the Covid-19 Wales Business Loan Scheme was launched.
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CMA clears £6.2bn Just Eat deal

The proposed £6.2bn merger between Just Eat and Takeaway.com has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
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Invoice finance firm launches Covid-19 package

Invoice finance firm Optimum Finance has launched a support package for UK SMEs affected by coronavirus.
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Business Matters: COVID-19 - Counting down the days

Katherine Broadhurst, director of corporate finance at Baldwins, says at the speed with which the Development Bank of Wales loan fund became oversubscribed indicates the intense need within the Welsh economy for proactive support.
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Business

SMEs receive £2.8bn of CBILS funding but more work needed

The banking and finance sector has provided more than £2.8bn of lending to SMEs so far through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). However, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has said that more work is needed to meet the demand from UK businesses.
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Profits rise but Jet2 owner set to incur £109m Covid-19 cost

Dart Group, the listed company behind Jet2 and Jet2holidays, is set to report a profit rise of almost 50 per cent in its 2019/20 results but will also incur an exceptional charge of about £109m in relation to the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Ask the expert: How to make your commercial premises safer

Rachel Fleri, owner and managing director of South Wales security company Specialist Security, has offered advice to those with vacant commercial property.
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Property

Delay threatens £400m retail park deal

Hammerson has warned that it is willing to terminate a £400m deal to sell nine retail parks after the buyer revealed it does not intend to complete the transaction on the agreed date.
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Persimmon to resume work on sites next week

Housebuilding giant Persimmon is set to begin a phased resumption of work on its sites next week with a number of protective measures put in place.
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Manufacturing

PPE part production underway at Invertek Drives

Welshpool-based Invertek Drives has started producing parts of personal protective equipment (PPE) visors for the NHS as part of the nationwide drive to support frontline UK health workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Approval for oxygenated air device to aid Covid-19 patients

Ammanford-based CR Clarke & Co has now received approval for its rapidly manufactured CPAP unit and will be working with businesses in Wales including Panasonic on an initial run of 80 devices for further testing.
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Challenges ahead for the construction industry - report

Workloads in the Welsh construction sectors have seen a sharp decline due to the coronavirus lockdown, according to the RICS UK Construction & Infrastructure Market Survey for the first quarter of 2020. While this was not a surprise, the forward-looking metrics have also softened.
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