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Monday 3 August 2020

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32-storey tower plans set to get green light

Plans for a £100m, 32-storey development on the site of a former bank office building in Leeds city centre are recommended for approval at a meeting next week.
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Ask the expert: The increasing need for integrated and strategic blue/green infrastructure

Given the recent years of winter flooding, high summer temperatures, decline in biodiversity and declaration of the climate emergency by local authorities, the need for an integrated and strategic approach to the natural world has never been more important.
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Deals

Benchmark Holdings completes £16m sale of vaccine manufacturing assets

Genetics, health and advanced nutrition company Benchmark Holdings has completed the £16m sale of its vaccine manufacturing assets to Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult.
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Tent supplier secures restructured funding facility

A South Yorkshire tent, gazebo and marquee supplier has restructured a six-figure finance facility with HSBC UK to support its response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Breedon completes £178m move for counterpart’s assets

Building materials giant Breedon has completed its move to acquire the UK assets and operations from a counterpart for £178m.
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K3 Capital Group acquires Quantuma Advisory

Professional services firm K3 Capital Group has acquired Quantuma Advisory in a deal worth almost £30m.
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Investment pledged after restaurants snapped up

A rescue deal has been struck for more than 140 restaurants trading as Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas.
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EU approves €6.2bn deal for Bombardier Transportation

A deal for a French rail giant to take over Bombardier Transportation for up to €6.2bn has been signed off by the European Commission.
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Business

Views sought on “retraining revolution”

Insider is seeking the views of the region's employers on the training and development of staff following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Hull Trains to resume services

Hull Trains is set to resume its direct service to London later this month.
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Owls hit with 12-point penalty for EFL rules breach

Sheffield Wednesday have been hit with 12-point penalty for the 2020/21 season after being found guilty of breaching English Football League (EFL) rules in relation to the sale of Hillsborough Stadium.
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New chief operating officer for specialist lender

Specialist lender Cambridge & Counties Bank has appointed a new chief operating officer.
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Postponement of lockdown easing a ‘hammer blow’ - BCC

Postponing the planned reopening of a number of industries is set to be a "hammer blow" to both business and consumer confidence, according to a senior figure at the BCC.
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Leaders call for focus on regional innovation

More than 30 leaders from across UK local and civic government, universities and research institutions, including Lord Jim O'Neill, Dame Nancy Rothwell, Andy Street, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, have signed a new manifesto designed to boost the UK's regional innovation potential.
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Property

Leeds take-up falls but headline rent remain high - report

Leeds office take-up fell in the second quarter of 2020 but headline rent remained high, according to a report from Avison Young.
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Wren Kitchens opens Wakefield showroom

Wren Kitchens has opened a new showroom in Wakefield taking it to 94 sites across the UK.
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Approval for retail development on former coach depot

Planning consent has been granted for a retail development on the site of a former East Yorkshire coach depot.
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Manufacturing

AMRC agrees deal for augmented reality tech

The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has agreed a deal for one of the UK's largest ever deployments of augmented reality (AR) technology for use across its three UK sites.
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Engine production falls almost 40 per cent

UK engine production fell by almost 40 per cent in June, according to new figures.
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Pre-tax losses widen as pandemic hits JLR

Jaguar Land Rover made a pre-tax loss of more than £400m during the first quarter of its financial year with sales impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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West Yorkshire land brought to market

A 22-acre stretch of grassland, woodland and riverbank, complete with fishing rights, in West Yorkshire has been brought to market.
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Rendall & Rittner appointed to manage re-cladding project

Residential property management company Rendall & Rittner has been appointed to manage the re-cladding of a Sheffield apartment building.
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