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Central and East Friday 9 October 2020 Send a Story Subscribe Membership Advertise Contact Latest News Top Story Biffa makes £35m swoop for waste firm Waste management giant Biffa has acquired an industrial and commercial waste collection business for £35m. Read More… Insider Feature Business Matters: Keep your business efficient and resilient post Brexit James Brown, partner at Grant Thornton, talks about how businesses can ensure they are Brexit ready by planning ahead and shares the most-seen issues and trends the firm has observed UK organisations facing, as the January 2021 deadline approaches. Read More… Deals Social enterprise platform creator closes in on funding target A Cambridge company which has developed a social enterprise platform is closing in on its £400,000 fundraising target. Read More… A-Plan buys Watchstone business Watchstone Group has revealed plans to dispose of its Leatherhead-based Ingenie business to Oxfordshire-based A-Plan Group for up to £5.5m. Read More… Moulding company invests CBILS cash A plastic injection moulding company based in Milton Keynes has invested in a new metal moulding tool capable of producing 50 million Covid-19 antibody test kits a year after securing funding from HSBC UK through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Read More… CMA calls for Virgin Media/O2 merger review The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has called for a review of the planned merger of Virgin Media, Virgin Mobile and O2. Read More… Business Turnover passes £100m at major supplier Turnover at a company which supplies thousands of products to restaurants, bars and catering companies across the UK passed the £100m mark during its latest financial year. Read More… Turnover grows at water company Turnover passed the £270m mark at the company behind a water company which serves South Staffordshire and Cambridge during its latest financial year, new documents have confirmed. Read More… Results rise for IT services company Turnover and pre-tax profits both rose at an IT services company which works with the likes of Dell, Microsoft and HP during its latest financial year. Read More… Property Housebuilder secures £3m green package A Norfolk housebuilder has experienced a surge in demand for its properties post-lockdown after securing a £3m green funding package from Lloyds Bank. Read More… Manufacturing Lotus agrees energy supply deal Lotus has agreed an energy supply deal with British Gas Business, which forms part of a partnership with Centrica to decarbonise the sports car maker. Read More… Packaging giant expects to remain profitable despite Covid-19 The UK arm of a global packaging business which has contracts with the likes of Nike, Bentley, Paramount and L'Oréal has said it expects to remain profitable in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… Services & Guides Corporate Finance Directory Find an adviser to help you buy, sell or invest in a business. Read More… Send a Story Subscribe Membership Advertise Contact

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