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Wednesday 4 August 2021

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£500m JV formed for later living communities

Legal & General and NatWest Group Pension Fund have formed a £500m joint venture to build later living communities. The sites will be developed and operated by Inspired Villages, which broke ground on its first two net-zero carbon developments in Hampshire and Bedfordshire respectively earlier this year.
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Ask the expert: How can businesses achieve high growth through 2021 and beyond?

Sean Longsdale is managing director of the Structured Finance Group at Santander UK Corporate & Commercial. He shares his thoughts on how businesses of all sizes have been able to achieve high growth throughout the pandemic and how they can continue and indeed build through 2021 and beyond.
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Deals

£5.5m boost for Cambridge manufacturer

Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending has completed a £5.5m financing deal for Cambridge-based Precise Component Manufacture.
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Carter Jonas buys JB Planning

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has acquired JB Planning Associates an independent planning, urban design, and development consultancy in Hertfordshire.
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Abcam agrees $340m deal for research tools supplier

Cambridge-headquartered life sciences company Abcam has agreed a deal to acquire a provider of life science research tools for $340m (£244m).
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Creightons swoops for skincare brand

Beauty and well-being brand owner and manufacturer Creightons has acquired the Emma Hardie skincare brand.
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Grant Thornton UK advises on City Chic Collective acquisition

Grant Thornton UK's Cambridge Corporate Finance team has advised Australian omni-channel clothing retailer City Chic Collective on a European acquisition.
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Meggitt to be acquired in £6.3bn deal

International aerospace and defence engineering company Meggitt is set to be acquired by a US corporation in a deal valued at £6.3bn.
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Cancer therapies firm to float on AIM

An Alderley Park-based developer of targeted cancer therapies has outlined plans to float on AIM and bring in £7.5m.
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Newly formed group strikes first deal

Automotive Transformation Group, which officially launched earlier this month following the merger of Autofutura and GForces, has made its first acquisition.
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Business

FJG joins forces with investment firm

Essex firm Fisher Jones Greenwood solicitors (FJG) has joined forced with private investment group Blixt.
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Partner promotions at HCR Hewitsons

Newly merged law firm HCR Hewitsons has promoted five of its lawyers to partner.
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Property

Third housebuilder signs up at Kingsfleet

A third housebuilder has signed up for Thetford’s 5,000-home Kingsfleet development.
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Additional housing planned for Suffolk village

Plans have been lodged for a further 171 new homes at a village in Suffolk.
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Icon Industrial completes on major Harlow unit

Icon Industrial has completed the first of two grade A warehouse developments in Harlow.
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Taylor Wimpey hails “record” first half

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has reported a record first-half performance as the UK housing market continued to perform strongly.
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Manufacturing

Royal visit for pet supplements manufacturer

A Weston-headquartered manufacturer of premium natural pet supplements and two-time recipient of the Queen's Award has welcomed royalty to its site on the back of an expansion.
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