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Wednesday 8 September 2021

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TOP STORY

The boss of INSPECS Group, a Bath-based designer, manufacturer and distributor of eyewear frames and lens, has hailed interim results which he said demonstrated the listed business' trajectory following the acquisition of Eschenbach at the end of last year.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Have you ever wondered what the day-to-day life of a lighting designer entails? Get to know Megan Tranter, a senior lighting designer at 299 Lighting. She unveils how she turns her clients’ lighting visions into reality and her favourite projects to date.
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DEALS

Morris Leslie Plant Hire has expanded with the acquisition of Selwood Ltd’s plant hire business. The acquired locations - in Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Exeter and Southampton - will complement Morris Leslie Plant Hire's nationwide coverage.
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BGF has completed a multimillion-pound investment in an online children's clothing retailer which serves customers across the UK.
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Law and professional services firm Ince has detailed its work on Merthyr-based Rabart Decorators Merchants' acquisition of of SG Bailey (Paints) in Stroud.
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TransDigm Group has revealed that it does not intend to make a firm offer for international aerospace and defence engineering company Meggitt.
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INSIDER FEATURE

If you are looking to recruit a new employee who is not from the UK, the process can seem opaque and daunting. Here, business immigration solicitor, Hayley Ainsworth of Willans LLP, gives an overview of the need-to-knows of sponsoring a foreign national.
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John Boughton is the managing director of Bouygues UK in Wales and the West. John joined the business in January and has been enthused by how customer-centric the business is, a welcome change for the construction industry he thinks, but one that should be emulated in both the construction and wider business world, as he explains here.
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PROPERTY

A coach holiday specialist is expanding at a central Cheltenham location next to the town's John Lewis store.
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LondonMetric Property has acquired three urban logistics warehouses across the South in a £35.4m deal.
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Property group Watkin Jones has exchanged contracts for the sale of its first fully co-living scheme, on Gladstone Road in Exeter.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Tess Williams, a tax partner in Deloitte’s Global Employer Services practice, explores the role that employee benefits can play in accelerating a business’s net zero ambitions.
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BUSINESS

Accounting and advisory firm Bishop Fleming has appointed a new director to its corporate finance team.
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Mrs Buckét, the commercial cleaning company which services Wales and the South West of England, has revealed plans to recruit 100 new employees.   
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MANUFACTURING

The new light commercial vehicle market reported its second best August on record in 2021, according to new figures.
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OTHER NEWS

MEMBER NEWS

Views are being sought on a masterplan to develop an area of Bodmin to help meet Cornwall's housing needs.
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Bath's second UNESCO World Heritage status listing marking it as part of the Great Spa Towns of Europe has been celebrated at an event to mark the inscription.
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