Today's South West business news from Insider |
Thursday 25 February 2021 |
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Latest News | Wealth management group St James's Place has said it is taking steps to streamline its business during 2021 with an associated loss of about 200 roles. The business made the announcement in results featuring a robust financial performance in an "extraordinary year". Read More… |
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When future historians look back at the pandemic era they may well find it curious that we were so hung up on where work was done, rather than the work itself, says Dr Nicola Millard, principal innovation partner at BT. Much is being talked about "home working", "remote working", "hybrid working" and "digital workplaces" now, but very little of the conversation so far has been about reinventing work itself. Read More… |
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Somerset-based Sativa Wellness Group has outlined plans to complete a non-brokered private placement financing, with the proceeds to be used for working capital and investment across the whole wellness business. Read More… |
Property services group LSL has secured a new banking facility, which it said provide long-term balance sheet flexibility to take advantage of a number of attractive opportunities, particularly in financial services. Read More… |
Food and drink giant Nestlé has agreed to acquire SimplyCook, a recipe kit company operating across the UK. Read More… |
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Martin Robbins, sales manager at BCR Associates Ltd, says the majority of office-based businesses have been working from home for the best part of a year now. Many have been forced to adapt to lockdown restrictions and have found that initial challenges were relatively easy to overcome. By now most companies are well-adjusted and it’s safe to say that the working environment will never be the same again and that remote/home working is here to stay. Read More… |
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Specialist commercial cleaning business Mrs Buckét has revealed plans to hire up to 150 permanent team members over the next year. A third of the roles are required in the first quarter of 2021. Read More… |
Commercial waste management business DCW has returned home to a newbuild head office in Exeter. A fire destroyed iDCW's recycling centre in March 2017. Read More… |
St Austell-based British Lithium Ltd (BLL) has embarked on its fourth and largest round of drilling to define the extent of the lithium carbonate resource already identified in previous exploration work last year. Read More… |
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Marcela Pomphrey from 299 Lighting looks at the importance of community in a pandemic. Read More… |
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A strawberry grower based in Yeovil has purchased two plots of land totalling 34.5 acres after securing £5.5m in funding from NatWest. Read More… |
The refurbishment of two office buildings in Bristol city centre has been completed by IV Real Estate. Read More… |
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Brexit issues are causing SME manufacturers in the South West disruption as they look to recover from the economic effects of Covid-19, according to the latest South West Manufacturing Barometer, although on a more positive note, businesses in the region appear to be more optimistic about the future than their national counterparts. Read More… |
Full-year sales have edged towards the £21bn mark at BAE Systems as it looks to the coming months with confidence. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | The Sandbanks Ferry Company has unveiled a timetable for the resumption of full-service hours following the government announcement of a roadmap towards the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Read More… |
Almost every worker who left Honda UK during the initial phases of its redundancy programme have successfully moved on to the next steps of their careers, according to a new report. Read More… |
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