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Friday 13 May 2022

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TOP STORY

A Plymouth-headquartered contractor working across forecourts, retail and EV charging has been buoyed by a record year.
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INSIDER FEATURE

With the CYBERUK 2022 conference taking place at ICC Wales on 10-11 May, Luke Webber, director in cyber risk at Deloitte, looks at data privacy and how it can be a differentiator for many businesses.
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DEALS

A Newquay-based social enterprise working to turn ocean waste into useable products, including sunglasses, has secured £250,000 of growth finance from the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Investment Fund (CIOSIF).
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Wenea South West is aiming to raise £400,000 through a ten-year investment bond offer on ethical investment platform, Ethex.
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Mercia Asset Management has confirmed that its first Knowledge-Intensive and annual Enterprise Investment Scheme funds have raised a combined total of £20m in new capital during the past year.
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The corporate team at Harrison Clark Rickerbys has worked on deals with a total value of £1bn over the past year.
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INSIDER FEATURE

What does sustainability mean in a world today where ESG features so prominently on the business agenda? How do companies engage constructively with it and with the expectations of their employees? Insider's roundtable brought together large businesses and property professionals to explore a big question.
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Dawn Hughes, marketing account manager at e-Visa.co.uk. says travelling on business is no longer just for the elite, many entrepreneurs, small businesses and companies are travelling further for business purposes. Find out if you qualify for an ESTA to make travelling on business to the USA more efficient.
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PROPERTY

A site in Bristol, which was formerly occupied by St John's Ambulance, could soon be transformed into a residential scheme.
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Acorn Property Group has secured a £10m finance facility – utilising Paragon Development Finance's Green Homes Initiative – to support its newbuild scheme in Bruton, Somerset.
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A former petrol station in Bristol could be repurposed as a residential development, with the plans recommended for the green light.
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BUSINESS

Gloucester-headquartered coldstore and composite panel specialist ISD Solutions has started work on its latest project.
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Video game developer Sumo Group has joined the Playing for the Planet Alliance, a collective effort by the industry to reduce its carbon footprint and integrate environmental activations into games.
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A £120m fund designed to unlock and accelerate new nuclear technologies, while encouraging new players into the market, has launched.
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MANUFACTURING

Jaguar Land Rover has posted pre-tax losses of more than £400m for the 2021/22 fiscal year due to the impact of the global chip shortage. However, the group's chief executive said that he is "encouraged" by a record order book.
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OTHER NEWS

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

Plymouth Science Park tenant Acronyms has welcomed a pair of electric vans to its fleet in a bid to become carbon neutral following the site's installation of EV charging infrastructure.
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Frontline Recruitment has expanded its Weymouth office with a new hire.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

SERVICES & GUIDES

 

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