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Monday 26 July 2021

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Revised plans in for landmark Exeter redevelopment

Revised plans have been lodged for the redevelopment of the Harlequin Centre site in Exeter. The proposals have been adapted from a previously consented application to reflect the challenges faced by the hospitality industry following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Business Matters: Communicating your ESG story

Ian Brokenshire, senior partner for KPMG in the South West, says the topic of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is increasingly under the spotlight for privately owned businesses in response to a wave of scrutiny from stakeholders. This could be customers, employees, banks and other finance providers, owners, regulators, or the public at large.
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Deals

TOR Drilling snapped up by SOCOTEC UK

TOR Drilling, a Somerset-based rotary drilling specialist, has been acquired by SOCOTEC UK, a provider of testing, inspection, and compliance services.
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Deal agreed for pub chain to be snapped up for £222.3m

Community pub group Hawthorne is being sold by NewRiver REIT for £222.3m.
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Palamon agrees to sell online retailer of prestige beauty products

Private equity firm Palamon has agreed to sell Feelunique, an online retailer of prestige beauty products in the UK, to Sephora, the beauty retailer owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
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Mercedes-Benz buys EV tech specialist

Mercedes-Benz has acquired YASA, a pioneer in next-generation electric drive technology. 
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The Avon way

Insider talks to a business leader who turned a small family company into manufacturing firm about to break through the £100m turnover barrier.
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Business

Revenues pass £50m at music college group

Revenues have surged past the £50m milestone at the company behind a group of independent music colleges - which count the likes of George Ezra and James Bay among its alumni - although losses widened in its latest financial year.
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Time Finance launches funding finder

AIM-listed finance provider Time Finance has launched its digital fleet funding finder.
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Action needed on EV charging to meet Net Zero - CMA

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out measures to ensure a national network of electric vehicle chargepoints is in place ahead of the 2030 ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars.
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Economy growing at fastest pace in 80 years - EY

The UK economy is growing at its fastest pace in 80 years with the country's prospects having been upgraded, according to the EY ITEM Club forecast.
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Ask the expert: Why make the switch to Smart Messaging?

Robert Jones, head of messaging at BT, explains the benefits and possibilities that are available with BT’s new, all-encompassing communications solution.
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Property

Law firm supports TCH on modular homes project

Law firm TLT has advised Town and Country Housing (TCH) on its partnership with Legal & General Modular Homes to acquire a site for the development of 153 modular homes.
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Generator delivered for hybrid-electric propulsion system

The generator that will be at the heart of one of the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion systems in aerospace has arrived for installation at Rolls-Royce's specialist testbed in Bristol.
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Contractor administration to delay bridge project

The administration of Cleveland Bridge is set to delay the the Redcliffe Bridge refurbishment project, Bristol City Council has said.
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