Today's Yorkshire business news from Insider |
| Tuesday 22 September 2020 |
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Latest News | Turnover has grown to more than £70m at online bathroom retailer Victoria Plum in the year of its acquisition by private equity firm Endless. Further growth has also been record in the current year, despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Matt Bruce, CEO at Bruce & Butler, says hackers are always finding new or more sophisticated ways to access data and compromise systems. Regular penetration testing should form a core part of your security strategy when keeping systems and data secure.
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A West Yorkshire manufacturer has secured funding from Barclays to support overseas growth plans.
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Yorkshire law firm Gordons has advised start-up film production company behind Netflix's Paralympics documentary Rising Phoenix on its first two funding rounds.
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Microsoft is set to acquire the parent company of one of the world's largest privately held game developers and publishers in a deal worth $7.5bn.
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Yunus Lunat, partner & head of employment law at Ison Harrison Solicitors, provides a useful guide to settlement agreements for employers and employees.
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Barnsley College has launched a new hub to help address the digital skills gap.
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Sheffield-based law firm Wosskow Brown Solicitors has appointed a new partner and head of commercial property.
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Premier Inn owner Whitbread is set to cut 6,000 jobs from its UK workforce as it attempts to recover from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. The business said it is a "regrettable but necessary step" to ensure it emerges with a "lower cost base, a more flexible operating model and a stronger more resilient business".
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Pre-tax losses have widened in the full-year results for listed property group Town Centre Securities but its chief executive said it had been able to limit the worst impact of Covid-19 with work now underway to "reset and reinvigorate" the business.
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Plans have been submitted for a new development in West Yorkshire which could support the creation of up to 150 jobs.
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A Sheffield retail parade has been acquired by commercial property and investment company LCP for £1.5m.
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Plans for the redevelopment of the former Palmer & Harvey site in Leeds have been given the go-ahead.
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A total of three warehouses across Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire have been sold by a listed property investor for £77m.
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Assetz Capital has restarted retail lending with a £1m residential bridging loan.
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The value of The Crown Estate's profits and property are expected to be badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The managing director of Arla Foods UK has been elected as the new chairman of trade association Dairy UK.
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Member Exclusive News | A West Yorkshire company has been appointed as health and safety consultant on a new factory in the Netherlands.
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Leeds-based software development company Audacia has launched a new graduate training programme.
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