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JTF Mega Discount administrators confirm which stores will stay permanently closed after Poundstretcher deal
Retail & High Street
Poundstretcher group has bought the chain’s intellectual property rights and is reopening nine of the stores
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Selco launches lorry driver training academy to help ease national shortage
West Midlands
The West Midlands building materials supplier is itself struggling to fill more than 20 HGV driver vacancies
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Dunelm confident of dodging supply chain hold-ups, as it outperforms rivals with big jump in sales and profits
Retail & High Street
Profits up and expected to keep rising ahead of expectations
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Urban Splash sales jump to £39m as it continues Melville building development in Plymouth
Company Results
Company redeveloping Grade 1 listed Royal William Yard reports £900k profit and now has more than £100m of assets
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Scale of Government Covid grant support to Plymouth businesses revealed
Coronavirus
As schemes come to an end Plymouth City Council reveals how much cash was paid in "Herculean" effort to keep businesses afloat
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Becton Dickinson hikes production at Plymouth factory to combat blood tube shortage
NHS
Firm responds after surge in demand, plus supply issues, mean NHS has to cancel non-urgent blood tests
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EXCLUSIVE: Poundstretcher owner buys failed discount chain JTF, saving 230 jobs – with 15 new shops planned
Retail & Consumer
Nottinghamshire-based JTF Mega Discount Warehouse collapsed this summer when a deal to sell the business fell through
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Inside new £138m UPS º£½ÇÊÓƵ air hub at East Midlands Airport
Logistics
1.2m sq ft facility can handle up to 22,500 packages an hour but is almost silent during daytime hours
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The importance of being agile - Orsted's cluster chief on keeping green energy going through Covid
Energy
An insight into life at the offshore wind world leader's largest base through the pandemic
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Shop closures continue in Yorkshire and Humber - but rate slows
Retail & High Street
Chain shops closed at a rate of around two a day in Yorkshire and Humber - but that was an improvement on the same period in 2020
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Ikea facing mattress shortages as º£½ÇÊÓƵ demand soars
Retail
The company says it is seeing "high customer demand" as more people spend time at home
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Eastern Airways returns Newcastle - Aberdeen service 20 years after first launch
Transport
Critical East Coast link for energy sector is re-established by Humberside-based airline
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Hundreds of shops disappear from South West in first half of 2021
Retail & High Street
Cities are now faring worse than commuter towns and villages for closures
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Chain stores close at one a day in North East as retail decline continues
Retail & High Street
The rate of closures in the region has slowed in the first half of the year and is below the national average, however
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Post-Covid recovery at forefront as plans for 2021 Leicester Business Festival take shape
Economy
Festival message will be that the city and surrounding county are open for business Post-Covid
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Back from the brink: Poundstretcher goes from £49m pre-tax loss to £30m profit in a year after tackling crippling rents
Retail & High Street
Exclusive: CEO Aziz Tayub says discount retailer has seen sharp turnaround despite CVA, Covid and Brexit – with more stores planned
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Huge jump in Barratt profits thanks to red hot homes market and post-Covid bounce-back
Housing
Average Barratt private sales prices rose to £325,500, up from £312,000 two years ago
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Travel recovery boosts WH Smith sales ahead of targets
Retail & High Street
The retailer said it would grow its º£½ÇÊÓƵ travel arm despite uncertainty in the sector
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Plymouth joins 6.7m euro Covid business recovery programme
Coronavirus
Plymouth City Council has joined the Anglo-French C-CARE (Covid Channel Area Response Exchange)
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Plastics firm Renolit improves finances despite major challenges in pandemic
Company Results
The Northumberland-based firm saw demand for its products stall and then quickly return during the lockdown
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How Leicester coffee shop chain Bru is disrupting coffee shop culture and contributing to high street renaissance
Food and Drink
The group even opened two new stores during the pandemic – in Reading and London’s Docklands
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Government 'floating' idea of allowing more EU HGV drivers to work here again, in bid to tackle mass shortages
Brexit
This week the boss of the Co-op said food shortages - partly brought on by Brexit - were at worst level he had ever seen.
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Newcastle Building Society warns on Covid's long impact despite strong results
Professional Services
The building society reported a 78% increase in operating profits in its half-year results
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Brexit shortages force doughnut chain to close its doors
European Union
Doughnut chain Doughnotts said the shortage of raw materials affecting the whole of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ had hit its flour supplies
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