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º£½ÇÊÓƵ bedmaker Vi-Spring makes £4m profit despite Covid hitting sales
Company Results
Company made redundancies at Plymouth factory and managers took pay cut in 2020 but it recovered as stores reopened in º£½ÇÊÓƵ and abroad
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Brittany Ferries abandons plan to sail from Plymouth to Porto in 2021
Transport
Spain's decision to allow tourists to visit again means cross-channel transporter won't be starting a º£½ÇÊÓƵ to Portugal route - at least for now
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Derby Market Hall and Eastern Gateway get £15m funding
Retail & High Street
Part of the money will help turn the Market Hall into an attractive, flexible retail and leisure destination
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These are the richest people in the South West in 2021
South West
The Sunday Times' annual rich list has named the West Country's wealthiest individuals
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Card Factory boosted by returning sales and agreement of refinancing package
Retail & High Street
The Wakefield-based company said it was seeing fewer customers but those coming into shops were spending more
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Nationwide sees profits soar as pandemic brings boost for savers
Finance
The building society said º£½ÇÊÓƵ households had topped up their savings accounts in record numbers
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Welsh Government defends business support in Wales - while new funding will 'keep eye' on third wave
Coronavirus
The Government in Wales has come under fire this week for its latest funding package for companies
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Rich List 2021: The wealthiest people in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ named
People
Wealth among billionaires has increased by 21.7% over the last year
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Browne Jacobson boss Richard Medd on taking over a team of 1,000 people just as Covid-19 hit
Law
'I started in this post right at the start of lockdown so all of my careful handover plans went right out the window'
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Watches of Switzerland Group says luxury watch and jewellery sales haven't slowed during pandemic
Retail & High Street
º£½ÇÊÓƵ's biggest Rolex, OMEGA and TAG Heuer retailer confident of avoiding further disruption as it targets £1bn sales
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EasyJet slumps to £701m loss but eyes June recovery
easyJet
The carrier added more than 105,000 seats on flights when the Government announced its 'green list' of countries
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Big Interview: Boss of £218m turnover Cromwell Tools on the pandemic, Brexit, job losses and turning things around
Economy
Neil Jowsey: 'We are looking quite optimistically at getting the business back in the black over the course of this year’
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Sales rocket as people rush out to the shops to give homes a spring makeover
Retail & High Street
Dunelm says 'in the five weeks since our stores re-opened, we have performed significantly ahead of the market'
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Husband and wife team behind Colleague Box gift service celebrate £1m in lockdown sales
Retail
'There have been challenges – we’re a family and had to endure months of home-schooling which has been a balancing act'
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Next phase of West Midlands campaign launches
West Midlands
Open for Business, Safely is run by the West Midlands Combined Authority and is promoting the steps companies can take
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Surge in online shoppers fails to prevent big drop in sales at Shoe Zone
Fashion
Its stores were shut for a total of 16 weeks during the last six months, with the majority of staff furloughed
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Longleat Safari Park reopens after installing high-tech cleaning devices on buses
Leisure & Touism
The buses are able to operate for the first time since March 2020
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Topps Tiles repaying £1m furlough after record end to 2020
Company Results
Strong end to last year, but the lockdown at the start of 2021 saw sales plummet
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Paul John Construction (Leicester), one of Leicestershire’s biggest building companies, goes bust
Insolvency and Administration
Business was badly hit by the pandemic, as housebuilding schemes were put on hold, and had to negotiate pay cuts for staff
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Bristol Airport planning to relaunch New York flight route
Bristol
The last direct flight to the 'Big Apple' from Bristol was in 2010
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Smiles all round as restrictions lift for hundreds of indoor venues across the East Midlands
Retail & High Street
Business owners in Leicestershire, Nottinghmashire and Derbyshire optimistic about getting going again
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New budget hotel opens in Portishead as lockdown restrictions ease further
South West
The hotel on Harbour Road was formerly a Travelodge
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Seafood sector welcomes return of restaurants as restrictions ease
Food and Drink
Fish is a dish eaten out more than most - and Grimsby is welcoming a return of covered covers...
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Historic Dartmoor pub reopens after Covid lockdown and devastating flood
Food and Drink
Princetown's 19th Century Prince of Wales has undergone extensive refurbishment after being deluged in a freak rainstorm
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