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Market delivery service set up in pandemic passes £1m in sales
Retail & High Street
The Grainger Delivery service is supporting around 20 traders in Newcastle's historic Grainger Market
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South West business confidence sees biggest fall in England during third lockdown
Economy
Almost half of the firms surveyed in a new report said the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine had boosted trading prospects for 2021
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Plum trampolines MD Paul Schaffer shares secrets to his success as global growth beckons
Retail & High Street
Lockdown sales went through the roof as mums and dads tried to keep their kids entertained at home.
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Up to £8m available for English airports during pandemic
Coronavirus
East Midlands Airport is among the national airports which have taken a big hit Covid, cutting dozens of jobs
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Chris Dawson's The Range defends decision not to hand back £36m business rates saving
Retail
Plymouth-headquartered chain says money has been spent on making store Covid safe and vows to create 2,700 jobs in 2021
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Details of £200m Welsh Government lockdown package - but firms already voice concerns about funds lasting
Coronavirus
Rates paying non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure and tourism businesses to receive between £3,000 and £5,000
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Bristol's black business owners invited to event with MP Thangham Debbonaire on city’s inequality issues
Black Communities
Practical solutions to issues such as access to finance will be discussed at the free virtual conference
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Brittany Ferries reports hike in driverless freight as hauliers seek to tackle Covid and Brexit hurdles
Transport
Covid tests for drivers and Brexit red tape mean more firms are looking at sending trailers on ferries without a cab
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Fourth coronavirus vaccine could be approved within weeks after clearing major hurdle
Pharmaceuticals
60 million doses of Novavax are set to be manufactured at Billingham-based Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
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Wales lockdown to continue for three more weeks - with funding package set to be announced
Coronavirus
This will mean further weeks of closure for hospitality, leisure, tourism and non-essential retail
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Fears the "cashflow crisis of 2020 will transition into the insolvency crisis of 2021” without fresh Government help
Coronavirus
Government must be prepared to dig deep to overcome “prolonged agony for businesses”
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Joules half year sales down 15 per cent – but online shoppers over Christmas “more than offset” store closures
Retail & High Street
Online sales grew 45 per cent during the six months as shoppers turned to the internet to do their shopping
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The companies that collapsed into administration in the South West in 2020
Insolvency and Administration
A total of 109 businesses in the region became insolvent in a year blighted by the pandemic
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Derelict Plymouth office site goes on market after firm's liquidation
Construction
Mayflower House is due to be demolished with plans approved to build an 18-floor student flat tower on the site
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"Death of the office" exaggerated as Nottingham business park is now fully let
property news
“Despite the negative press surrounding the future of offices, we are confident that... deals can still be done"
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Leicester Tigers sign Toyo Tires as official kit sponsor
Business of Sport
Sponsorship during pandemic proving vital at a time when matchday and stadium revenues have hit a wall
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Nanny's lockdown baking now a rapidly rising online business success story
Yorkshire & Humber
The Savvy Baker launched in Leeds in March and now employs a team of six
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The factories making AstraZeneca, Pfizer and other Covid-19 vaccine in the Ƶ
Coronavirus
Millions of doses of Covid 19 vaccines are being made in the Ƶ
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Hinkley Point C delayed by six months with cost expected to rise by £500m
Construction
EDF says electricity generation at the nuclear power plant is now slated to start in June 2026
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Cornish firms urged not to abandon EU exports despite Brexit hurdles
Brexit
Cornwall Chamber of Commerce warns exporters that abandoning sales short-term could lead to long-term losses
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'Everyone is shattered': How Covid-19 has hit the business community in Exeter
South West
Exeter Chamber of Commerce boss Clodagh Murphy talks on how Covid-19 has changed Exeter forever and what it has to do to recover
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Unemployment more than doubles in Devon and Cornwall during pandemic
Employment
New figures show nearly 55k people are claiming benefits while seeking a job in the two counties as Covid cause mass redundancies
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New name revealed for former Intu Derby shopping centre
Retail & High Street
Derby was the first of 17 Intu shopping centres to change hands after the previous owners failed to agree terms with creditors
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Businesses urged to give laptops for poor kids in lockdown
Technology
Research shows children from poor families spend less time learning at home each day than middle-class kids
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