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Welsh language channel S4C in great shape says outgoing boss
Wales
Owen Evans is standing down to take up a new role with Estyn
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Plans for £4m pilot plant move ahead at Cornish Lithium's United Downs hot rocks mine
Technology
Pilot plant due for commission by end of March 2022 after GeoLith chosen to provide key technology
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Plymouth's £7.6m immersive dome to stage global Fulldome tech event
Technology
The newly opened Market Hall facility will host Fulldome º£½ÇÊÓƵ and link with others in Germany, Australia and Los Angeles, USA
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South West PE firm LDC completes three transactions with firms worth combined £280m
Finance
Private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group predicts significant growth and investment opportunities for small and mid-sized companies in the South West
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Brexit exodus – ‘EU workers have left and aren’t returning...we’ve never seen anything like this in 20 years’
European Union
Warnings include suggestions that 60 per cent of vegetable packers have said they’re leaving or left
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Brittany Ferries to use new hybrid gas-electric ships on º£½ÇÊÓƵ-France route
Transport
Plymouth-headquartered company charters two vessels which will come into service after 2024
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Next Plc agrees to repay £29m it saved on business rates during lockdown as sales beat expectations
Fashion
It has benefited from pent-up demand for clothing, with customers putting off summer purchases during the last 18 months
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Mulberry returns to profit as it turns 50 years old
Retail
The Somerset-based handbag retailer said it had delivered a "robust financial performance" in the last year
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South West manufacturers battle supply chain problems and inflation
Manufacturing Advisory Service
SWMAS survey focuses on SME manufacturers' problems and firms are urged to share experiences so Government can be lobbied
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Plymouth delivery business Nipii Express launches with fleet of electric vans
Retail
Nipii Express is an offshoot of another new company, nipii.co.uk, which links independent traders with customers
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Charles Bentley & Son strikes multi-million dollar deal to supply Marxman tradesmen's pens to US tool company
Dragons Den
The pens won £50,000 of investment from Dragon’s Den star Deborah Meaden in exchange for a 30 per cent stake
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Troubled South West businesses urged to seek help as insolvencies surge
Finance
Spike in corporate CVLs prompts warning from regional trade body R3
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Hydrogen car manufacturer Riversimple signs deal with DHL
Deals
The Powys-based firm aims to start commercial production of its eco coupe, the Rasa, in 2024, and a light goods vehicle the following year
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Consultation launched on new vision for transport in South West
Transport
Peninsula Transport launches document and wants feedback from businesses before publishing full transport strategy in 2022
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Demand for South West hotels, pubs and holiday complexes remains sky high
property news
Property experts say recent £2m sale of farmhouse and letting cottages is example of level of hunger for business opportunities
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South West's Gregory Distribution makes greenhouse gas reduction pledge
Environment
Firm with bases in Plymouth, Newton Abbot and Scotland installs gas fuelling station and brings in electric trucks too
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EasyJet to resume 60 percent of flight programme following lockdown easing
easyJet
The carrier is planning to boost flights to 74 countries on the so-called amber list
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Plans move forward for 150 homes next to Plymouth's £6.2m boulevard
Housing
New residential development planned for land at Millbay waterfront where buildings were demolished in 2019
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Emergency service and key worker discount company Blue Light Card relocates to bigger HQ after major growth
Offices
The workforce has grown from 36 to 94 in just over a year
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Plan to turn Plymouth city centre building into serviced 'aparthotel'
Hotels
Building once home to newspapers The Herald and Western Morning News and then a Waterstones is set to become repurposed
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Construction consultancy becomes latest new arrival at Plymouth Science Park
Construction
Bates Development Services Ltd helped refurbished hospital wards during the worst of the Covid pandemic
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Manufacturers remain vital to South West economy says new report
Economy
The sector may have been hit by Covid but it has been less affected by Brexit new Make º£½ÇÊÓƵ/BDO survey finds
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Unemployment drops in South West as hospitality sector wakes up from lockdown
Employment
Numbers receiving benefit fall sharply compared to 2020 but are still higher than pre-pandemic levels
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