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750 manufacturing jobs to be created on the Humber as £260m offshore wind investment confirmed
Engineering
First development for Able Marine Energy Park backed by government
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Wind power investment provides 325-job boost in the North East
Manufacturing
European firm Smulders is investing £70m into its site at Wallsend as the Government announces moves to increase wind turbine work in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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South West firms propped up with £5.6bn of Government Covid loans
Coronavirus
More than 135,000 companies in the region were given financial support during the pandemic but will have to pay it back
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What Vauxhall's £100m 'new era' means for Ellesmere Port plant - and why more is still needed
Boris Johnson
North West Business Editor Tom Houghton reflects on some rare good news for the region's automotive sector - but says that even after the £100m pledge from automotive giant Stellantis, more is now needed
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1,500 jobs cooked up by Tesco, M&S and Waitrose meal and dessert supplier
Food and Drink
Bakkavor says it needs to fill hundreds of positions across 23 º£½ÇÊÓƵ factories
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Low-carbon manufacturing West Midlands' fastest-growing sector - report
West Midlands
The green sector now employs close to 100,000 people across the West Midlands
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More than 500 jobs created through multimillion-pound County Durham Growth Fund
Deals
Business Durham says 21 companies have so far tapped into the fund, which has also leveraged more than £8m in private investment
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Work starts to create Plymouth University engineering block as part of £100m campus plan
Education
New home for School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics and School of Art, Design and Architecture due for completion in 2023
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Creditors' meeting called to appoint liquidator for South West construction firm Pollard
Insolvency and Administration
Henry W Pollard and Sons Ltd has ceased trading after 161 years and will now go into liquidation
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Mining firm Cornish Metals finds high-grade tin, copper and silver
Environment
Exploration of Cornwall's United Downs mine produces encouraging results and more seams of minerals are thought to be in vicinity
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Council boss wants to end rush-hour commuter misery
Transport
New plans to get cars off the streets and people onto public transport
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East Midlands Chamber welcomes plans for most comprehensive easing of lockdown restrictions yet 
Coronavirus
End of social distancing will be ‘huge boost for businesses’ – but open borders required for full recovery
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Best of North East's rural businesses crowned in Countryside awards
Economy
The four businesses in Northumberland and County Durham will go on to represent the region in the national awards
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£200m Leicester station revamp could include multi-storey car park and office blocks 
Transport
New ambition after city missed out on £65m Government funding last year
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South West firms struggling to recruit as skills shortage holds back Covid recovery
Employment
British Chambers of Commerce South West members are calling for "real solutions"
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Public given chance to view º£½ÇÊÓƵ's first immersive video dome
Technology
Impressive technology is first of its kind in Europe and part of £7.6m transformation of listed market hall into tech business hub
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US and Plymouth tech teams create VR headset with sights, sounds and smells of 1620
Technology
University of Birmingham works with firms in Plymouth and the States to create Mayflower experience
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MPs fear G7 tax avoidance crackdown will scupper Plymouth freeport
freeports
Cross-party committee raises concern freeport tax benefits will be negated and policy will merely shift wealth rather than create it
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Student flats marketed in £60m Plymouth department store redevelopment
Construction
The former Derrys department store has been converted into 500 student flats and a Premier Inn Hotel
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One of Leicestershire’s biggest companies interested in new 600,000 sq ft HQ on planned 150 acre warehouse park
East Midlands Top 500
Syncreon wants to take a new head office on land alongside the A5
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Big Interview: GeoSLAM founder Graham Hunter on the º£½ÇÊÓƵ tech being used to scan erupting volcanoes in Iceland
Technology
GeoSLAM also produced a digital twin of the 98 ft Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro
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Plymouth's e-commerce construction retailer CMO to create jobs after £45m float
Construction
Burrington Way-based company will be valued at £95m after it starts selling shares on the London Stock Exchange
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What end of stamp duty holiday could mean for house prices
The Budget
The tax cut for homes over £500k ended on June 30 - but what will happen to the property market now?
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Huge Exeter city centre block on sale for £8m and could be hotel or flats
property news
Shops and office building opposite Princesshay Shopping Centre is on market with development potential
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