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Plymouth hotel and golf course in Brunel-designed manor sold for £1.5m
Hotels
Victorian Welbeck Manor Hotel and 1990s Sparkwell Golf Course, on the edge of the city and Dartmoor, sold as a going concern
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Sutton Harbour Group buys £2m plot of land for flats development
property news
AIM-listed Plymouth company splashes out on 1.5-acre plot so it can move forward with ambitious plans for waterside buildings
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Plans approved for Devon's largest solar farm
Energy
Environmental campaigners left 'dismayed' but firm behind the scheme said it will generate investment and jobs
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First companies move into £2m Cornish business park
Local Enterprise Partnership
Origin Coffee and Porthleven Metalwork relocate to the new Foundry Business Park in Porthlevan
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Plymouth tug crews balloted on further strike action as roster row intensifies
Employment
Unite the union will hold a vote on continuing industrial action at Devonport naval base after staging two 24-hour strikes already
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Jobs boost as South West economy experiences post-lockdown confidence surge
Economy
Latest Business Barometer reveals region's businesses are most confident in º£½ÇÊÓƵ as restrictions on retail and hospitality ease
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Government urged to make decision on vital defence contracts
Armed Forces
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence John Healey uses visit to Plymouth marine businesses to call for clarity on future of navy
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10 brilliant South West startups to watch in 2021
South West
We take a look at some of the incredible startups finding success in the West Country
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Connect Derby starts offering furnished offices for the post-Covid world
Offices
Friar Gate Studios, which has 41 offices, is one of seven buildings within the Connect Derby portfolio
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Allpack Packaging gets keys to brand new national HQ
West Midlands
The company is relocating from its current base in Aldridge to a purpose-built warehouse in Staffordshire
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Cornish firms asked how Covid crisis has changed their business
Economy
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Hub has launched a business attitudes survey to find out the impact of the pandemic on working practices
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Cornish town traders jubilant as retail park plan dismissed after appeal
Retail & High Street
Quora's plans for the Polstrong retail part near Camborne have been scotched after its appeal against refusal failed
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Work starts on Cornish village housing developments
Housing
Ocean Housing Group and Gilbert & Goode building 43 homes at sites in St Teath and Trewoon
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New owners want to put Exeter logistics firm on the road to expansion
Transport
STR Logistics has been bought by Anthony Quinn and Peter Adams who have plans to double the size of the business
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Government inspector approves plans for 373 homes in Devon countryside
Housing
Paignton's Inglewood scheme was opposed by Torbay Council because of its impact on the landscape but it has been allowed on appeal
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St Austell Brewery reopens 18 managed pubs for outdoor service
Food and Drink
The independent, family-owned business secured working capital from its lenders to weather the Covid pandemic lockdown
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Space Park Leicester CEO Grant Bourhill leaves to take new job heading up Surrey Research Park
Aerospace
First part of space park in north Leicester could eventually help create and support 2,500 jobs
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Nestlé to close Newcastle sweet factory and cut almost 600 jobs
Economy
The multinational is planning to consolidate º£½ÇÊÓƵ confectionery production at York and Halifax but its Fawdon site will close by 2023
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Plymouth Argyle's latest signing is Hal Robson Kanu's turmeric shots company
Retail
League One football club becomes latest sports team to use health shots produced by Wales international strikers business
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Bath-based company wins subcontract to make parts for British Army combat vehicle
Armed Forces
Horstman will look to expand its team following the deal
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Plymouth Grade II listed waterfront warehouse goes on market for £665k
property news
The 19th Century AE Monsen Ship Stores building has planning permission for a shop, bar or restaurant with flats on upper floors
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Contrasting fortunes for Plymouth and Swindon in economic growth table
Economy
New º£½ÇÊÓƵ Powerhouse report predicts GVA and employment stats for South West cities and warns of more Covid and Brexit pain ahead
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Bristol Temple Circus roadworks scheme shortlisted for award as work set to start to 'rectify defects'
Bristol
The major improvement works project was finished in 2020 but took three years to complete and ran over-budget
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Plymouth City Council pays out £2.7m to businesses reopening after lockdown
Coronavirus
Local authority receives more than 1,000 applications under the Government's Restart Grant scheme
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