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Hull and East Riding LEP sets out key priorities in a bid to drive area economy
Economy
The LEP has set targets for the green economy, where it has taken a national lead in recent years
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Coventry engineering firm gears up for growth after £4.2m investment
West Midlands
Penso Group received the multi-million pound funding boost after going into liquidation in May 2021
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º£½ÇÊÓƵ's largest stove maker Stovax & Gazco's £20m Exeter factory takes shape
Construction
Company aims to move 300 staff from nine buildings into a new purpose-built manufacturing facility on the Skypark in summer 2022
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Plymouth leaps into top 10 of º£½ÇÊÓƵ's manufacturing powerhouse cities
Economy
Britain's Ocean City is the only one of the top 10 manufacturing towns and cities not to be in the North or Midlands
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Exeter Airport creates jobs after recovering from pandemic losses
Employment
Airport made £3.3m loss in 2020/21 and was left reeling from loss of Flybe but is now on flight path to recovery
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South West worker shortage sparks wage inflation
Employment
Latest KPMG and REC Report on Jobs shows region's firms continue to create employment but candidates are scarce
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Wind farm plant brings 750 jobs to Teesside - but sparks row with Humber
Energy
The SeAH Wind plant had been due to be built at the AMEP development on the Humber but will now happen at Teesworks
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Tungsten West steps up £45m revamp of vast Plymouth tungsten mine
Employment
Top-of-the-range equipment on order and construction work due to start on new sorting plant as company eyes full production in 2023
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East Midlands business activity picked up last month as Omicron eased, according to NatWest data
Economy
NatWest said the rise in new orders was the fastest for seven months
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Up to 1,000 more civil service jobs could be created in Nottingham by 2030 through Levelling Up plans
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Invest in Nottingham came up with number based on figures given by the Government in Levelling Up White Paper
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Dunelm boss says shoppers should get ready for price rises
Retail & High Street
Chief executive Nick Wilkinson said the company had kept prices flat in previous years
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Return to stronger growth in Yorkshire and Humber - at a price
Economy
Confidence high but prices higher as series-record rate hit during January
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South West firms ramp up hiring as demand for work rises - but cost pressures continue to bite
South West
Skills shortages and greater competition for workers led to a steeper rise in backlogs of work in January, according to NatWest
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Minister acknowledges Covid "damage" but insists growth figures are good news
Economy
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke said people should be "reassured" by figures that show the economy grew 7.5% in 2021
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Does the º£½ÇÊÓƵ really have the fastest growing economy in the G7?
Economy
Critics say the repeated Government claim is accurate but not meaningful - we look at the statistics to see what they tell us about the state of the economy
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South Gloucestershire adult social care warning amid council budget cuts
Economy
Access Social Care said many people faced going without ‘vital’ care services
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Diversity seen as key to saving Plymouth city centre
Retail & High Street
New wave of entrepreneurs from various nationalities are being credited with bringing vibrancy to retail and hospitality and arresting decline
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Hundreds of firms have secured grant funding from SAM - could yours be next?
GVA
Between 2018 and 2020, the first phase of the SAM Project saw over £1m distributed in match-funding grants
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Green light for pallet storage site with almost 800 jobs
property news
Developer says it could support 377 jobs during the 10-month build and up to 775 full-time jobs when open.
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Manufacturers urged to tap into support before it’s too late
Local Enterprise Partnership
Take your business to the next level with grant funding available to support projects throughout the North East
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North Somerset business accelerator scheme launched
Economy
Weston College is among the organisations partnering on the Government-funded initiative
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Companies face 'cost of doing business crisis' and warn over price rises
CBI
Survey from the British Chambers of Commerce warns that many companies will invest less as a result of cost pressures on them, and some will go bust
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East Midlands Airport gears up for big post-Covid getaway
Leisure & Touism
100,000 passengers expected at Leicestershire Airport during half-term weeks
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Openreach creating 160 East Midlands jobs after 'record year' for hiring female engineers
Employment
More than 1,600 Openreach people already live and work across the East Midlands
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