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Thousands of high street businesses get sales boost thanks to West Lindsey District Council rewards scheme
Retail & High Street
Local Rewards programme created to drive footfall to high street stores across the region during and after the pandemic
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South West has lowest unemployment rate in Ƶ as jobs and vacancies soar
Employment
Region's employment rate betters national average but there are thousands of jobs unfilled in the region
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Survey says Plymouth has Ƶ's fourth highest number of empty shops
Retail & High Street
Property Inspect's study of info from Rightmove, Zoopla and Savills shows Plymouth suffers from closed units compared to size of population
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Joules share price drops 23% amid supply chain issues, higher costs, stock delays and labour shortages
Retail & High Street
Also 'increased consumer uncertainty as a result of the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant'
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Strong performance from regional manufacturers as year closes
Economy
Make Ƶ and BDO underline continued growth
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Equity release firm Responsible Group to create more than 70 jobs in Plymouth
Employment
Firm started in 2010 is growing quickly and set to see staff numbers reach 200 soon
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Plymouth's ghost block of student flats set to be bought in £11m deal
South West
Unnamed purchaser pays deposit on huge Crescent Point double block which has never been used since its construction in 2018
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South West firms hike prices after 'unprecedented' rise in costs
South West
Growth among private sector firms was strong in November, but increased costs and staff shortages led to a dip in confidence
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Cornish fashion brand Seasalt sees sales edge towards £100m
Company Results
Growth in online retail helps Falmouth-based firm although shop sales rebounded well once stores were allowed to reopen
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Business activity, sales and output continue to increase for West Midlands firms but at much slower rate - report
West Midlands
The latest NatWest PMI report shows that growth among West Midlands firms has lost momentum
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November saw strong growth in East Midlands business activity, says NatWest
Enterprise
However companies said inflation continued to cause concern while order backlogs hit “unprecedented” levels
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‘New beginning’ could see up to 4,000 jobs created on historic East Midlands ironworks site
Construction
Developer wants to bring the area “back to life” with warehouse and industrial units totalling around 2.5 million sq ft
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North East business activity contracts as ongoing shortages and cost pressures bite
Economy
The NatWest Business Activity Index showed the North East was the only region to see decline, with growth sustained elsewhere.
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North West's private sector economy 'continued to recover strongly' in November, NatWest data shows
NatWest
NatWest's headline North West Business Activity Index climbed from October's 55.3 to a four-month high of 57.6 in November
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Caution urged as economic upturn led by service sector as manufacturing stagnates
Economy
Economic snapshot 'pins the fate of the broader recovery in a precarious position'
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Use Chamber network to help drive levelling-up agenda, director general urges Government
Economy
The British Chambers of Commerce leader Shevaun Haviland says the looming White Paper must have evidence-based policies
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East Midlands Airport cargo shipments up more than 25% on pre-pandemic levels
Transport
During the global lockdowns the airport was the tenth busiest in Europe thanks to its global freight operations
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Value of exports from Welsh manufacturers to exceed £9bn this year
Exports
New research from Barclays also shows that a high number of firms in Wales plan to export for the first time in 2022
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Dunelm signs up to £185m of Net Zero credit
Climate Agenda
Homeware chain vows to half greenhouse gas emissions within eight years
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Departing CEO leaves Theatre Royal Plymouth in financial good health
Theatre
As Adrian Vinken steps down after 31 years running Ƶ's largest regional producing theatre he says cultural sector would have been almost wiped out without Government's Covid bailout
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Father-and-son cobblers see business recover from lockdown but inflation now bites
Retail & High Street
Dick Benson-Gyles revisits Plymouth's Cobblers and Keys and finds it has survived after being hit by a Covid-induced £74k sales slump and is now confident despite rising input prices
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Tesco wants to put cash machine into planned Plymouth supermarket
Retail & High Street
Britain's largest retailer aims to open Tesco Express on ground floor of six-storey apartment block in Mount Wise regeneration area
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Plymouth set for economic boost from £2bn Devonport Dockyard rebuild
Economy
Babcock chair Ruth Cairnie highlights importance of company to city and its communities on visit to meet Plymouth manufacturers
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2,000 jobs hope as land deal done for proposed Scunthorpe advanced manufacturing park
Deals
Research, development and innovation eyed as potential new economic driver unveiled
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