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Inside new £138m UPS º£½ÇÊÓƵ air hub at East Midlands Airport
Logistics
1.2m sq ft facility can handle up to 22,500 packages an hour but is almost silent during daytime hours
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Shop closures continue in Yorkshire and Humber - but rate slows
Retail & High Street
Chain shops closed at a rate of around two a day in Yorkshire and Humber - but that was an improvement on the same period in 2020
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Ikea facing mattress shortages as º£½ÇÊÓƵ demand soars
Retail
The company says it is seeing "high customer demand" as more people spend time at home
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Yogscast invests in Bristol gaming cafe Chance & Counters
Deals
Yogscast is best known for gaming content on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch and has millions of subscribers
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Hundreds of shops disappear from South West in first half of 2021
Retail & High Street
Cities are now faring worse than commuter towns and villages for closures
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Shop closures in Wales far exceeding new openings
Retail & High Street
New research commissioned by PwC show closures are far outweighing new openings
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Chain stores close at one a day in North East as retail decline continues
Retail & High Street
The rate of closures in the region has slowed in the first half of the year and is below the national average, however
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Retail footfall in Wales improving but still well below pre-pandemic levels
Retail & High Street
The decline in Wales in August on two years ago was the shallowest of any nation in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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London calling for Daniella Draper with top national jewellery award retained as Chelsea deal agreed
Awards
º£½ÇÊÓƵ Jewellery Awards 2021 success makes it three successive years at the top for family brand
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Brexit driver crisis leaves Coca-Cola with aluminium cans shortage
Brexit
º£½ÇÊÓƵ soft drinks giant facing 'logistics challenges' including pressure on HGV driver numbers, but maintaining 'high service levels'
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M&S agrees deal to export food range including Percy Pigs to 150 countries
Deals
The high street supermarket has partnered with online exporting platform the British Corner Shop
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Back from the brink: Poundstretcher goes from £49m pre-tax loss to £30m profit in a year after tackling crippling rents
Retail & High Street
Exclusive: CEO Aziz Tayub says discount retailer has seen sharp turnaround despite CVA, Covid and Brexit – with more stores planned
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SEGRO finance boss joins board of Next plc
Fashion
Soumen Das is joining fashion chain as an independent non-executive, bringing years of experience to the post
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MP and police commissioner back HullBID as it aims for further five years in looming city ballot
Business Improvement District
Late September deadline for casting votes on future of organisation praised for Covid response
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Somerset linen company rebrands and relaunches, creating new jobs
Somerset
Husband-and-wife directors Carole and Tim Champion have spent 18 months redeveloping the business
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Food service event brings eating out return and recovery into focus
Food and Drink
Hull firm's major show takes place later this month
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Fresh concerns over JD Sports' £90m Footasylum takeover could force sale to rival
Retail & High Street
JD Sports first agreed to buy Footasylum in March 2019
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Amazon to create another 1,250 jobs as part of major º£½ÇÊÓƵ expansion
Employment
The jobs will be based in London, Manchester, Cambridge and Edinburgh
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‘Crazy’ Brexit impact has caused us £300k in lost sales
Brexit
'The fact that it’s a big deal for us to send a single shipment to the EU shows just how crazy these last few months have been'
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Pizza Punks promises anchovies and anarchy as it prepares to open fourth venue
Retail & High Street
Leeds city centre location follows Glasgow, Belfast and Newcastle
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Travel recovery boosts WH Smith sales ahead of targets
Retail & High Street
The retailer said it would grow its º£½ÇÊÓƵ travel arm despite uncertainty in the sector
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People on the move: A round-up of the South West's latest appointments and promotions
People
We take a look at which companies have been hiring and promoting in the last few weeks
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E-commerce marketing firm Superb expands after moving to Torbay tech hub
Retail
Company which also has bases in London and Europe has been on hiring spree as growth continues
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How Leicester coffee shop chain Bru is disrupting coffee shop culture and contributing to high street renaissance
Food and Drink
The group even opened two new stores during the pandemic – in Reading and London’s Docklands
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