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Work starts on £80m upgrade of Plymouth railway station
Transport
Construction and relocation work under way on main concourse and in office tower block as shops, offices, car park, hotel and medical campus will be created
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Council revamps city centre with LED display in bid for post-lockdown recovery
Retail & High Street
Plymouth City Council and Plymouth City Centre Company reveal investment into Frankfort Gate area as it plans for economy's restart
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Dorset blueberry farmer eyes global scale up for crop-tracking tech and fruit-picker recruitment app 
European Union
The business has managed to secure funding from Innovate º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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Ocado sees º£½ÇÊÓƵ sales surge amid 'dramatic and permanent' shift to online shopping amid pandemic
Retail & High Street
The value of its average order has jumped from £110 to £147
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150 empty high street properties in Bristol to be 'brought back into use' following pandemic
Retail & High Street
A total of £5m is being allocated to help boost the city's retail and hospitality sector
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Rock City sells out in record time as clubbers get ready for life after lockdown
Music
Around 4.600 tickets for the June 22 and 23 events at Rock City in Nottingham sold within 15 minutes
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Gloucester Debenhams building to be redeveloped into university campus
Education
The department store chain brand was bought by online fashion retailer Boohoo in January
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Rockfish boss predicts post-Covid recovery for hospitality sector
Food and Drink
Mitch Tonks' has plans for new restaurants and an outdoor bar in Plymouth too as 'roadmap' provides confidence surge
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Huge scale of South West retail closures revealed and worse is yet to come
Retail & High Street
PwC research says digital retail trends are behind growing number of store closures and predicts more pandemic woe for the sector
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Hundreds of retail chain stores closed in Wales last year
Wales
The data from PwC doesn't include stores temporary closed due to Covid restrictions last year
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Cheltenham shoe shop takes £50k in sales in online flash sale after social media training
Retail
Keith Scarrott Shoes’ managing director has said the platform had undoubtedly helped the business through the pandemic
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#BackForGood campaign launches and here’s how to claim your free business membership to reach local people
Enterprise
InYourArea campaign to show support for small businesses
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Fashion brand HYPE teams with green group Ecologi to go carbon neutral by next year
Fashion
It has promised that for every order taken one tree will be planted
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º£½ÇÊÓƵ doughnut maker Project D expanding deliveries to cover whole of England and Wales
Food and Drink
Derby business has expanded into a big new bakery and taken on another 100 staff
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Plans submitted to turn Leicester Highcross Debenhams into 300 inner city flats
Housing
Hammerson is working with PRS specialist Packaged Living to find a new life for the former Leicester department store
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Iceland to offer breakfasts and lunches with new Swift store trial
Retail & High Street
The North Wales frozen food chain is offering fresh food and other items with a trial store in Newcastle
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Furniture firm ScS toasts record half year as demand sends profits and revenues rocketing
Retail & High Street
Despite the challenges of lockdown over its key winter trading period revenues rose 14.4% to £173.9m
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Greggs CEO hails firm's resilience after posting first ever loss as listed company
Retail & High Street
Like-for-like sales in Greggs' company-managed shops were down 36.2% - but it has started 2021 better than expected
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Cornish pasty firms combine to produce one of º£½ÇÊÓƵ's largest independents
Food and Drink
Prima Bakeries has swallowed Cornish Premier Pasties Ltd to create business with significant national reach
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Thorntons to close all º£½ÇÊÓƵ stores with 600 jobs put at risk
Retail & High Street
'Iconic brand' blames the move on Covid lockdowns
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1,556 stores close in region in 2020 - with warning full impact of the pandemic yet to hit
Retail & High Street
Five years ago more chain stores opened than closed - now the figure is down by more than 900 according to PwC
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How chain store closures have changed East Midlands cities for good
Retail & High Street
New figures show the scale of store closures in cities such as Leicester, Derby and Nottingham
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Shop closures accelerate in North East as pandemic devastates High Street
Retail & High Street
Newcastle is one of several major cities to see higher rates of shop closures, according to the PwC and Local Data Company report
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Plans approved for 50 homes in Bristol on site of former Bedminster Argos store
Construction
It follows the recent approval of a scheme to redevelop a shopping centre on East Street
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