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ProCook reports strong store growth in first results as listed business
Retail
The Gloucestershire business completed it float on the London Stock Exchange in November
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Devon's finest - 18 businesses that won major awards in 2021
South West
From cafes to construction firms, manufacturers to media agencies, Devon has some of the best businesses in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, if not the world
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Shop local before we find ourselves with no local
Retail & High Street
Financial guru Peter McGahan weighs up the advantages of supporting your nearest high street and its businesses
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TMS plans new £10m Kia and Volvo dealership in Leicester
Retail
Family owned group already operates from five Volvo and Kia sites in Coventry, Hinckley and Leicester
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Likewise expands with South East acquisition in £30m deal
West Midlands
Floor covering specialist makes latest buyout as it aims to conquer £1.9bn º£½ÇÊÓƵ market
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Expanding Somerset saddlery completes site renovation
Retail
Unicorn Saddlery near Taunton is expecting to add to its headcount
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Online retailer Buy It Direct needs 200 workers in north Leicestershire as new figures show º£½ÇÊÓƵ employment up
Employment
º£½ÇÊÓƵ jobs market strengthened further despite furlough ending as the number of people in paid work jumped
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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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Craft brewers launch new street food concept with experienced restaurant operator
Food and Drink
Mockingbird has landed at Grimsby's Docks Beers as permanent kitchen added to brewery site - with more locations the plan
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Gloucester Brewery appoints first artist in residence as it hits £500k crowdfunding target
Gloucestershire
Local painter Russell Haines will be exhibiting his work at the brewery's new waterside bar
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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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Costa Coffee accused of ruining independent café’s trade with pop-up promo store
Retail & High Street
Five Fox Lane cafe owner furious to arrive at work to find a big Costa stall giving free cups of coffee away
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The Range agrees deal for huge Stafford warehouse
West Midlands
The 475,000 sq ft building is located close to junction 13 of the M6 motorway
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Bristol luxury handbag company lands product placement deal for new Fredi Nwaka film
South West
Keri Andriana's luxury ethical bags can be spotted in the 'On The Other Foot' movie
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Dunelm chief finance officer Laura Carr leaving for pastures new
Retail
Ms Carr has been with the group for three years, having previously worked for contract food service company Compass Group
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Gateshead motor retailer Vertu swoops for Midlands firm in £9.2m deal
Automotive
The company now has 156 outlets across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and three Toyota dealerships in the East Midlands - a key region for sales
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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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North East retailers Fenwick and Barker and Stonehouse launch new store concept
Retail & High Street
The furniture company is opening its first two store-within-a-store experiences in Newcastle and Kingston
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McDonald's opens º£½ÇÊÓƵ's 'first' net zero-carbon restaurant in the West Midlands
West Midlands
The fast food giant has pledged to make all of its 1,400 restaurants and offices net zero by 2030
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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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Christmas Market to continue despite Plan B Covid rules
Coronavirus
'Don’t attend any events if you have Covid-like symptoms. Get a PCR test'
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Devon paddleboard firm sold after seeing sales hit £20m
Deals
Totnes company which trades as Red Paddle Co sold to investment business
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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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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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