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Ascona swoops for four further forecourts as growth plan accelerates with backing
Retail
Chief executive Darren Briggs is eyeing 300-site status by 2026
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Wine specialist Majestic to sell St Austell Brewery beers
Food and Drink
Cornish brewer strikes deal with º£½ÇÊÓƵ's largest wine-seller for its Tribute and Proper Job ales to be marketed online and in stores
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Father-and-son business reveals devastating impact of lockdown
Retail & High Street
Plymouth's Cobblers and Keys has been open as an essential trader but has still been hit by a Covid-induced £74k sales slump
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Nottingham Boots staff still waiting to know when jobs end
Retail & High Street
Staff say it is hard knowing they were having to leave, but not when
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D2N2 puts £8m into Broadmarsh redevelopment pot
property news
Money will help with the first phase of redeveloping the Broadmarsh Centre, with work expected to start next month
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Garden centre chain Dobbies opens new format Bristol store
Retail & High Street
The shop will sell a range of gardening products aimed at people living in urban areas
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Independent businesses coped with Covid better than big chains - but vacancy rates still soar
Retail & High Street
Local Data Company publishes its report into the retail and leisure landscape across Britain
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RB reverts to Reckitt as Hull heritage brought back to the fore by Dettol and Durex giant
Marketing
It all begain for Reckitt in Dansom Lane more than 180 years ago
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Brexit blamed for ‘shortage’ of daffodil pickers
Brexit
Normally Taylors Bulbs would have around 150 pickers harvesting flowers in the spring – but this year they have just 30
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Future lockdowns 'biggest threat to jobs and shops', retail boss warns
Retail & High Street
The chief of the British Retail Consortium has said any delays to the PM's roadmap to reopening could result in more store closures
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Screwfix and B&Q owner sees huge rise in sales and profits after lockdown DIY boom
Company Results
More Screwfix stores are set to open across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and Ireland this year
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Lockdown One Year On: This is the time to reflect on challenges and prepare for future with new hope
Coronavirus
East Midlands Chamber boss says lockdown anniversary offers opportunity to look back – but also plan ahead
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Leading online retailer signs 15 year deal for unit at SEGRO East Midlands Gateway logistics park
property news
The deal will include double-deck parking for 200 electric vans
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Lockdown one year on ...and what that's got to do with the price of fish
Coronavirus
Pandemic impact on seafood industry and the people within it - from two perspectives
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Bristol riots 'major concern' for business community, chamber boss warns
Crime
A protest in the city against the Police and Crime Bill turned violent on Sunday, with officers taken to hospital and vehicles burnt
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Fosse Park reveals opening date for £168m extension
Retail & High Street
Fosse Park West shops include a Flannels and Sports Direct megastore, a big Next store, TK Maxx, Clarks and H&M
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Cornish potato farm to plough £400k loan into robot technology
Food and Drink
Business which supplies leading crisp makers and produces gin and vodka too has boosted productivity with robotic pickers
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Redevelopment of Bristol's old Soapworks building could create 2,000 jobs
property news
Developer First Base has published a report outlining the community benefits the scheme could bring to the city over 20 years
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Food storage and distribution firm Oakland International creates 200 jobs and plans 150 more this year
Food and Drink
Oakland International invested £4m last year fitting out 225,000 sq ft unit near Coalville in north west Leicestershire
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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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Asda chief executive to leave supermarket chain next year after takeover
Retail
Leeds-based business is being taken over by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa, who lead the petrol station chain EG Group
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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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