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'Ugly monstrosity' shopping centre to be torn down for new homes
Somerset
Retirement apartments and cottages planned for Street's Crispin Shopping Centre site
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Broadband group Glide plans º£½ÇÊÓƵ expansion after funding deal
Technology
Glide serves customers across º£½ÇÊÓƵ from its Somerset base
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Hundreds of new homes to be built in Somerset despite fears over flooding and energy
Economic Development
The Wyndham Estate had secured outline planning permission in November 2021 to deliver up to 350 new homes at the western edge of Williton
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Pub operator and brewery business Butcombe hails 'record' performance
Company Results
The group consists of more than 120 pubs, bars and inns across the South of England and Channel Islands
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Hinkley Point C cranes reported over safety failings
EDF
The º£½ÇÊÓƵ's nuclear watchdog has served the Somerset plant's main contractor with an improvement notice
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Major South West heritage and belonging project awarded £1.25m from National Lottery
Black Communities
The 'UnMuseum' project will work with Black-led organisations across the region to deliver events, commission cultural works and create spaces of learning
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Historic Bath building to be transformed into Wetherspoons pub
Food and Drink
The council has granted the pub chain listed building consent to turn the former Revolution premises on George Street into a pub
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West of England's new mayor pledges to put politics aside and 'make things happen'
Politics
Helen Godwin has taken over as leader of the West of England Combined Authority
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Lost Gardens of Heligan and Triodos Bank among King's Awards for Enterprise 2025 South West winners
South West
A total of 17 companies from across the region received awards this year
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Almost 200 homes approved across two developments
South West
Abbey Manor Developments had put forward two separate applications to deliver a combined total of 185 homes
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Somerset drone company secures £3m for unmanned aircraft
Aerospace
The high-tech vehicle can fly up to eight hours non-stop and is in its second year of flight tests
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South West calls for Government to unlock £1.5bn by investing in region's ports
South West
A new report says harnessing the full potential of the region's ports could unlock 'major' opportunities for the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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Historic department store celebrates 250 years in business
Retail & High Street
Hatchers is owned by the Somerset-based Hill and Raisey families
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Britain's longest train journey to be scrapped after more than a century
Transport
The CrossCountry service from Aberdeen in Scotland to Penzance in Cornwall has been running since 1921
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Somerset Council building to be transformed into key worker housing
Housing
The local authority has sold off the property and will use the funds to deliver 'vital' services, it said
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Eyewear firm monitoring Donald Trump's tariffs 'closely' as revenues fall
Company Results
Inspecs manufacturers frames and lenses and only last year opened a factory in Vietnam which has been hit by the changes
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South West and London leading º£½ÇÊÓƵ economic growth
Economy
The West Country was the top-performing region for growth in March alongside the º£½ÇÊÓƵ capital
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Revised plans for Somerset's £4bn gigafactory near M5 unveiled
Construction
The gigafactory will provide electric vehicle batteries for Jaguar Land Rover
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West Country exporters urged to explore new markets after Trump's US tariffs announcement
Exports
Donald Trump has announced a 10% tax on many British goods being imported into the US
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Bridgwater Docks regeneration could begin later this year
Somerset
The docks were earmarked for a £5.2m regeneration as part of a town deal, but three years on from the public consultation event, there has been little progress
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B&Q parent firm's CEO sees pay slashed by almost £4m amid profit hit
By City AM
Thierry Garnier, chief executive of Kingfisher, saw his pay drop from nearly £6m in the prior year to almost £2.3m for the 12 months 31 January, 2025
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Thatchers Cider secures future of West Country supply with huge new orchard
Food and Drink
Workers at the cider company have been preparing the ground for around three years after the firm bought around 10 acres of farmland near its base in Somerset
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Freshford Mill development near Bath sold for nearly £1m
property news
The historic mill site has been developed in two phases over a number of years
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Children's Hospice South West founder and chief executive dies
South West
Eddie Farwell established the charity with his late wife in 1991 to provide support for babies and children with life-limiting conditions
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