The Government development bank has revealed the investment plans as part of Sir Keir Starmer’s 10-year industrial strategy announcement
Continue readingLuxury handbag maker Mulberry in talks to raise £20m as losses widen
The struggling Somerset firm launched a turnaround plan in January and is hoping its strategy will return it to profitability
Continue readingUS giant Apollo to back Hinkley Point C with £4.5bn loan
The loan will be provided as unsecured debt to EDF, the French state-owned energy firm delivering the project
Continue readingWiltshire gas mask maker secures £10.2m MoD order for Ukraine war
Avon Technologies said the equipment would be delivered in the 2026 financial year
Continue reading‘Disbelief’ as cost of Plymouth bus scheme upgrade surges to £7.5m
Plymouth City Council has also said the project will now take nine months to complete
Continue readingBroadband firm Wessex Internet wins £50m investment to connect tens of thousands of rural homes
Dorset business hails ‘one of the most significant commitments to rural broadband infrastructure’
Continue readingStudent flats development on snooker club site on sale for £4.5m
The Belgrave Club, in Mutley, Plymouth, was constructed in place of the former Belgrave Snooker Club, which had been on the site for the best part of a century
Continue reading‘Overbearing’ bid for ‘industrial unit in the middle of a field’ is rejected
The decision was made on a controversial bid to change the design of a planned 36-megawatt battery storage site near Slimbridge Wetland Centre
Continue reading150 deals for South West Investment Fund as medical tech firm and social enterprise celebrate funding success
British Business Bank says it has driven £66m of investment in the region
Continue readingWiltshire Council to demand suppliers prove green credentials
The council has said new supplier requirements are in the pipeline after a question from Wiltshire Climate Alliance
Continue readingEngineering firm could be out of pocket after social housing provider goes into liquidation
Gloucestershire-based Versarien says it had signed a contract worth around £200,000 with Lancashire’s Building for Humanity
Continue readingCompany hoping to grow cheap food on landfill site slams Wiltshire Council and pulls out of climate summit
Sustain Wiltshire has accused the council of "blocking" its plans – but the local authority says its has a "duty to assess" the submitted proposals
Continue readingMacquarie acquires stakes in trio of UK airports
Bristol, Birmingham and London City airports now have a new shareholder after hat-trick of deals with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Continue readingWork starts on vast eco bridge as part of long-awaited A417 scheme
The bridge will be 60 metres in length and 37 metres wide when finished and will span eight lanes of traffic
Continue readingHistoric Devon machine building firm falls into administration
Meddings can trace its roots back to the 1930s and its director is the grandson of the original founder
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