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We’re ready to support ambitious firms to grow, LDC South West team says as opportunities return

July 27, 2021
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We’re ready to support ambitious firms to grow, LDC South West team says as opportunities return

The South West team of LDC, the leading mid-market private equity firm, is predicting significant growth and investment opportunities for small and mid-sized businesses over the coming year as the regional economy recovers from the pandemic. The Bristol-based team completed three deals in the first half of this year...

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Ahead of the Agenda: The Week Ahead

July 26, 2021
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Monday July 26 Interim: Science Group Trading announcement:  Cranswick Tuesday July 27 Finals: Cohort, Foresight Group Holdings, Games Workshop, In The Style, Ince Group, Moonpig Interims: Ascential, Capital & Counties Properties, Croda International, International Personal Finance, Kitwave Group, Reach, Restore, Sabre Insurance Group, Unite, Vivo Energy Q2 result: BP Trading announcements: Greencore,...

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Loungers rediscovers taste for expansion after lockdowns cut annual sales in half

July 23, 2021
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Loungers rediscovers taste for expansion after lockdowns cut annual sales in half

Staycations and home working have helped Bristol-based café-bar chain Loungers bounce back strongly from a year in which its sales more than halved. The firm said since fully re-opening on May 17, like-for-like sales had soared by 23.7% against the same nine weeks in 2019.  This was due to post-Covid...

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Ethical travel firm makes the case for sustainable holidays as it gears up for post-pandemic growth

July 23, 2021
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Ethical travel firm makes the case for sustainable holidays as it gears up for post-pandemic growth

Bristol-based travel firm Pure Breaks is aiming to play a key role in developing a ‘new normal’ for its industry based on sustainability and ethics now restrictions are slowly being eased. The firm specialises in high-end overseas experiences where the financial benefits go to the people who live in the...

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Busy pipeline of clean energy deals across Europe earns Triodos ‘Most Active Lead Arranger’ title

July 23, 2021
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Busy pipeline of clean energy deals across Europe earns Triodos ‘Most Active Lead Arranger’ title

Triodos, the ethical bank with its UK headquarters in Bristol, has topped a global league table for most clean energy deals executed by a bank for the sixth year running. With a total of 69 deals across Europe last year valued at $433m (£306m), Triodos took the title of ‘Most Active Lead...

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Airport on runway to recovery with busiest weekend since Covid hit and more new flights on the way

July 23, 2021
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Airport on runway to recovery with busiest weekend since Covid hit and more new flights on the way

Bristol Airport will take its biggest step so far towards recovering from the pandemic this weekend when its largest airline easyJet operates more than 80 flights to European holiday destinations. The airline is preparing to carry nearly 10,000 passengers this weekend from Bristol to Green and Amber destinations across...

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Chance for Bristol’s fast-growing tech firms to join prestigious roll call of sector’s pioneers

July 23, 2021
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Chance for Bristol’s fast-growing tech firms to join prestigious roll call of sector’s pioneers

Bristol tech firms are being invited to follow in the footsteps of some of the city’s most innovative businesses by entering the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 Awards. Now in their 24th year, the awards rank and recognise the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK, based on the past...

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Bishop Fleming staff prepare to go global with their own virtual round-the-world challenge

July 23, 2021
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Bishop Fleming staff prepare to go global with their own virtual round-the-world challenge

Nearly 150 staff at regional accountancy firm Bishop Fleming have started a virtual challenge to travel 40,000 miles – the equivalent of circumnavigating the globe. The firm, which recently relocated its Bristol base – the largest of its seven offices – has launched the challenge as part of its...

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Kickstart scheme helps set innovative CD recycling firm on fast track to growth

July 22, 2021
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Kickstart scheme helps set innovative CD recycling firm on fast track to growth

A Bristol start-up that recycles CDs and DVDs into products such as bar stools, earrings and soap dishes is expanding after recruiting three young people under the Kickstart employment scheme. Revive Innovations is among 140 businesses in the region working with business group Business West on the government. Some...

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Strong rise in profits and revenue at Bevan Brittan down to ‘pre-pandemic strategic planning’

July 22, 2021
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Strong rise in profits and revenue at Bevan Brittan down to ‘pre-pandemic strategic planning’

National law firm Bevan Brittan has shrugged off the massive impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the legal sector to achieve a 29.5% increase in net profits on revenue up by 9.1%. Revenue for the 2020/21 financial year came in at £56.1m  - with growth across all parts of...

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Trio of new Entrepreneurs in Residence for SETsquared as membership increases

July 22, 2021
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Trio of new Entrepreneurs in Residence for SETsquared as membership increases

SETsquared Bristol, the world-leading tech incubator, has grown its team with three new Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiR). The increase to four EiRs is in response to growing membership at the incubator, which is backed by the University of Bristol. It currently has 85 member companies. Last year it widened...

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Charity calls on food firms to hand over any surplus to help feed hungry kids this summer

July 22, 2021
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Charity calls on food firms to hand over any surplus to help feed hungry kids this summer

Bristol’s food businesses are being urged not to bin their surplus produce but to redirect it to FareShare Southwest, the region’s largest food redistribution charity, as it gears up to prevent children going hungry during the school holidays. The food will help the charity, whose mission is to fight...

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Children’s Hospice SW targeting £30k from ‘physical and virtual’ sponsored Moonlight Memory Walk

July 21, 2021
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Children’s Hospice SW targeting £30k from ‘physical and virtual’ sponsored Moonlight Memory Walk

A series of virtual and community fundraising events is being organised by Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) to bring in much-needed cash after it suffered a major falloff in income over the past year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The charity, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, needs around...

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