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Seale-Hayne estate bought by charity

LDLDT buys Bristol industrial unit

Summerfield buys land near Bristol

New Earth gets £4m from Carbon Trust

South West chip-makers process deal

Kraft formalises takeover bid for Cadbury

Chelsea and Yorkshire boards push merger benefits

Not-so-secret service

Turning a corner

Plenty to wish for

Flybe 'preparing to float'

Gaymer Cider Co changes hands for £45m

Management buy-in at Pasta King

Mitie grows in social housing with acquisition

Veale Wasbrough merges with Vizards

Toy-seller splashes out on Muddy Puddles

Fresh funds for OchreSoft

Life is a box of chocolates

Plymouth's fresh start

Feeling sociable?

US company buys Wiltshire ID systems specialist

Gloucestershire tech specialist buys Welsh consultancy

MBO saves Warminster furniture firm

Spar acquires three West stores from Co-op

Deloitte seeks buyer for Bodmin Blocks

Party animal

High hopes

Shaking off the big, bad wolf

Bath laser technology business is bought

Spirax-Sarco buys Turkish operation

Mack buys Bristol fresh produce wholesaler

Sector Marketing buys Midlands rival

New Look considers public float

Underwriter buys Bournemouth broker

General Physics buys Bath aerospace services firm

Deal will evenly split Bristol International

UNITE group plans rights issue to buy land

Bart Spices completes second MBO

Switched on

Not just a numbers game

Out of the garden shed

New group tunes into South West Radio

Garrad Hassan to merge with Germany's GL

Government loan will help Airbus through development

£100m refinancing for Bristol Port

Loan promise from Clydesdale

RDA loan for T-Plan

Cheltenham printers unveil merger

Bath catering business swallows local rival

Successful placing for Nighthawk

Double deal for Connaught

Cornish window-maker seals Seleda deal

Newquay leisure company seeks buyer

Look to the future

Sporting chance

A matter of trust

Hot prospects for DHS after MBO

Veale Wasbrough closes in on merger

RDA invests in talent retention

Gregory Distribution buys local rival

Osborne Clarke supports City Car Club fundraising

Pasty Presto to open two outlets

Deltaform buys struggling rival

Baylis takes over Worcestershire dealership

Corporate deals market shows signs of improvement

Milk co-op appoints receivers

BeCheeky.com lands investment

MBO saves Jesters comedy club

History in the Making

Rainbow Alliance

Education Versus Training

Directors step in to save Carpeo

Lab21 buys Dorset biotech company

QinetiQ sells Dorset maritime unit for £23m

Stenner lives on with consortium takeover

Transport tech specialist swallowed by Capita Symonds

Supergroup eyes massive expansion

Signs of life

Prime target

A team game

Buyer sought for Castle Granite

Chinese furniture-maker buys Sofas UK

University of Plymouth gets funds to help business

Catch a wave

Daydream believer

Hey, big spender

Management take control of Vanguard Healthcare

Care in Cornwall buys Stinchcombe Manor

Swindon brewer calls in the administrators

Smiths News acquires Bertram

Orchardlea expands to meet demand

ACP Fuels acquired by Scottish rival

Smallbone advisers quick to find buyer

Co-op plans merger with Plymouth society Co-op plans merger with Plymouth society

Green CO2 set to join AIM

South West professionals drive £72m merger

Hallmark Hotels plans South West spree

Smallbone looks for buyer

Ultimate grows as SMEs shun banks

Bay of hope

Lab cultures

The big freeze

Power to the people

Somerset review: Open for business

Green business: Prizeworthy?

Image conscious

People get ready

Generation game

Is my cash safe?

Bargains on the business parks

Burning bright

Getting in good shape

Circus Act

Pressed for time

Age old concerns

Greener goods

On the slide

Mixed messages

A price worth paying?

Pension power

Smells like team spirit

Help your business fly

A growing concern

Time for change

Keep it clean

Blowin' in the wind

Regional prosperity

Western spirit lifts sporting fortunes

A very warm welcome

How do you solve a problem like Millbay?

The city of the future

It's tough at the top

Double Trouble

A lending hand

Taking their chances

Are you being served?

Bristol's leader: We're the powerhouse

May the force be with you

Brightside targets growth after raising £20m

Supergroup float looks to raise £125m

Truro debt specialist sells back book

Lack of interest scuppers New Look float plan

Merlin turns back on early IPO

Succession takes Scottish stake

Fresh financing for Cadbury House

Powabyke bought by Metroelectric

Merger brings change to South West

Chelsea members back merger

Kraft and Cadbury close to deal

Vehicle salvage disposal business agrees sale

Good Energy secures finance for repowering

Drugs company buys Cambridge Labs assets

Vet supplies business changes hands

Property lifecycle service launches

Poole gets funds for bridge project

Furnish UK takes more space in Gloucester

Investment management businesses merge

Brightside targets growth after raising £20m

Pittards to buy Ethiopian tannery

Lenders will own McCarthy & Stone

Bath hotel refinances for further development

LDC invests in speed-check business

New home for Mediatrack Research

Adili is sold for £1

Councils planning large cuts

Tesco opens fresh-food hub at Severnside

New-home completions fall by a fifth

House prices inflated in second home hotspots

Best Practice Network completes MBO

Torbay Council looks for efficiency savings

No clearance yet for airport expansion plan

Stroud & Swindon in merger talks

Securistyle secures £15m refinancing

Takeover Panel will look at Somerdale closure

TVG takes space at Whitchurch

Carlton Centre cleared for Teignmouth

Stroud & Swindon takeover deal ‘close’

Devon food business buys rival out of administration

Bristol office gets facelift

Shirt-and-tie business finds a buyer

Cambria targets AIM float

Eurogiciel opens Bristol office

Yacht-builder consults on South Yard

Torbay signs £130m outsourcing deal

Government clears Avonmouth port expansion

Biomass plant cleared for Avonmouth

College campus to close

Gloucester investment totals £40m in 2010

EY finds new Bristol home

Bristol backs wind turbines at Avonmouth

Saltrock keeps afloat with new backer

Cyclescheme directors sell up but stay on

Problem motorway junction to undergo revamp

RDA funds new Bristol link road

Management take over at Wheeler's

Management buyout at Weird Fish

Strong activity in Bristol office market

Industrial space less available

Green Compliance buys Waterchem

Extra £26m for affordable homes

Planners approve Forest of Dean development

Energy agreement for Exeter and East Devon

Finzels Reach underway again

Hengrove PFI project ready to start

Whittle Square takes shape

Gas network operator completes huge refinancing

Oasis Healthcare gets growth fund

Marine DNA snaps up specialist retailer

Bath Rugby bought by Bruce Craig

Baker Tilly to merge with Robson Taylor

Gresham and Deloitte involved in telecoms MBO

Masterplan for Liskeard site

Fire stations project names preferred bidder

Toolstation targets Plymouth

Expanding recruiter takes Swindon space

Dyson will double engineering workforce at Wiltshire HQ

Marton House bought by General Physics

Gloucestershire Airport cleared to expand

Big year for BAM Construction

Legal & General acquires Bristol unit for property trust

Midas will redevelop Cobham’s facilities

Thematic takes stake in Bristol’s MoneyScience

West of England Trust gains its independence

Funding boost for PowerOasis

Clarke Willmott grows personal injury unit with merger

Bristol reprographics business joins expanding Hobs

Gloucester law firm acquires local rival

Green Compliance buys fire protection companies

Kraft to close Cheltenham HQ

Culina wins Milk Link contract

Personal branding business launches

Restaurant investment plans approved

Bristol office is relaunched

Wave Hub takes shape

Terry Olpin’s lofty buy

Council backing expected for Bristol airport

Zeus invests in Electranet deal

Private equity buys Bart Spices

New EARTH hub unveiled

Fuel firm makes South East acquisition

Backing for South West RDA amid uncertainty

New space coming to Pill

Airport expansion ready for take-off

Exeter's AnTech hits pay dirt

Cutbacks “will not be easy” says SWRDA

Architect named for Swindon Town scheme

New look for Bristol plastic surgeons

Strong year for Dyson

Occam sold

Bristol records jobs growth

Bolderstone Group complete disposal

Medical device business buys German rival

New proposals for Totnes resi scheme

Rockhopper raises £50m for drilling

First phase of Firepool waits on planning

Acquisition helps energy business scale up

South West RDA awaits its fate

Wiltshire IFA acquired by Sanlam unit

Intelek agrees to terms of sale

Stonehenge project pulled

Cirencester cleared for business park

Somerset council aims to fill less space

NHS Trust takes Whitchurch space

Bath's picoChip raises another $20m

Osborne serves up mixed bag for South West business

Sky’s the limit

Developer consults again on Poole regen

Viridor acquires again

Social enterprise takes Gloucester space

Redrock takes more space

WestOne office launches in Bristol

Simply Coffee finds Dorset buyer

Mitie buys in Ireland

Bennett's new role promotes Bristol

Hartley to take over at Gloucestershire uni

LuraTech opens near Swindon

Reopening of Weston pier is delayed

Skypark energy centre gets through planning

CIPR seeks entries for South West awards

Centrax lands funds to support growth

Grenke Leasing moves into Bristol

Green Compliance buys again

Plymouth student-housing scheme poised to start

Nuclear to deliver huge boost to economy

Global deal for Bristol-based UNIT4

Renishaw gets teeth into new link-up

Staff protest cuts at Messier-Dowty

Online furniture retailer opens showroom

Construction company's collapse halts project

Management buy back shares in cookware business

Midas Capital wants to change its name

Alexandra explores possible sale

Green Compliance buys pest control business

Brightpearl gets backing

Portbury Dock's smarter shed

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Alexandra is in administration

Council awaits Exeter science park funding decision

Bristol haulier buys Sheffield counterpart

Private money can still unlock European funding

Decision due on Bristol City stadium plan

Super results for Supergroup

Bristol Airport proving popular

Nominate for Insider Property Awards 2010

Molton to lead Cornish development

Dorset brewer appoints contractor for £5m build

LDC portfolio business buys again

Clevedon Hall gets its first tenant

Warminster biogas plant gets clearance

Flybe places $1.3bn aircraft order

Exception shrinks its debts

Sainsbury's decision sparks protest by Bristol City fans

Bristol office park fills up

Bristol's newest industrial property agency

£30m research centre for Penryn

Bristol 'will lose 5,500 in public sector'

Connaught shares plunge on debt warning

Gregory Distribution delivers for Spar

Double-quick growth at 3D printer maker

Alexandra shareholders set to lose out

Cashflow problems sink boat builder

South West takes start-up lead

Profits climb, overheads fall at Helphire

New Gloucester HQ for Ecclesiastical

Somerfield HQ redundancies will top 850

Renishaw takes stake in laser-measurement specialist

Midas Capital becomes MAM Funds

Fresh investment in Wave Hub

Single occupier takes Truro's Falcon House

Green Gormet takes Stonehouse space

Connaught buys time with £15m overdraft

Femtocell specialist wins 4G development contract

Introducing Low Carbon South West

Arc Seven opens in Frome

Chocolate Harbour to sweeten Bristol waterfront

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New work-based learning course at Bristol

Wincanton sells recycling arm for £17.5m

Book manufacturer offers publishers alternative

Electronics firm Exception refinances business

Plymouth City Development Company to close

Vectura and GlaxoSmithKline sign £20m deal

Plymouth’s Mount Wise redevelopment gets green light

Portishead offices sold for £1.5m

Metric buys £13.5m Launceston retail park

Imperial Tobacco deputy chair resigns

SciSys wins £1.5m contract in Egypt

Rok reports £3.8m pre-tax losses

Lighthouse Group sells pensions arm for £1.85m

Local produce-friendly £30m service area set for M5

Packing firm quits Gloucestershire for Swindon

Devon coach tours firm folds

£5m west Cornwall fish market plan on hold

Somerset firm secures right to bid for government contracts

Bradford-on-Avon water turbine will power 85 homes

Mitie snaps up subsidiaries as business model shifts

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Pennon performance in line with expectations

Firepool scheme in Taunton awaits clearance

New market opens up for Software Radio Technology

Cornwall plants could decide UK’s geothermal future

Buyout saves Alexandra from administration

Workforce software specialist lands police contract

£2.9m factory investment in Redruth

South West job market stagnates

Leading Bath wine company taken over

Weston pier faces delay as subcontractor goes bust

Bath-based finance firm posts loss

Cornwall could illuminate UK solar energy sector

Plans for 60,000 homes scrapped in South West

£15m Bournemouth reservoirs officially opened

Future names Mark Wood as UK chief executive

Renishaw warns slower growth may lie ahead

Frome town centre redevelopment gets green light

Gloucester shopping centre sold in multimillion pound deal

Devon and Cornwall councils in LEP spat

Corin posts 9 per cent H1 jump in sales

EU cash motive behind Cornwall-only LEP

Bristol pressing ahead with plans for parking tax

Property investment in Swindon at a 15-year high

‘Green energy’ could lead South West recovery

Zurich Insurance fined £2.28m

Bristol tool hire firm sold for £43m

Hotel room rates dip in Bristol

Severn barrier project hangs in balance

Spirax-Sarco posts record H1 profits

Second airline suspends Bournemouth Airport fights

Racing Post takes punt with Bristol software firm

Unite Group posts £12.1m H1 profit

Survey: regional lettings market remains buoyant

Three companies seeking huge new Bristol premises

Cornish plastic firm moulds new future after buy-out

Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder quits executive role

Somerset looks at nuclear-themed LEP with Cumbria

Haynes Publishing Group posts six per cent drop in turnover

Falmouth marina gets green light

FSA fines Moneywise £20,000 over investment advice failings

RBS cuts 300 more jobs in Bristol

Advanced Insulation to move to new HQ

Financing costs jump 41 per cent at Smiths News

Somerset sealing solutions firm sold

Bristol law firm wins Oxfordshire panel appointment

Alterian buys Intrepid Consultants in £7.4m deal

Hargreaves Lansdown posts 18 per cent rise in profits

£40m contract eases Rok’s woes

South West football teams spend least on players in UK

Somerset council axes 1,500 jobs in huge cost-cutting drive

Two locations identified for new Cornwall stadium

SuperGroup grows in Cheltenham

Survey: regional deal market on the rise

Altcom wins website migration contract

Gulf oil spill boosts Bath software firm’s revenues by 147 per cent

Travelzest bosses eye takeover bonus

Bournemouth set to use public-private tie-up to boost regeneration

Exeter ‘shock and outrage’ at Devon LEP plan

Connaught teeters on brink of administration

Government mulls the merits of the South West’s seven LEP bids

Fourteen per cent of shops in Bristol town centre stand empty

Morgan Sindall snaps up Connaught’s social housing business for £28m

Wave Hub successfully installed off Cornish coast

South West architectural firm expands in Manchester

Cornish building firm enters liquidation

Bristol property among £43m portfolio sale

South West Shopfitters enters liquidation

Management buyout at Somerset meat company

Chamber ties up with Portsmouth to deliver training

New £20m South West start-up fund

Ecotricity to build 120-metre tall windmill in Wales

Mears chief exec: Connaught deal going ahead

Bristol software firm signs deal with multi-channel retailer

8,000 public sector jobs already axed in South West, says union

Study: South West could lose 100,000 jobs over next five years

Bristol serviced-apartment firm Saco expands in London

Altcom launches new energy industry software

Brandwells Construction signs five new contracts

Insider Economic Forum South West: ‘What next for Plymouth?’

Cobham pays out €37m in arbitration case

Hotel group confirms Exeter airport development

Fuel-cell cars ‘could be made in Swindon’

Co-op plans for Avonmouth warehouse

Cornwall Wave Hub firm wins £3m in grant funding

Rok hits back at ‘rubbish’ refinancing claims

Swindon bingo hall to become music venue

Cornish robot maker wins Nasa contract

Hamworthy wins £20m Chinese contract

End in sight for South West RDA as two top officials quit

Publicly-funded regional tourism body set to close

South West law firms merge

Cornwall’s geothermal projects seek slice of £1m fund

Bristol Airport passenger numbers on the rise

Property maintenance firm Seddon expands in Dorset

The Gro Company founders sell significant stake

Eden Project chairman takes role at Grant Thornton

Plymouth airline Air Southwest sold

Eastern Airlines buys Air Southwest

Buyers sought for last Sutton Harbour site in Plymouth

£1m EU-led project to help Cornish firms go green

Devon firm’s collapse leaves creditors £3m out of pocket

Insider Membership Deals

Barratt Homes fined £13,400 for polluting Cornwall stream

LairdKing opens showroom in Truro

Financial planner makes Devon acquisitions

Profits dip but Flybe is still flying

Buyout close at Warminster furniture maker

Construction boost as Bristol Airport expansion gets green light

Swindon financial adviser Openwork acquires 2plan

EGS Energy appoints ex-Centrica COO

Watchdog slams South West Water over poor service

Mears and British Gas enter energy-saving partnership

Wiltshire Council to axe 240 jobs

Estate agency looks local for ad campaign

Construction begins on new Bristol hotel

Imperial Tobacco plans new Bristol HQ

Boost your client base

Synergy Health appoints new chairman

Bristol furniture store to close leading to loss of 12 jobs

Royal Mail gives Aardman’s business stamp of approval

Green businesses greet 'Green Deal' with caution

Cannabis drug could be worth millions - claim

Ultimate suspends shares as deal talks continue

Deal will usher in new Bristol serviced office

Beacon Summit is two weeks away

Ashfords hires commercial property expert

Unions campaign to save Devonport dockyard

Bristol to decide on green energy plans

Insider panel to debate South Gloucestershire

Airport bosses push for council loan

CBI chair: South West region needs just two LEPs

Local firms divided as controversial Bristol Tesco gets green light

Bath law firm seeks overseas divorce clients

Dorset tracking firm buys German hardware assets

Insider confirms shortlist for property awards

Hallmark buys former Ramada hotel in Gloucester

New £2.5m green fund seeks start-ups

Study: insolvencies on the decline

Dorset stone firm folds leading to loss of 50 jobs

Private firm to manage Cornwall NHS staff

Ginsters maker takes Portbury Dock shed

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EY poised to complete Bristol office move

Bristol council mulls move to open source IT

Listed firms wary after Cable’s angry tirade

Imperial Tobacco signs anti-smuggling deal with EU

Plans submitted for new 60-room hotel in Torbay

Bristol courier firm seals Welsh merger

Study: Most newly qualified lawyers will be kept on

Unions baulk at potential cuts in defence spending

Bristol council seeks public input to boost regeneration

UK’s first solar park gets green light

Forward Swindon's chief quits after three months

Law firm opens new office in Frome

Sanguine hungry for more

Plymouth’s Drake Circus mall ‘not for sale’

£4m Cornwall project ‘the shape of EU schemes to come’

£270m Taunton Firepool scheme gets green light

Study: Almost half small firms’ staff have had hours and pay cut

BT wins multi-million pound Cornwall superfast broadband deal

Connaught move proves lucrative for Lovell

Cobham sells French maintenance arm for €7.9m

Swiss Post Solutions wins Bournemouth and Swindon mailroom contracts

Administrator Milsted Langdon ‘saves 150 jobs’

‘App or die’, claims Mubaloo founder

Industry welcomes Bristol council's vacant office space plan

Motorola completes Swindon move

Somerset council under fire over farms sell-off

Nighthawk Energy chief quits

Cornwall LEP bid called before Commons select committee

Rok looks to turn the page

smartFOCUS profits double

Cornwall superfast broadband deal to create 4,000 jobs

Trunki-maker targets Americas with US deal

College opens university centre

Sustainable construction comes to Somerset

Swindon gets 2011 Business Show

Devon recycling firm directors banned

Topshop to open in Salisbury

House prices edge higher in September

Bristol scoops national award for diversity

Energy supplier funds school solar power project

Goonhilly project on shortlist for green award

Jelf units brought together

Mears snaps up Jackson Lloyd

Conference set to go potty over poo-powered car

Plymouth Apprentice star on bail over fraud

Willmott Dixon lands £16m Yate Academy

Foodies and fishmongers sought in Brixham

HSBC beefs up commercial banking centre

Horwath Clark Whitehill in name change

Bristol jobs at risk after Orange merger

Bristol training firm Lifetime acquires Rapido

Stationery chain opens in Cirencester

Board changes at Green Compliance

Council pushes to buy Waterfront lease

Bristol council consults on leadership model

Foreign exchange website collapses

Cycle chain spins into Swindon

Dyson goes from strength to strength

Energy supplier funds school solar power project

Restoration firm fined after wall collapse

Shanks acquisition puts it on Gloucester shortlist

Wiltshire school caterers enter liquidation

Stephens Scown acquires Bodmin-based Murrays Solicitors

Study: Healthcare sector on the mend

Gregg Latchams acquires commercial property practice

South West deal numbers down

US tech firm snaps up Bristol 3D printer maker

Housing group takes Connaught contracts in-house

Synergy Health earnings in line with expectations

‘Thousands of South West jobs' at risk from defence cuts

Weston Pier set to open after months of delays

Trowbridge printing firm enters administration - again

Plymouth housing scheme to put solar panels on 375 homes

Wiltshire pub chains enter administration

Bristol council leader wants closer ties with Cardiff

Mulberry sales ‘stronger than expected’

Bristol Rugby chairman - ‘we need more funding’

Royal William Yard set for new £1.5m business space

Royal Bath & West showground set for £120m redevelopment

Two South West bids on LEP 'success list'

Massive Salisbury distribution hub for sale

Silicon Valley entrepreneur takes helm at Brightpearl

South West ‘Oyster card’ set to revolutionise regional travel

Bournemouth in car park bid

St Austell toasts record year

Future appoints non-exec director

Lansdown’s £58m cash-in could boost struggling Bristol City

House prices drop 3.6 per cent

Companies say trading conditions worsening

Project Taunton open day date announced

Barclays Corporate appoints trio in Bristol

Gradwell launches new business-grade web access service

Property heavyweight joins Willmott Dixon

Offshore renewables could power five million homes

Rok wins £32m Scottish government contract

Spending cuts will damage British industry, say UK exporters

Park Manufacturing enters administration

Cobham wins chance to bid for $1.6bn US defence orders

Sirius Minerals expands in North Dakota

Viridor wins energy-from-waste contract

Angel fund invests £400,000 in Bristol tech firm

75,000 sq ft Swindon warehouse let to Yuasa Batteries

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Bristol firm fined for cutting machine injury

Thomson Group takes unit at Glastonbury business park

Pabulum wins contracts with Wiltshire schools

Avis opens branch at Newquay airport

Gloucestershire appoints Gifford to assess flood protection

Administrations drop to below pre-downturn levels

Another airline pulls Bournemouth Airport flights

Regional politicians push for electrification of rail line

Ultimate Finance £4.75m acquisition ‘first of many’

Stride wins second phase of Gothic mansion renovation

Capgemini opens ‘green’ data centre in Swindon

Javelin Park development ‘to create 250 jobs’

Study: South West firms face difficult 2011

Amplio Group snaps up Somerset water treatment firm

More visitors to South West heritage sites

£750,000 project to boost sustainable construction

Growth activity ‘accelerated in September’

WH Smith posts profit rise

Bristol green schemes receive green light

On-site Bristol Airport hotel plans approved

Work begins on £13.5m Redruth office scheme

Nighthawk secures £16m equity financing facility

Bristol Port moves step closer to £600m deep-sea terminal

Jelf unveils new look

New trials of cannabis MS drug report positive results

Quango reform - the full list

Hargreaves Lansdown’s assets up

Altran Praxis appoint Matthews as SPARK product manager

Study: firms slashing investment to help cut debts

Renishaw’s revenues up 85 per cent

Thornbury food firm reverts to original name

Plymouth Civic Centre up for sale

Bristol retains top five place in sustainable cities index

Devon tech firms integrate businesses

TLT hires new corporate partner

Business leaders back Osborne

Government to scrap £30bn Severn tidal barrier scheme

Ecotricity bond issue looks to raise £10m for new green projects

Brunel Engraving moves to new premises

Stuff Advertising spices up Bristol fast food firm’s brand

Bristol hotel occupancy levels rise

SuperGroup co-founder wins Retail Entrepreneur of the Year award

Nuclear sites approved for future plants

Stilo International finance director resigns

Simons wins Dorset town centre redevelopment

Fallout from collapsed currency website set to heat up

Stoford submits plan to redevelop Bristol bank

Swindon’s £100m Regent Circus scheme gets green light

Sirius begins North Dakota drilling

National Mobile Windscreens appoints Lomas as MD

Cubemaker buys Bristol property from ITV

Bristol first in line to manage civil estate

Three films get green light after talent search

South West braced for public spending cuts

Renishaw opens two new Chinese offices

South West braced for worst after Osborne outlines cuts

Renewable energy support welcomed in West

Paper firm scolded over Devon river pollution

Real Baby Milk moves to larger Bodmin office

Midlands firms to build new £35m Co-op distribution centre

Unions deplore spending cuts

South West firms welcome apprenticeships boost amid cuts

Hopes fade on rail electrification

Bond buys software provider

Smiths News reports 15 per cent rise in profits

Nighthawk revenues up 332 per cent

Richards steps up at Torbay Development Agency

North has won again, says South West RDA's chief economist

Rockhopper set for 3D seismic Falklands survey

South West councils: ‘cuts are deep but roughly what we expected’

Somerset solar project gets going

Bristol launches free wi-fi hotspots across city

Mears chief – nothing to fear in CSR

Recruiter moves into city centre

The Hive looks for North Somerset buzz

Almost a thousand staff have left Devon Council

Retail sector ‘will struggle to soak up cuts’

Eighty jobs lost as Bristol greengrocer enters administration

One-fifth of SMEs admit to not being green enough

Novartis schedules launch of Vectura respiratory drugs

Weston Pier ready to open tomorrow

Diminished local councils ‘spell trouble for related firms’

Bath ad agency snapped up by Round 2

Property capital boost

Somerset council axes 700 jobs with more to follow

Ocado expands into the South West

Private equity gets busy as backers in South West mull options

Almost one fifth of public sector job cuts could be in South West

Inox unveils plan to build 1,500 homes in Truro

The Range opens Eastbourne superstore

Devon caravan park owner up for sale

Sutton Harbour selected as preferred bidder for Isle of Wight scheme

Hallam invests in Somerset scheme

Dorset coastal access route outlined ahead of Olympics

Boom in industrial take-up

smartFOCUS CEO stands down

LEPs to be unveiled tomorrow

Isles of Scilly Steamship Company rules out Lands End Airport move

More job losses at Stokes

Plymouth and Torbay could snaffle growth fund cash - study

Unions bang drum over workplace safety following cuts

Irwin Mitchell expands Bristol office

West England and Cornwall LEP bids set for green light

Online engineers’ resource expands into renewables sector

Bath customer experience firm changes name

Shops lack tech for hearing aid users

Jehu wins £2.3m Warminister factory contract

FacilitySource opens Bristol office

Stride completes Newport Sainsbury’s

Bibby appoints South West business development manager

EU-cash and green energy behind Cornwall LEP success

House prices fall in the South West

Clegg: radical approach will deliver growth

Five Stokes stores sold to Argyle Trading

Innovise buys Expolink’s software arm

Pipex uses EU cash for centre

Michael Thorne enters administration

Tesco fits out new Bristol store

A&M Flooring takes South Marton Park unit

Sula Systems snapped up by US engineering group

Ultimate Finance completes £4.75m Ashley acquisition

Palmair gives up aircraft in new blow to Bournemouth airport

Cornwall tool firm snares £100,000 grant

Skip hire firm guilty of illegal waste dumping

TLT advises TIF Group on solar power schemes

Bristol commercial property take-up increases

Target hires senior analyst

Cornish Mutual expands headcount

Defence firms hit by cuts urged to expand into green energy

Profits up at ISG Pearce

Imperial Tobacco profits up as volume falls

£100m Devon eco-community gets green light

Luxury pen maker enters administration

Finzels Reach first phase nears completion

Salisbury Vision appoints DTZ and Wragge & Co

New Ibis Gloucester hotel opens

EDRF leads £9m investment in Falmouth University academy

Storage plan for Gloucester site

‘Campus’ vision for Bath college

Wexas buys Bath Travel’s corporate business arm

Stroud brewer plans expansion after £100,000 grant

Fitness First sells Benelux business

TV dragons change the game for angels

EGS in 'ground-breaking' deep drilling tie-up

Northcliffe’s Plymouth office braces for job cuts

Diversification helps Dyfed emerge from difficult year

£8.5m John Lewis store to open in Exeter in 2011

Year round meeting facilities at Plymouth university

Hydro International wins £15m contract

Cobham hit by delays to US contracts

Cornish yacht builder expands into Australia

Farm deaths soar

Creatives iNet up and running

Lloyds grows into Taunton

Region’s universities weigh up rise in tuition fees

Business leaders back apprentice scheme

South Coast wind farm: details unveiled

Weston beckons for The Range

Viridor acquires East Anglian recycler in £16m deal

UK tops global retail M&A table

South West arm helps rail group profits get back on track

Cornwall Wave Hub plugged into National Grid

What will happen to Plymouth's Dome?

Poole shopping centre set to go Dutch

Twofour snaps up corporate comms specialist

Huge Chinese Airbus order boosts Filton plant

Rok heads for administration

£1m MBO saves Park Engineering from administration

Plymouth car dealer sold to rival

OFT clears Flybe of predatory practice

SMEs in the South West more likely to trust banks than MPs

Construction jobs at risk by VAT rise - FMB

Gloucester Rugby renews facilities management contract

Study: Bristol office take-up on the rise

Central Bristol office for sale

Buyers sought for Rok assets

Private sector drives Cornish food industry body

Another £5.5m to spend for Green Compliance

Sustain delivers energy-saving programme for EDF

Solar system boosts Genesis project

Big decision looms for Bournemouth Council

South West hotel activity turns a corner

New year decision expected on Bristol stadium plan

Support from business for Bristol stadium

Support grows for Bristol vision

Mears set for Rok housing role

Wiltshire recycler snapped up by Spanish group

Milk Link completes £150m refinancing

Plywood business secures £37m finance package

Writing on the wall for signage company

Bristol’s new home for TV and film production

Redruth factory’s future in the balance

Laverick steps up as MD of Jelf unit

Bond new chair of Exeter chamber

More than 700 redundancies at Rok

Giant silos ready to boost Kernow Grain

Smarter energy use pays for Cotswold Council

Cornwall’s solar energy directory

Outsourcing beckons for Bournemouth

Park Precision looks to the future

Third time lucky for Flatcappers

Bristol restaurant wins Gordon Ramsey show

Up, up and away for Supergroup

Stadium plan in balance as Sainsbury’s waits on verdict

Albert Goodman acquires Weymouth accountancy firm

Glastonbury chief installs big solar plant

South West Water set for data overhaul

Taxman probes set to rise

Nighthawk Energy gives up equity and raises £3.2m

Bristol Batteries all charged up for new HQ

Cobham appoints Wareing as non-exec director

Rok break-up expected as debts scare buyers

Alworths plans South West expansion

Bristol acquisition vehicle buys Surgicare

Software Radio Technology raises £2.5m

Bristol IT firm trials ‘video CV’ service

Wincanton may face bumpy ride amid market concerns

Rail electrification decision ‘within a week’

Bath finance firm secures £500,000 block discounting facility

Kingston takes over Bristol FSB chair

Indian millionaire sizes up Pontin’s

Green Compliance buys pest control firm for £1.62m

Charity plans 82 layoffs and closes Bristol office

Float mooted at Flybe

Strong showing for Cabot Circus

Richardson named IoD Bath chair

More job losses at Rok

Hamworthy signs £20m contract in Indonesia

Air Southwest launches Newquay to Cardiff service

Tool hire firm opens in Gloucestershire

Sales surge at Thatchers

Rok lays off a further 1,800 people

Westerleigh buys two Kent crematoria for £13.5m

Connaught and Rok fallout could claim ‘many more victims’

Vectura rises on positive Parkinson’s drug tests

BBS relocates to new Bristol premises

Carbon reduction company Sustain expands team

Crown's last gasp adds to creditor woes

Long-term unemployment ‘up 900 per cent in North Dorset’

Insurer sizes up cost of another freezing winter

Pittards signs deal to supply gloves to British army

CVS buys Veterinary Hospital in Exeter

Twofour reveals deal rationale

Renishaw sues Japanese firm for patent infringement

Google Bristol event to give SMEs free website

Buy-to-let market ‘springing back to life’

Tayntons hires employment head

Businesses count the cost of Cornwall floods

Monahans hires at Bath office

Hargreaves Lansdown gives thumbs up to FSA platform proposals

Flybe launches new routes to Dusseldorf and France

Plan to turn Bristol magistrates' court into hotel

£10m investment at Cornwall campus

Balfour Beatty buys Rok units for £7m

DB Russell enters administration with loss of 30 jobs

Somerset firm Sector Training sold in £900,000 deal

Jelf appoints Stott as non-exec director

International growth boosts Corin

Insolvencies fall in October

HSBC appoints new Bristol business development manager

Cornwall IT group prepares for superfast broadband

New Bristol oil exploration firm raises £1.8m

More Rok sales unlikely as over 3,000 face axe

Bid together for £1.4bn pot - Heseltine tells small businesses

GW Pharmaceuticals to appoint new broker

Economic Outlook

Mitie eyes opportunities from public sector

WestOne comes to market

Electric dreams in the balance as rail decision looms

Bath Consultancy bought by General Physics

Avon Barrier lands £10m Middle East contract

Two more iNets are ready to roll

HCA pulls housing PFI funding

Torbay Development Agency announces board

Terms agreed on sale of Plymouth’s Drake Circus

GW Pharmaceuticals’ profits soar on cannabis-based drug

Challenging times for RDA as it winds down

Kier buys Beco in £2.4m deal

FSB disaster fund for Cornish firms hit by floods

Gloucestershire curtain firm agrees Italian tie-up

SMEs failing to embrace global marketplace - study

Parkdean upgrades South West holiday sites

Bristol’s ‘greenest’ office building completed

Winterthur acquires further space at Marlborough House

Miles replaces Holt as Mears CEO

Boardroom changes at Bristol Water

New 517-room Plymouth University halls of residence

Doubts raised over South West access to fund

North Somerset Council appoints EIC in £3m contract

Export recovery drives growth

Ashfords advises Wessex Exploration on placing

Future reports rise in profits

Thali Café wins best cheap eat in the UK award

Businesses downbeat after rail electrification postponed

Plymouth Argyle issued with winding-up order

Mears takes on £37m Rok contract

Trelleborg buys Watts Tyres for £21.6m

Alder King increases headcount in Bristol

Viridor helps Pennon profits edge higher

SRT boosted by $1.2m new orders

Three new retailers rent space at Cribbs Causeway

Insider panel to debate West of England

Royal Wedding holiday ‘a PR stunt’ without new law

Strong September for Bristol hotels

Bath housing blueprint axes 10,000 new homes

Unite Group concludes £144m asset sale

Councils fret over grit supplies as cold weather bites

Lapland New Forest trial starts today

UK shoppers expected to spend £500m less this Christmas

Alliance Pharma increases bank facilities to £44m

House prices fall in the South West

Willis moves into new Bristol office

Economic outlook is "inherently uncertain" - watchdog

South West Screen enters new dawn in film shake-up

Huge turnout expected at Crown creditors meeting

Davis steps down at Hargreaves Lansdown

Lottery money bolsters Stonehenge project

Sports retailer moves into Wiltshire

Cobham signs £18m Indian air force deal

Flybe to raise £60m in stock market float

Real Beer Company opens Wincanton depot

£25m for National Composites Centre

Trackman unfazed by M Shed chocolate exhibit

Blue Eskimo acquires Abbey Recruitment assets

Good Energy freezes prices as big chill deepens

Rent demand strongest in South West - RICS

100,000 sq ft workspace planned near Newquay

Ten Victoria Street opens its doors

West’s private schools in turmoil, adviser warns

Developer seeks interest in Newquay space

Cornish superfast broadband project moves ahead

Sutton Harbour takes hit on Air Southwest disposal

Ecclesiastical Life transfers book of business to Engage

Green Compliance acquires fire protection firm

MPs want more support for geothermal energy

Plenty to talk about at Insider’s West of England debate

House prices edge downwards

Thornber purchase saves Busby from administration

Unite appoints Wilson as non-exec director

World Cup decision won't derail Bristol stadium

Virgin chief: Electrification postponement ‘a very bad decision’

Cambria eyes dividend payout

CFH plans peak time ad campaign

Bath media company nominated for BAFTA

AWD aims to help small businesses cut costs

Multicom moves office and plans to increase headcount

Disappointment as World Cup dream ends

Weight-loss business set for expansion

Cobham buys RVision in deal worth up to $48m

Bristol risks lead to flood-protection business

Gooch & Housego bounces back

Hewer wins £2m Worcester contract

Helicopter firm sets up hub at Newquay Airport

Bristol yard space in demand

Exeter marks the spot for EIC

GW Pharmaceuticals appoints Peel Hunt as broker

Staff buyout saves Bath ad agency from administration

Blashill to retire from Imperial after 42 years

Highcroft invests in hi-tech pet hospital

Directors take control of commercial interiors business

Exeter’s Southernhay House to be converted into boutique hotel

Clydesdale Bank appoints new senior managers

Christmas period hangs in balance for retailers – BRC

South Gloucestershire trust installs ‘green’ gas turbine

Green Compliance losses rise following acquisition spree

Green Compliance buys Enviroguard for £1.59m

Good Energy announces first dividend payment

Manufacturing boost revealed

Economy ‘set to improve in 2011’

Digital cinema brought to rural Wiltshire

Calendar Club signs 15-year Exe Box lease

Petrol station sites sold and set for reinvention

Howard Tenens grows its board

Cobham set to lose FTSE 100 status

South West manufacturers 'consolidating return to rapid growth' - study

Council outsourcing firm faces down takeover bids

Bond Aviation Group awarded new £6.5m contract

Government awards Bristol £260,000 ‘green’ grant

Court allows troubled Plymouth Argyle FC time to clear tax bill

Five South West universities at ‘high risk’

Air Southwest signs up to global system to boost sales

IVC delivers augmented reality project for Darwin Centre

Sore Thumb rethinks Weight Watchers

Sanguine plans new 285-bed Birmingham hotel

BAE axes 15 jobs in Yeovil amid wide-scale redundancies

South West gender pay gap among the highest in the UK

Mulberry reports stellar profits rise

Tincknell Fuels moves into new HQ

Flotation values Flybe at £215m ahead of takeover push

KLM announces new Bristol-Amsterdam service

West of England LEP 'needs strong leader'

Bath accountants merge

Renishaw announces apprenticeship scheme

Pawnbroking chain returns to its Bristol roots

Bath council sells former school to developer

RDA sets out closure plans

Synergy buys German sterilisation firm for €9.5m

‘Ripple effect’ could mean sombre Christmas for construction firms

Savills reports fourth month of falling development

King Sturge appointed managing agent at Gloucester Docks

GVA Grimley unveils rebrand

Airport app launched to keep passengers in the loop

Dorset bankruptcy advice firm ordered into liquidation

Gloucester rugby chairman dies

smartFOCUS plans investor day

Stands go on sale for 2011 Exeter food festival

Future Inns hires managers in Bristol

Firm drills 180-metre borehole for tests

Somerset faces deep cuts as Bristol prepares for mayor

Smiths News snares new regional contracts

October provides boost to Bristol hoteliers

'Bombsite Britain' tax hike will harm private sector recovery, property chiefs warn

Buckland appointed CFMS chairman

Swindon IT firm behind £500k Isle of Wight parking meter overhaul

PKF moves to new Bristol office

Supergroup revenues soar 65 per cent

Cobham wins $40m US radar order

Gloucestershire sets out waste strategy

LEP board nominations expected next week

Localism Bill: planning changes ‘could slow things down’

Council cuts hit Bristol harder than most areas - Janke

Bristol healthcare business shortlisted for European award

General Physics acquires again in South West

Businesses need to get ready for the VAT rise - HMRC

‘Staycation’ here to stay in 2011

Property chiefs fear Localism Bill could kill planning hopes

Airsprung buys Collins & Hayes Furniture for £2.3m

Bristol firm behind PVC recycling scheme

Salmon Harvester takes on £40m Two Glass Wharf scheme

KPMG’s South West operation sanguine as UK turnover flat

£1.4bn fund is a missed opportunity – Good Energy chief

Gooch & Housego acquires EM4 for £6.3m

Soros buys £7.2m Flybe stake

Red tape and unpaid bills hit exporting businesses

Rents rise for 10th consecutive month - study

Bath council opens consultation on long-term housing plans

Clydesdale hires Durant in Bristol

Cobham signs multi-million pound Korean deal

Party leaders plan mediation to resolve stadium impasse

Manufacturing advice service to continue

Maxima boasts H1 double digit revenue growth

Bath finance company 1pm returns to profit

Travelzest winter bookings up 15 per cent

Palmer-Baunack resigns as Helphire director

Plymouth bring in financial troubleshooter

Eden project geothermal plant receives go-ahead

Listing has given us platform for Europe expansion – Flybe chief

Plymouth chairman Gardner takes over Inenco parent

New GVA figures show regional resilience

UKHO will not be privatised

EIC rents new office in Exeter

Truro interior design specialist 3idog plots expansion

Crest Nicholson resubmits Building 4 Harbourside plans

Sirius appoints Scrimshaw as non-exec director

Alder King expands teams in Bristol

FSB calls for support as cold snap bites

Mansell completes acquisition of Rok teams

Trakm8 H1 profits up 62 per cent

Minuteman Press achieves 18 per cent turnover growth

Bristol least accessible city for deaf people – study

Business higher education tie-ups ‘could boost profits significantly’

Foot Anstey moves to new Truro office

Dartmouth country club’s function facilities get £100,000 revamp

Savills to act on Station Square in Swindon

BSI bought for £42.5m

Transfer of health responsibilities a great opportunity – Deeks

SunGard bought by Capita for £86m

SMEs account for half of UK’s total business turnover - study

Grant Thornton expands Bristol headcount

Sir John Banham poised to become Cornwall LEP chair

Icon advises Avisa on Enex sale

MSoft in South West hospital deals

Number of insolvencies falls in November

Linde opens second-hand forklift centre

The Range takes over 231,000 sq ft Stoke distribution hub

Dolphin Shopping Centre bought for £82m

Clicktools sells minority stake to SurveyMonkey

One-off costs hit bottom line at Cornwall Farmers

Bristol Council sets strategy for property assets

Plans unveiled for North Devon eco-holiday complex

Loungers completes fifth opening of 2010

Plant hire business brought down by Rok closure

Teddington lands CombiSave contract

Charities will suffer from VAT increase

Simpkins Edwards appoints Quertier

Corporate restructurings ‘set to dominate 2011’

2011 could see ‘boom in start-up businesses’

‘Get tax returns in early’ to avoid adding to HMRC’s pot

Low levels of office demand set to continue in 2011 – DTZ

Localism vs regionalism debate set to rage in 2011

Entrepreneurs more willing to hire than larger companies – study

40 per cent of SMEs optimistic about 2011 – study

Reshaping local government the big priority of 2011 – Ormondroyd

Huge Cornwall solar farm gets green light

Gloucester Speedy Hire premises sold for £1.27m

Two-thirds of SMEs do not offer employees a pension - study

Commcam opens Aztec West office

Environ promotes Eury to regional role

Costa Coffee plans clutch of new stores creating 66 jobs

VAT hike to hit turnover - FSB

Quadnetics buys Bristol's PTL for £260,000

New year manufacturing boost

NI businesses offered funding guidance

British Land completes £240m Drake Circus deal

£2.7m Gloucester Docks regeneration project completed

Dart Vale moves to larger premises

Rating appeal change warning

Plymouth’s Saltram Club seeks solution to financial plight

Best Buy confirms Bristol store in 2011

Animated Exeter 2011 set for February

Marine renewables ‘will create 5,750 new jobs’

Cadbury's Bristol plant to close in days

West of England LEP confirms shadow board

Green Compliance acquires Phoenix Fire and Safety

Smith & Williamson hires Barnes

Insider panel to debate Torbay's prospects

Bournemouth Airport owner MAG agrees £280m financing facility

Leafield Environmental sold to private equity firm

Torbay Council awards Cockington Court contract

M&A slumps in fourth quarter

Flybe launches Edinburgh to Knock route

Bristol Council expects 160 redundancies in coming year

Dorset tea importer Keith Spicer acquired

Brewery Square second phase set to commence

Perspective buys Equilibrium

Cold weather squeezes Debenhams sales growth

Luminati Waycon moves factory

Administrations declined in 2010

Highcross acquires office park for £4.5m

Tinhay set to open third site

Trakm8 replaces Baker Tilly with Milsted Langdon

MML takes stake in Exploration Logistics

Hamworthy wins £30m Brazil contract

Link road ‘vital to Torbay region’s prospects’

RMS Services makes appointments

Weight-loss company changes name

e2train acquires Intraventure

Mountgrange buys Poole industrial estate for £24m

Greggs bakes South West plans

Savills appoints trainee surveyor

Galliford Try to build 137 homes in Camborne

Supergroup’s Christmas sales rise 90 per cent

Ocado Bristol hub on schedule

Govan gets green accreditation

Koch buys Falmouth-based arm of Fertiliser Solutions

First wind turbine begins generating at Bristol Airport

Business in line with expectations – Mears

Goonhilly set to become space research centre

Devon and Somerset poised to submit joint LEP bid

Big wheel keeps on turning

Wikipedia founder in Bristol today

Construction starts on £13m business hub for innovation

Wessex Water upgrades fibre optic network

Wasdell Packaging boosts Swindon storage capacity

Co-op brings forward closure of Bridgwater depot

IoD criticises government’s retirement age shift

TLT hires mortgage litigation partners

Millbay regeneration scheme moves forward

Swindon Edison Park offices on the market

Interest rates held despite inflation fears

IVC wins £1m Exeter University contract

Smiths News revenues drop

Macquarie closes Bristol office

Saco opens new London accommodation

Eduserv signs deal with Bluesky

Jools Holland jazz club set to open in Bristol

Pennon buys Swinnerton Environmental for £1.8m

Sirius buys York Potash for £25m and appoints new CEO

Swindon hotel joins Accor Mercure brand

Air Southwest stops Gatwick flights

Leonard Curtis opens Bristol office

Viridor relocates HQ to become Firepool’s first tenant

Stride Treglown opens Cardiff office

Eleven-storey Whitefriars office on market

New HQ for electrical waste recycling company

Meggitt buys PAS for £429m

Bristol law firms advise on £240m Drake Circus sale

Surge in Bristol hotel activity – study

Nettleton saves Boringdon Hall Hotel from administration

Creative industry database launched

Great Local Offers plots national expansion

Barclays appoints Elias in Swindon

Bristol digital agency Mentor moves premises

Bid for rail electrification nears crunch decision

Fewer business failures in the South West

Cobham buys German bomb robot maker for £65.5m

Broadband pilot scheme set up to kick-start rural businesses

South West manufacturers urged to lobby government

Quarry fined after worker's leg crushed

Waitrose set to open in Warminster

Twofour appoints Opie as channel strategy director

St James's Place assets under management soar to £27bn

HCA invests £6m to kick-start Bath regeneration scheme

Bristol council outlines budget cuts

Ryanair turns back on Newquay route

Renewable energy expo comes to Exeter

Fourth Royal William Yard building gets green light

Farm shops form UK-wide rewards scheme

Vectura appoints Warner as non-exec director

Newquay hotel chain makes £4m investment

Travelodge plans Portishead and Bristol openings

Change at the top for Swallowfield

South West rents fail to fall

RGF panel will be Scrooge-like – Wrigglesworth

Sustain selected for carbon project

Overseas expansion for That Games Company

Finance deal leads to Spar expansion

Cinnamon marks Bristol for expansion

Clarke Willmott buys Taunton HR consultancy

Banks must have local lending powers - FPB

Bristol is a 'city to watch'

Costs cut in new South Devon Link Road bid

Interface launches invoice business

Mortgage lending at decade-lowest level

New faces at Alder King

Government 'must push harder on sustainability'

CBI chief hits out at government's 'vision'

Growth slowdown anticipated

Acquisition boosts Ultimate Finance Group

Better conditions in Bristol office market

IT Power in EU funding boost

Deep sea harbour boost

Lush remains offline after hack attack

Language centre to create 45 jobs

Sales slip but WH Smith remains optimistic

Truro site snapped up with retail in mind

Developers make joint bid for RGF funds

Gooch & Housego completes EM4 deal

Bristol gets UK’s first hydrogen-powered ferry

New orders boost Avon Rubber

Simplisys finalises Portis Fields move

Emmanuel Hall deal clinched

APC Overnight expands into the South West

Management buyout completes at Valldata

SciSys performs better than expected

Clarke Willmott will "play on strengths" to secure future

Cinderford gets new abattoir

Milk Link acquires Cornish Country Larder

Avon Barrier Company expands base

Record revenues for Renishaw

Retail growth is slowing - CBI

Goonhilly satellite station deal clinched

Transformed Olives Et Al eyes further growth

Kembrey Park dominates Swindon out-of-town market

Cheltenham Council invites developer proposals

MAM Funds in £20m share placing

CitySprint's in Mainlink takeover

BWH gets new name

Cobham grabs Middle East deal

South West businesses remain vulnerable

Pontin's buyout safeguards South West jobs

Cabinet approves £2.2m Bournemouth scheme

Midas Group expects £60m in contracts

Saddleback expands after growth

Kier Moss completes £2.5m Stonehouse development

Watson French expands

New MD at Classic Cottages

Acquisitions boost Jelf

Synergy increases revenue

AA buys BSM out of administration

Passenger numbers increase at Bristol Airport

£125m farmland sale could plug black hole

House prices fall in South West

Salmon Harvester Properties buys £5m Temple Quay plot

Salisbury-Swindon rail plan proposed

Fitness First to open £1m club

Beacon poll indicates SW stability

Travelzest hails performance despite £12.7m loss

£15m of Connaught assets acquired

Imperial Tobacco in revenue boost

Two appointed to manage government property in Bristol

Eastern promise for Renishaw

Russian opportunities for South West businesses

Work starts on £400m Locking Parklands scheme

McCarthy and Stone in retirement homes project

Cheltenham Festival to be 'best in three years'

Molson Coors buys Sharp's Brewery

Matcon moves headquarters

Turbine will cut costs for Forest Pennant

Cricket Club will consult again on Bristol development plans

Private equity sees cheaper deals in 2011

Britannia gets new commercial director

Cavanna Homes increase sales

SuperGroup acquires European franchise

Learn about online branding

Devon-Somerset LEP bid moves forward

South West construction slumps

Four South West companies make Sunday Times guide

Bmibaby resumes Cornwall-Manchester service

Bristol set to lead property revival

Bristol transport schemes fast-tracked

Cobham completes $11.5m Corp Ten International deal

Pennon acquires Martock Waste Paper for £7.4m

Osborne: it’s an export success story

£2m investment safeguards university research

Bristol gets new homes

WH Smith acquires 22 book stores

Consort Medical buys £1.1m stake in Atlas

Las Iguanas increases national footprint

TLT advises Savills on Thomas Davidson takeover

Reduction in manufacturing insolvencies leads UK recovery

Skinners expands Truro operation

Compact Power Holdings enters liquidation

Liam Fox confirmed for chamber dinner

Portishead office sold

SuperGroup enjoys rapid growth

Bristol’s office market is holding firm

Brightside acquires Quote Exchange

Bond Pearce secures Sainsbury’s contract

£17m Elmbridge Transport scheme progresses

South West housing market remains sluggish

Hotel survey shows South West growth

Profits up at Hargreaves Lansdown

Plymouth Argyle escape winding-up order

Investment will protect Cornish homes

Gloucestershire to LEP alone

iNets launch in South West

HSBC supports Sandy Balls

Quay Creative moves to accommodate growth

Cheltenham development up for tender

Torbay tourism must 'adapt to survive'

Flybe increases revenue

Rowan Dartington to be sold

Work to begin on flood defence schemes

EMCAS in management buyout

CRS moves to Tamar Science Park

Uniq tackles £400m pension deficit

South West will not be ignored - Alexander

The Pithay gets £3m facelift

PKF manages solar energy investment deal

GBI scheme will remain open

South West needs to retain engineering skills

Dorset-based businesses achieve 'Beacon status'

Attendance up at Bath Racecourse

Green Lanes Shopping Centre sold for £30m

Design consultancy flb in rebrand

New Look's value slides

Varied outlook for South West commercial property market

The Hucclecote Centre closes to cut costs

Gloucestershire gets £40m for fire stations

Lush plans new website following hack attack

Empty shop research shows South West vacancies

South West tops chartered surveyor table

Ask the Expert: Improving telecoms links

Cotswold Geotech convicted of corporate manslaughter

Farepak directors face disqualification

Pollard starts work on £5m Exeter site

Office Reality gets makeover

Torquay development gets green light

Talking East African trade

Ernst & Young Bristol gets two assistant directors

Bookings on the up for Cornwall Cottages

GCHQ to demolish Oakley Cheltenham offices

Flybe pilots reject pay deal

Sharp growth in private sector output

South West unemployment reaches 165,000

Cobham wins $25m contract

EDS Roofing Supplies expands Bristol operation

Call for AIM shares in ISAs

Sandworld gets planning permission

Milk Link aims for £600m mark

Sainsbury’s shrugs off Ashton Gate fears

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings fined £385,000

Redrock posts record performance

Morgan Sindall in £350m Bournemouth regen

Exeter joins SETsquared to boost economic growth

Bristol entrepreneur in Twitter law plan

Cobham sells off part of business

Helphire shaves off more debt

Get serious about commercial risks in 2011, directors warn

Exeter park and ride faces more delays

Bristol office block proving popular

Shaken but saved

Brandopus wins Badger Ales redesign

Huhne in firing line after South West visit

Administration looms for Plymouth Argyle

South West Trains in Network Rail shake-up

Michelmores wins LSC contract

Isis Water all set to dive into Poole

Bumper bookings for Hoburne

Devondale plans Glastonbury branch

Rotork makes Mexican acquisition

Profit and turnover leap at RSM Tenon

G&S secures new ownership

Investment for South Devon franchise group

FRP Advisory opens new Bristol office

Cornish hotel and golf club goes up for sale

Barclays boosts financial planning team

PHP continues to grow

Digital marketing business launches in Bristol

Space available at Broad Quay House

Sustain appoints new head of utilities

Franchise businesses unveil expansion plans

Bridgwater 'on the brink of housing boom'

Red tape will cost SW business £2.21bn, claims BCC

Financial hit on Bristol ‘unfair’, says Janke on cuts

Profits remain static at Swallowfield

Cobham wins Boeing contract

Lush continues to expand

South West is magnet for Hollywood

Ask the Expert: Tax planning

Mid-market drives South West M&A recovery

Paul Oldham leaves LDC

Old Mill acquires Perks Simm

Sainsbury’s store plans set for red light

Heathrow offers ‘significant’ growth opportunities - Segro

South West farmland prices reach record high

Target boosts South West team

LEPs urged to get boards sorted out

£10m Sanguine deal struck at Insider event

South Coast’s ‘largest office deal in 18 months’ completes

Teachers Building Society gets image overhaul

Refurb revealed at Dartmoor hotel

Swindon development hits the market

Dealmakers Wrap: The outlook for 2011

Profits fall at Meggitt but recovery is on the cards

Marston appointed as vice-chancellor

EDBF responds to LEP draft prospectus

Plymouth entrepreneur opens 50th store

PHS acquires Filestore for southern push

Uniq approves £400m pension deficit plan

Swindon office plan gets go-ahead

Target Corporate Finance moves into Bristol

Cobham wins $40m contract

D-Day for Sainsbury’s and Bristol City

Government confirms electrification plan for Great Western Mainline

Wellington homes approval linked to £2m projects

IoD to host health summit at Circle Bath

Le Page Architects launches

Avonmouth development will be forward funded

Barnstaple boosted by £2.45m injection

Orders rise to £1.8bn at Cobham

Controversial Ashton Gate plan gets go-ahead

Unite reduces debt by selling assets

Cubex buys West Gate

South West RDA to speed up asset disposal

Plunkett Yates launches in Exeter

Ashfords advises on £48m PFI project

Bruton Knowles makes commercial team appointment

Lovell to refurbish Cheltenham homes

Ask the Expert: Corporate Manslaughter

350-home scheme plan unveiled

Insider panel to debate Exeter's prospects

Rents dip in the South West

Former gas works set for revamp

Passage Road development gets green light

Consultants buy Dymond Engineering

Synergy Creative rebrands IED

Chancellor announces £50m funding package during Bristol visit

Plymouth Argyle enter administration

Job losses will 'hit us hard' - chamber boss

Bristol Cars searches for new owner

Pale Blue Clothing makes property acquisition

Torbay reveals regen partners

Exeter land owners could cash in

Cobham signs $45m agreement

Spirax-Sarco Engineering reveals profit surge

Redruth green properties to be built

Website aims to boost small business investments

Government must increase the number of female entrepreneurs, says FSB

Metafab Coatings takes space at Mill Place

Big rewards for NHS innovation

South West 'outperforms' London for new business

Bristol shares regen tips with Russia

Wilsons will move staff to single site

Rowan Dartington acquisition completes

Wessex Exploration announces AIM flotation plan

£35m Co-op site gets go-ahead

Bristol media hub could open in 2014

Plymouth’s marine building takes shape

Kings Orchard development gets new tenants

Controversial Calne housing scheme set for green light

Grant Thornton beefs up corporate finance team

Bath law firm is first to get quality mark

Ward Williams makes Cornish acquisition

Hargreaves Lansdown breaks into FTSE 100

Lansdown to step down as Robins' chairman

Aerium acquires One Glass Wharf for £83m

DVS bites into Apple iTunes deal

100 jobs for Falmouth Docks

ADG completes Plymouth city centre move

Cut VAT to boost tourism, says Varney

Hobbs and Paperchase take space at The Mall

Contrasting fortunes for companies that want credit

Jehu wins Portishead contract

Stoneyard Lane wind farm set for green light

Buyers sought for Devon hotels

VAT victory for law firms

Triodos lends more than £500m

Paul McKenna in new Lloyds role

KPMG in University of Exeter link-up

Vistair safety system selected by easyJet

SW landlords urged to check small print

Taunton estate gets £1.65m HCA investment

End of an era for Gloucester office market

Hi-tech centre opens in Bristol

Chamber opens Portishead business fund

£860m renewable scheme to create SW opportunities

‘Steady growth’ for Cornish Mutual

Gloucestershire set for £50m Cheltenham Festival bonanza

Pennon in rubbish agreement

Revenues up at Debenhams despite ‘difficult trading conditions’

Mears on acquisition trail after revenue boost

Profits up at Bath Building Society

Kraft in for questioning

Cheltenham betting will reach record high

Handelsbanken opens Gloucester branch

Business leaders to tour Flybe’s £24m academy

Truro hotel gets refurb

MPs criticise Rosenfeld over no-show

Watts Tyres deal approved by OFT

Challenging economy ‘needs strong action from business’

Cricketer Farm gets new MD

Roomzzz Aparthotel expands into Bristol

Regen fuels demand for Avonmouth offices

Extra office space for Torbay

Council challenges government on business waste collection

Rural setting boosts Bristol women, says Franks

Bristol office space is ‘good value for money’

£500m waste project moves forward

Somerset Caravans enters administration

Newquay to host international air conference

D-Day for Plymouth Argyle

Alder King boosts South West team

Sovereign reappoints ISG Pearce

Air Southwest resumes Cork service

Builders' merchant appoints Factor 3

Real Food reveals South West plans

NCC in £200m TIC consortium

New bank for Brislington

Uniq restructure expected today

LXB gets planning consent for part of Biggleswade scheme

Portishead apartments get the go-ahead

BNS builds on success

Sidonis completes second round of funding

Construction to start on Gloucestershire fire project

Planning changes for Bristol

Francis Clark boosts insolvency team

Plymouth takeover talks heat up

Cobham in Boeing bomb rack boost

£20m contract win for Hamworthy

Council hits out over failed Tropicana plan

CAA wins ERDF funding for helicopter base

Plymouth companies in e-commerce partnership

Fitness First owner in £700m deal

Cadbury factory hits the market

Sort out empty building rates, Mace tells Osborne

Boost for Bristol's hotels

New Look bosses resign and founder Singh takes charge

House prices rise in South West

Uniq gets court approval

Burges Salmon elects senior partner

Ultimate Finance Group appoints Kevan Jones

Italian clothing brand chooses Cheltenham agency

Ask the Expert: Venture Capital Trusts

Ask the Expert: SRM Programmes

Cut red tape in Budget, urges Hutchings

Plymouth marketing companies merge

Wessex Exploration in AIM flotation

Business advice on offer in Swindon

Steel Monkey takes centre stage at Malago House

£13m INTO centre opens at Exeter

Reabur wins hospital HR contract

Lang Bennetts moves in on Falmouth market

Bristol confirmed as enterprise zone

Enterprise zones will boost SW growth - Pickles

Experts react to planning system changes

Revenue increase expected at Imperial Tobacco

Leaders sign Western Way Memorandum

Maypole Group sold to Marco Pierre White

Pennon welcomes Chancellor’s water pledge

Bristol and Bath hosts international delegation

British Land buys Mayflower Retail Park for £51m

‘Daycations’ boost SW tourism

Alliance Pharma in proposed acquisition

Something for the weekend

Work starts on £4.1m Cornwall hotel scheme

Meggitt wins £10m MoD contract

Marine business jumps ship

Proposed £24m casino to revive Bath, claim developers

Firepool Taunton office gets green light

Baker Tilly in Richardson Groves merger

Bristol groups get community energy funding

South West millionaires on the rise

Trinity brings in new MD

Ask the Expert: The AIM market

AIM capital soars to £1.45bn, says Grant Thornton

Bond Aviation sold for £300m

Wessex Exploration reports losses

Airbus to build £70m business park

Sidona secures three new contracts

GVA sells Ferry Street warehouses

Aer Lingus in Bristol-US link-up

Care home opens in Wootton Bassett

New arrival boosts TLT

SuperGroup COO steps down

SciSys perform “ahead of expectations”

Merlin Entertainments is flying high

Exeter not involved enough in Somerset-Devon LEP, says Hassan

Panel to debate Swindon’s prospects

Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly name LEP chairman

Gloucestershire Enterprise in Twigworth move

Bridgwater housing development gets the go-ahead

Thrifty expands into Derby

Zantra Technology hits acquisition trail

Construction date set for £7.5m Torquay complex

Las Iguanas expands into Kingston

Beer tax rise is ‘kick in the teeth’, says Abbey Ales

Digital agency moves into Bristol building

City saves £250,000 by axing director posts

Target helps seal Aspire Global Network deal

Osborne Clarke makes three senior appointments

Bristol in £4m street light switch

LV= plans recruitment drive after surge in sales

Watershed wins Devon and Somerset fire contract

Rowan Dartington brings in Lloyds

Francis Clark moves into Truro

Stancold chills at Heathrow

JBP expands into Birmingham

Rail link-up could stimulate Swindon economy

Challenging times for Future

Something for the weekend

WestWays of Plymouth brings administrators in

Mantra Brands buys Tony Pryce Sports

Smith meets Penning in cruise ‘last stand’

Heart of the South West to LEP ahead

South West manufacturing to get £7m fund

Pollard secures NHS contract

Phlexglobal in MBO

Major deal done for undisclosed sum

Ask the Expert: The Bribery Act

Buyer found for Folio (Bristol)

Ridsdale – Plymouth have a good chance

Bristol Port wins distribution contract

Universities South West faces 'uncertain future'

Mogers launches iPhone app

TeamSport to open Avonmouth leisure attraction

MPs still want to grill Rosenfeld

Bridgwater charity gets loan for expansion

Coutts makes two senior appointments

Power incinerator plans for dockyard

TMS makes Cornish acquisition

Hall & Woodhouse secures £65m refinancing

Wessex Exploration on acquisition trail

Private investment creates crematorium in East Devon

Bramhill to float second SW company

One Voice to front Exeter BID campaign

Lodders advises on £10m Bath hotel plan

Banks to introduce lending appeals process

Wrong to single out Exeter – Cox

ASA tells Flybe to drop advert

Beale in £7.5m stores deal

Wind Prospect to appeal Stoneyard Lane decision

Solar Communications expands into London

Gloucestershire wants to LEP ahead

Lighthouse Advisory Services appoints managing director

HES Tractec expands into skip market

Reduced production at Honda but 3,000 jobs are 'safe'

Cotswold companies in chartered surveying merger

Plymouth’s white knight Brent will stand aside for others

Racecourse launches Cheltenham LIVE

Natter completes funding round

CableCom buys Freewire

The Gateway sold for £20.7m

AeroThermal Group awaits decision on £9m project

Mercer and Marsh take space at The Paragon

Swindon ‘needs LEP to make its case’

Nations sign £3bn deal to save RAF plane

Vaizey to discuss growth with SW creative businesses

Synergy Health buys US sterilisation company

Something for the weekend

Policy changes risk renewable energy growth - Regen SW

Balfour Beatty buys Power Efficiency for £18m

£22.5m Bedford Academy gets green light

Exeter’s passage to India

Taunton’s Hi Point building let

Office in Regency mansion hits the market

ADAPT gets green light in Rochdale

Ask the Expert: Post-Budget tax planning

Profits up at smartFOCUS

Southern Cross changes rent structure

G4S buys The Cotswold Group

Clifton office building sold for £2.7m

Lovehoney acquires BeCheeky website

Bristol enterprise zone candidates revealed

Factor 3 in Brussels paper contract

King of Shaves to address business leaders

South West bids in RGF success

West Country bathroom supplier will not reopen

McCarthy & Stone positive about 'grey market'

Markey Construction completes housing scheme

New retail park planned for Exeter

Attinger Jack secures funding for growth

£26m to improve water quality at Weston

Williams Gunter Hardwick reappointed to find toy shop sites

Revenue down but profits up at Smiths News

Triodos Bank set to move into WestOne

Alpaca wool processing plant gets RDPE funding

Target CF advises on transatlantic deal

Hanson Formpave appoints new MD

Insider’s Dealmakers Awards head for Bristol

No secret formula to Glastonbury success - Eavis

Mitie in hospital energy saving deal

Somerset hotel set for revamp

Container Team in Weston-super-Mare move

Consortium gets €1.8m for asbestos detection

Cotton prices could come down - Debenhams

Lovehoney walked away from earlier BeCheeky investment – Longhurst

WH Smith looks abroad after profits rise

Rehab JobFit in £130m government contract

Mitie opens Northern Ireland hub

£35m Weston Dolphin development gets the go-ahead

Savills in Bristol expands planning team

Record sales for World Snooker as Hearn eyes new fans

Meggitt clinches bank funds

Wincanton secures contract renewals

M Shed gets £1.4m cash boost

WWF partners business school for MBA programme

Blue Islands launches Bristol route

South West equity release is on the up

Refurb complete at Beaufort Park

Trunki creator gets MBE

Ask the Expert: Asset-based lending

Laser melting business snapped up by Renishaw

New divisional boss at Midas

£6m waste centre back on cards

OFT acts against Dorset businesses

John Richards Shopfitting in liquidation

South West RDA sites to hit the market

Old Mill moves to Leeward House

South West holiday parks prove resilient

Demands of next generation 'drive sustainability agenda'

Osborne Clarke HQ sold for £31m

Exeter BID launches funding pot

Record quarter for Hargreaves Lansdown

Morgan Sindall wins Plymouth college contract

Orange sorry over Philippines 'error'

Harrison Clark advises £65m deals

Stephens Scown appoints new partner

£5m contract boost for PJE

South West hotels performing well - survey

Meggitt reports growth

LDC invests in A-Gas

Travelzest bares all over rumours

West of England bids for £5m sustainable travel fund

City Link lets purpose-built Bournemouth depot

Thermal Energy wins hospital contract

South West companies pay on time

Redhall in £1.2m settlement

Orders rise for Rotork

Gooch and Housego makes second US acquisition

Cleantech Co-investment Fund completes first deal

South West companies in Queen's Awards success

Something for the bank holiday weekend

Redveco buys Bournemouth retail properties

Summerfield invests in Bristol

Irwin Mitchell eyes external capital with restructure

South Gloucestershire Leisure appoints board member

Thatchers looks down under

82 jobs saved at GUL

Insider panel tackles international trade

Final piece of Harbourside jigsaw falls into place

Work starts on £1m sheltered housing scheme

Von Essen hotel owner brings administrators in

Bristol Cars sold to KamKorp Autokraft

Cornwall complex hits the market

Greggs eyes South West for growth

Helston cattle market set for redevelopment

Braby enters administration

Tesco buys video streaming site

Second stage starts at Langford Mead

Traffic drop contributes to £7.3m Severn Bridge loss

South West rail scheme on track for 2012

Somerset church hits the market

Merism Capital teams up with Crowdcube to offer investment

BBC presenter set for PR conference

Administrations level steady in South West

Plymouth City Airport to close

£505m credit boost for Hammerson

Nokia to axe 700 UK jobs

Summer opening date for Merrywalks Bridge

Riverford Organic moves into Gloucester business park

Munson appointed as Dorset IoD chairman

Royal wedding bonanza for Dartington Crystal

Tesco Express to open at Mount Wise

South West employers urged to beat May tax deadline

DTZ surveyor scoops sustainability qualification

Bond Aviation in £267m deal

New Look founder in Jojo Maman Bébé deal

Orange and T-Mobile business hits slowdown

Renishaw confirmed for trade debate

Crunch talks to save Plymouth City Airport

Renewables training centre opens

Space available at Brotherswood Court

Systematix in Staverton move

Family butcher wins sizzling burger contract

South West manufacturers look to new markets

Stonegate poaches Farmhouse Freedom Eggs

£80m Bristol Royal Infirmary plan get the go-ahead

Cubex and Prudent Pensions in redevelopment partnership

In-demand Tocris sold to US buyer for £75m

Cornwall companies in merger

Succession takes stake in CDFS

Bristol's Monarch Court development fully let

Devon motor company powers Swiss scooter

Good start for Bristol hotel sector

Stephens Scown converts to LLP status

Ask the Expert: International Markets

Plymouth in enterprise zone bid

Flybe continues with European expansion

GVA acquires Humberts in leisure drive

Bath says bonjour to brasserie

Premier League clubs lose thousands after CRE8 collapse

KM Courtier gets bank backing for expansion

Bicton College in £3.5m redevelopment

Marketing Source wins Santander contract

Dawson declares DIY chain interest

IoD chief calls for investment help

Virgin call centre closure is a "disaster" - Kerr

Cornwall and Canada in taxi agreement

Eco furniture business expands into Launceston

Winkworth snaps up Bournemouth offices

SW accountancy firms in advanced merger talks

Severn Glocon plans international expansion

Somerset in Business Conference to talk green

Ask the Expert: Cable's red-tape cuts

Talking Point: Cost management gets strategic

G Casino opens in Plymouth

Cobham to sell off two US units

Janke reassure Bristol's wealth creators

Plymouth Argyle sign exclusivity deal

£15m fund opens for business

Demand for SW commercial space surges

Boughton bought out of administration

IDOX snaps up LalPac

Business insolvencies on the rise

AFC Bournemouth sells stadium naming rights

Emerging markets light up Imperial Tobacco profits

Support Hinkley Point nuclear plan - Somerset chamber

Lloyds backs Wessex Grain expansion

Small caps face acquisition danger - survey

Celtic Sheepskin gets Piper investment

£10m mixed-use scheme for Cheltenham seeks go-ahead

McCaren Design reveals new image

Luxury property market booms

Energy project nets £4m

Netpack Fulfilment enters liquidation

Spirax-Sarco "performed strongly" in first period

Call Credit takes space in Quorum

Brent fails to rule out saving Argyle

Demand for SW housing increases

Green companies should capitalise on Croatia - Bailey

Beale's shares restored to trading

Osborne Clarke on the up after ‘rollercoaster’ year

Annual sales soar at SuperGroup

Summer stay-cation surge expected

Milsted Langdon appoints new partners

Downend set for new homes

FirstGroup gives up SW rail contract

Orega opens in the South West

Something for the weekend

Multimillion-pound stadium plan for AFC Bournemouth

20/20 completes National Trust project

Heatons wins Bristol contract

Space snapped up at Bournemouth business park

Torquay hotel set for apartment revival

£50m ski slope set for Weston-super-Mare

Unite Group targets London for future growth

Avonmouth Co-op warehouse gets green light

US company buys Icera in £225m deal

Bristol hit by 2,100 job losses

Raging Bull in House of Fraser launch

Workbrands wins Radian contract

Fuel company takes Malmesbury office space

Centre Gate hits Bristol office market

Ask the Expert: Asset-based lending

Revenues rise at Renishaw

Profits fall at Robert Wiseman Dairies

Serviced Office Group offers space in Stroud

£5.6m Haven Banks scheme revealed

GP increases South West foothold

Bank funds AJW Recruitment launch

Wakefield joins panel for Insider debate

Probiotics plot global growth

South West RDA in £40m property sell-off

Higos snaps up Plymstock business

BP sells £375m Dorset oil fields

Rail scheme officials meet to discuss redoubling scheme

Stride heads down under for university project

Scottish housebuilder hosts South West celebration

Heath Lambert branding talks follow £97m takeover

Freshbaked Training secures £1.5m in SW contracts

Construction roadshow to tackle health and safety

Strong Gloucestershire LEP 'could deliver enterprise zone'

Kenya and Bristol to talk international trade

Oldham tipped for growth fund job

Bank supports Kulula Kidz!

Ashton Vale green decision due

Vistair heads for Broadway

Schloer backer buys Bottlegreen stake

SSL wins Bruton Knowles contract

Something for the weekend

South West companies 'need to grab export opportunities'

Profits fall at Future

£2.5bn Business Growth Fund set for Bristol

E.ON in Devon energy partnership

Gloucestershire council welcomes new chairman

LHC in double property award win

Mubaloo boss backs Marketing Clout

Ask the Expert: Publicising a business

Talking Point: The cost of fuel

Revenues rise at Mitie as private sector orders boom

Dealmakers awards night heading for sell-out

Fund door opened for smaller businesses

Colossal portfolio sales planned

SRT wins £1.1m contract

BID funds Falmouth revamp

Cheltenham offices hit the market

Renishaw set for South West expansion

Viridor lifts Pennon

McMurtry named as Royal Society fellow

Bristol office market on the up

Torbay retirement resort on track for completion

City of Bristol College leads UTC bid

SN1 hits Swindon office market

Willmott Dixon completes £2m school development

Accountancy firm takes space at Albion Chambers

Bakin’ Boys get £2m funding boost

Swindon's LEP proposal nears submission

Administrators search for pharmacy buyer

Bank backs garden centre expansion

Speakers revealed for Plymouth conference

New technologies ‘have opened up creative commercial opportunities’

RBS to axe 150 Plymouth jobs

Gap personnel plans Gloucestershire expansion

Ashfords secures Cornwall Council contract

Jersey service takes off in Bristol

Harding Brothers complete £9.5m bank refinancing deal

Investor roadshow hits Bristol

Plans submitted for £50m Weston ski slope

Finance hopes float up in mid-market

Scrivin retires from Spirax-Sarco

Sausage maker targets Singapore

Rockspring sells Chippenham property

Steamship company buys Nike Engineering

Avonmouth industrial unit hits market following refurb

Ridsdale could become Argyle owner

Funding call for North Devon water sports event

Something for the weekend

Businessman targets South West property market

Bristol to stage environmental event

Brixham gets set for Tesco store

Concorde museum lottery bid fails

Do your prep to secure finance, directors told

Councils come together to cut legal costs

Bristol storage space remains popular

South West M&A market bounces back

Capita snaps up Bristol business

Jones Lang LaSalle confirms King Sturge merger

Bristol Zoo boss to lead conservation committee

Vet franchise in South West launch

Talking Point: Opening doors

Profits plummet at Bristol Water

Axa closes in on Two Glass Wharf

It's 'business as usual' at King Sturge – Richards

Sanguine ready to open Indigo

Brightside Group expands into Lysander House

ETS properties hit the market

Pre-pack rules could mean insolvencies rise - R3

Apprentice star to speak at South West export event

Gregg Latchams goes green

New Concorde museum plans discussed

McCarthy & Stone snaps up £1.8m property

Bristol to become business 'super city' - HSBC

Broadband investment brings Somerset up to speed

Edge Church gets set for Aztec West move

Bluebird Energy set for June flotation

Second time success hoped for LEP plan

Yucca wins national pay-per-click clients

Bond Aviation wins £50m contract

CB Richard Ellis wins Imperial Tobacco contract

New Wave agrees investment venture

Concert Consulting moves into Queen Square House

Collard named as Bart Spices chief executive

Bristol 'needs bigger events' for visitor boost

South West research fund launches

Speller Metcalfe completes school work

Ask the Expert: Cash and debt risk management

IP Group raises £55m with placing

New MD at Mill End

Boom in farmland demand reported

Investable companies have a business exit plan – Chamberlain

Plymouth shapes up with SLM deal

von Essen portfolio hits market

Smiths News buys Dawson Holdings

Wind farm appeal launched

Jelf eyes bolt-ons after profit return

Argyle deal still on

Tinderbox in joint venture

M&S takes ex-Woolworths site

Enterprise zone to be unveiled

We're still set to close airport - Sutton Harbour

The Co-operative launches legal pilot scheme

Sales slump at New Look

Bank supports Honiton bridal boutique

Temple Quarter to get EZ status by summer - Skellett

Meggitt appoints non-executive director

Knightstone in shake-up plan

SciSys sublets space at Methuen Park

University of Plymouth and Frontier IP form agreement

Pennon buys Storm Recycling

Family Travel Centre gets inventive with funding

Bristol Rovers reveal £60m stadium plans

Wincanton in £41m European sell-off

BMW to invest in Swindon plant

Vertu revs up in Bristol

Broadview Energy investigates wind farm potential

Sanguine to manage Cube development

Bristol launches sustainable city festival

Ask the Expert: Bridging the funding gap

Concorde funding solution to be found by September

Gloucestershire logistics companies sign London-focused green JV

Something for the weekend

Dynmark International eyes growth after strong year

First tenant confirmed at Whittle Square

Business leaders scoop regional IoD awards

Tanner and Bruce in funding boost

Mears secures Gloucestershire premises

Almondsbury Garden Centre gets set to grow

South West exports total £11bn

Rotork makes Norwegian acquisition

£100m West Quay Road plan goes back to council

Universal Balancing delivers for Nissan

Care and Repair makes Stroud move

Bristol Water in rumoured sell-off

Enterprise Area status could ease Avonmouth space pressures - Colliers

Wrigglesworth encourages Plymouth RGF bids

Bristol Rovers move will boost revenues - Higgs

Gilcrest moves into acoustic market

Shortlist unveiled for Insider’s Dealmakers Awards 2011

Cobham appoints Wood as non-executive director

Leaders targets South West for acquisition opportunities

South West housing market stumbles - RICS

Investors snap up St Austell space

Spanish price war hits Imperial Tobacco

Thatchers Cider drinks to £2.5m investment

Extend EZ business rates incentives - LSH

Argyle bidder to be revealed

Final Plymouth City Airport decision expected in July

Come along to our South Bristol debate

Orchestra Bristol bought out of administration

Insider Dealmakers - Corporate Law Firm of the Year

Argyle bidder details delayed again

£10m green energy bond launches

Gloucester street sells for £2.2m

MEPs to learn about Bristol entrepreneurship programme

Short-term let works for Watson Fuels

Classic Cottages launches green scheme

Somerset's £90,000 creative fund launches

Insider Dealmakers – Venture Capitalist/Private Equity House of the Year

Decision due on Ashton Vale

Brent questions Plymouth Argyle deal

Watershed PR gets leadership training grant

Travelport makes Kembrey Business Park move

£2.9m Torbay craft centre opens

Costa Coffee to open 'drive-thru' branch in Swindon

Turnaround investors splash £1bn, says KPMG

Insider Dealmakers – Banking Team of the Year

Something for the weekend

Bristol City stadium plans kept alive

Chelsea Building Society owner welcomes Osborne speech

Orange connects to joint venture

Vodafone connects to joint venture

Fund misses 'equity gap' - Caan

Somerset raises £10m in farm sell-off

Nuffield Health to unveil Chesterfield Hospital plan

TSSA takes space at Newminster House

Malmesbury Syrups sees green benefit of heat-free disinfection

Ask the Expert: Buying overseas

Fewer holidaying in West Country - survey

SuperGroup to open flagship Superdry store

Somerset Caravans bought by County

Bristol-Portishead rail line bid plan unveiled

£27m M Shed museum opens

Double deal at Bristol industrial estate

Millbay marina work expected to start later this year

Excalibur expands into Stonehill Green

Takeover success leads to opticians expansion

Glendinning buys Bude asphalt plant

We're working on a funding bid – Rees

Premier increases Wytch Farm stake

South West surge in renewable energy – survey

Challenge of recruiting well looms large, say directors

Truro Eastern District Centre plans in

C&G wins Olympics contract

Exclusive: Pontin's collapse hit Santander hard

GVA wins Strode College contract

South West businesses hit by Focus collapse

Gloucestershire gets £500,000 business boost

Telegraph House gets new tenants

Insider Dealmakers – the final shortlists

Boston Tea Party opens in Salisbury

Altitude Partners invests £2.25m in The Care Division

Community Energy Plus secures transition funding

Bristol office tower sold for £7.6m

Big win down under for renewable company

Kenny scoops dealmaker prize

Sales soar at Software Radio Technology

LEP will consider Portishead to Bristol rail link-up

Caution in South West property market - report

Oval Estates gets ThinCats investment

Two SW retirement village operators enter administration

Bristol and Bath Science Park goes solar

£450,000 funding pot for church restoration

Airbus wins contracts worth £45bn

Riise wins Olympic Village contract

Housing development for Moreton-in-Marsh

South West in nuclear power plan

Something for the weekend

TBS Cornwall makes Pool Innovation Centre move

Thatchers Cider teams up with Bath Rugby

Ask the Expert: Insurable risks

Beales disappointed with performance

Bluebird Energy to float next month

Bristol Airport awarded Carbon Trust Standard

St Austell development hailed green leader

Letting agent prosecuted for breaches of Housing Act

Second phase of £29m college development completed

McCarthy & Stone launch removals service

Heart of the South West LEP board revealed

Ultimate Finance and FSE in funding move

Renishaw unveils expansion plans

USC to open in Swindon

McCann Erickson wins Redrow contract

LEPs make enterprise zone bids

Aawen in city centre move

Trade buyers drive South West market

Cornwall family dairies in merger

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club submit amended plans

Expanding McArthurGlen to invest in Swindon

South West dealmakers seal SPTS deal

Mulberry founder to open £10m Shepton Mallet development

Focus DIY creditor speaks out

Associated Property buys Clifton building

Genius Consultancy to drive Belfast recruitment drive

Tinglobal in £6m MBO

Digital sales boost Debenhams

Flybe reports full-year loss

Brixham Fish Market gets restaurant tenant

Buyers show interest in Avonmouth Village Pharmacy

Public exhibition for Javelin Park waste site

WH Smith shares shoot up after Citigroup praise

Something for the weekend

Flybe flies in for Finnish airline

Reactor closes at Oldbury

Small business fundraising platform unveiled

Wetherspoon eyes Weston and Wellington

South West RDA loses ERDF role

Which moves into One Castlepark

Ontrac Agency appoints McDougall

Colliers backs energy campaign

Pennon invests £45m in waste scheme

Npower 'lined up for £5bn sell-off'

Cashflow funding scheme launches

Travelzest remains in takeover talks

Thatchers Cider in £1.5m national television campaign

Bristol's Koala makes agreement down under

Smiths posts Dawson share offer document

GVA wins Brandon Hire management contract

Former Threshers site sparks bidding war

Ridsdale 'to become Argyle owner'

Faster internet is key to inward investment - Cox

Cornish animation company wins Disney contract

South West LEPs make enterprise zone submissions

Kembrey Wiring Systems sold

Bristol Council selects waste contractor

Cranbrook to get 1,120 new houses

Talking Point: Double whammy could shape new high street

Bluebird aims to raise £2.5m in flotation

Knowle Contractors falls into liquidation

Amazon buys Gloucester bookseller

Harveys owner commits to £10m development

West of England gets £5m funding boost

Oldham to manage South West BGF

St Modwen builds on profit rise

Margins grow but sales slip at WH Smith

South West companies in BGF talks

Bourne and Billington form joint venture

Bristol businesses buy into exhibition

Hendra Holiday Park gets solar farm

How should Bristol pay for rapid-transit plans?

Capita Symonds wins Aerospace Park contract

Imatek makes Pegasus Centre move

Energy Matters: Insurance for revenue protection

MoD to move 1,400 staff to Bristol

Second time success for Dorset LEP

£2bn SW pension deficit could affect investment – research

SETsquared and SWAIN link up to boost angel investment

South West RDA in Morlands Enterprise Park sell-off

Rebrand for South Gloucestershire Leisure

Oldway Mansion planning application expected

Ask the Expert: Trade secrets

Bath Spa University redevelopment gets green light

Synergy Health buys Malaysian sterilisation company

Brunsdon Westinsure snapped up by Swinton

Flybe in aircraft sell-off

NOTW collapse won't hurt us - Smiths News

Restore secures £16m lending facility

Affordable housing plan for Padstow

Do your prep if you want to sell, directors warned

Higos buys Crewkerne broker

Himag Solutions enters into US agreement

Weird Fish switches to Co-op following MBO

Mulberry founder unveils £30m outlet plan

Lloyd's Register moves into St Catherine’s Court

easyJet increases Bristol flights

Hoburne equals 2010 figures in first half

Alterian makes senior appointments

SuperGroup in annual profit surge

Greencore makes £113m bid for Uniq

Developers shortlisted for Maltings redevelopment

Vestry Online relocates to West Wiltshire

Pardoes Solicitors move into Glenthorne House

Inflation drop is 'good news' - South West IoD

Smiths News set to increase profit

Mixed results for Bristol office market – survey

AJM Consulting relocates to Plymouth

Zycko in MBO

Stride Treglown remains in the black

South West unemployment rate rises by 5,000

Harrison Clark leads £46m deal sweep

Profits climb at pet supplies business

Future continues to decline

IFB appoints South West chairman

£25m manufacturing innovation centre opens

Railway House gets first tenant before completion

Businessman buys Holman Specialist Paints

Ask the Expert: Anti-bribery policies

Transport "holds key to South Bristol’s future"

Something for the weekend

Meggitt wins battery contract

Plymouth Argyle in Football League talks

Openwork completes 2plan deal following delays

CFS-Royal London talks advance after jobs cull

Mundys Farm Court gets electric car chargers

Bristol's Poplar Park makes final letting

Lower Lodge in £1m Heritage Lottery bid

Work starts on £5bn rail electrification scheme

Tom Alexander quits as Orange parent boss

Apprentice Tom is man 'after my own heart' - Daisy boss

Spanish company snaps up Futur Recycling

DrillingInfo International moves into Stonehouse Park

Revenue surge for Good Energy

iPad project opens doors for Exeter creative agency

Bank backs CFH expansion

Westcountry Cases investment pays off

Smiths News gets OFT approval

September end for Air Southwest flights

Council puts Bath properties on the market

Plymouth’s Lynher House sold for £1.3m

AIM will take a while to recover – Godfrey

Hephalump hooks up with florist

Hatton Textiles expands into Turkey

Meggitt delivers £7m contract

Wincanton hit by Focus DIY demise

American Airlines buys 260 Airbus aircrafts

RAF Lyneham to fuel housing demand

May Gurney wins £96m Bristol waste contract

New retail scheme planned for Plymouth

Atlas Genetics to get second investment

Private equity companies could take advantage - Hampton

Bristol hotels experience good May – PKF

Ask the Expert: Securing more funding

Swindon and Wiltshire get LEP approval

River Cottage comes to Plymouth

Europcar opens at Gloucester Airport

Work starts on £270m Taunton's Firepool scheme

John Lewis to create 300 Exeter jobs

Vanguard Healthcare wins European contracts

Exeter business group to drive innovation

South West in fraud increase

Something for the weekend

Talking Point: Property costs

Rotork makes double acquisition

£50m Weston Leisuredome remains on track

Profits fall at Travelzest

Beachcroft merger plan could create Bristol opportunities

Flybe unveils restructure plans

Investment banker buys Naturepaint

Stephens Scown makes £1.5m cloud technology investment

Mitie boss gets honorary UWE degree

Delta Properties buys Wakefield House

Fragile property investment market hits Summerfield

Keynsham housing development gets green light

Cobham wins £45m Boeing contracts

Imperial Tobacco avoids Spain pain

Harrison Clark launches start-up division

Social networking boosts South West business – survey

Mandarin Slate maintains activity levels

Synergy Health remains on track

Profit doubles for Renishaw

South West insolvencies soar

VINCI secures £2m Liverton contract

JETS flies high in Bournemouth

SRTS gets bank backing

BAM wins Imperial Tobacco HQ contract

SW councils join forces to submit transport funding bids

Enviro Technology breaks order record

GWP relocates conductive packaging division

Sustainable banking research gets £200,000 boost

Airbus swoops for Satair

Record smartphone sales for Orange owner

Job cull at Orchestra Bristol

Ask the Expert: Avoiding conflict in family businesses

OFT keeps an eye on Uniq takeover

Forum unveiled at £300m Bristol and Bath Science Park

Numbers add up for First Intuition move

Bristol in the zone to 'accelerate growth'

£200,000 raised by Bluebird

Something for the weekend

Ilfracombe grocer premises sold

Bailey receives honorary UWE degree

Swindon business advice service to launch

Nash has designs on Bristol

United Housewares Merchants in office move

Travelzest takeover deal still on and debt deferred

Planning consent won for housing scheme

TV's River Cottage set for Plymouth

£6.1m deal boosts Railway Triangle Corridor

Orders increase at Rotork

Civil division drives Meggitt

DRL wins Wincanton case after appeal

Capital joy for Unite

Bishop Fleming in Rabjohns merger

Supply chain jobs on offer as N-plant plans advance

South West lags behind on RGF bids

Honda avoids loss as Swindon gets boost

HR Owen drives in for Broughtons

South West LEPs receive start-up cash

Protection business boosts LV=

South West accountancy firms complete merger

Synergy Health agrees refinancing deal

Bournemouth business park looks to expand

Hamworthy appoints new director

Mears wins £20m solar panel contract

Newquay Airport not attracting businesses - chamber

US defence market hits Cobham

Mears buys £7.4m administration assets

Coors injects £5m into Sharp's Brewery

EasyJet launches Bristol 2012 spring schedule

Holiday park homes sold

C Software takes space at Miller Court

Businesses back Bristol’s Brabazon

New faces at Knight Frank

Ask the Expert: Tax amnesties for undeclared income

Gregory Distribution buys Dylan Thomas International

Clarke Willmott investment management team sold

South West branches among last TJ Hughes stores standing

Reloc8 bought out of administration

Truro company wins Eden contract

Majority stake sold in Splash About

Cobham wins £139m missile defence orders

Late payments fuel SW cashflow problems

LandSecs buys in Bath

Brad Pitt blockbuster 'to make Falmouth millions'

Five days 'to save' Plymouth Argyle deal

Buyer sought for liquidation-threatened Hookways

Mulberry director to speak at manufacturing event

National Mobile Windscreens in £1m Bristol expansion

Wincanton makes £4.2m construction fleet investment

St Peter's Hospice gets Bristol Rugby sponsorship

Renishaw and Supergroup shortlisted for business award

LEP confident of Newquay enterprise success

South West housing market remains flat - RICS

SW businesses urged to head down under

Rail union arrives at Victoria Street

Airbus finalises aircraft order

Plymouth university forms Santander funding partnership

Avon Rubber wins £23m contract

Complementary health clinic gets bank backing

South West Screen awards £130,000 in grants

Bristol businesses boost security after riots

Foot Anstey steps into Bristol

IT investment boosts sales for Exeter yacht supplier

Plymouth university appoints marine commercial director

CVS opens first SW office

Bristol routes to get more rail carriages

Cobham wins £10m MoD contract

TJ Hughes Bristol to close but Plymouth could be sold

Brent waits in the wings for Argyle

Nikal keen to get cracking in Poole

Airbus nets another contract

South West businesses get £1m funding boost

University shortlisted for green awards

Business Matters: Business improvement

Something for the weekend

ModCell in international expansion

LEP funds will attract inward investment - Into Somerset

Bristol warehouse space let

South West solar site made secure

Budget airlines will boost Bournemouth Airport - owner

Perfect Health appoints SW director

Mitie makes significant progress

Bishop International makes Plymouth Argyle promise

Airbus continues to fly high

Hendra Holiday Park appoints new director

Myles Hamilton joins Target

Timothy James Consulting expands into Manchester

Sharp's Brewery is top of the hops

Wincanton in European sell-off

Mears Group increases revenue

Pennon proceeds with Cardiff waste plan

Dyson to double engineer count at Malmesbury

House prices fall again – Rightmove

LV= contract win for Threadneedle

Brewin Dolphin appoints new director

Krispy Kreme gets set for Bath

212-home Somerset development gets green light

Orchard Energy launches green team

Council to approve Plymouth City Airport closure

Flybe increases passenger numbers

Cornwall in enterprise zone success as Somerset loses out

South West to get £55m broadband boost

£16m creative scheme will support 70 innovations – Reddington

Oped chooses Devizes for UK base

Haart buys Barons

NMR urges shareholder caution

Refurb for Salcombe Harbour Hotel

TJ Hughes to close Plymouth store

Mitie invests £14.6m in start-ups

South West M&A activity falls

Newquay enterprise zone targets foreign investment

Riverside eyes up UK investment prospects

The Range to open second Bristol store

Poplar Park sold for £4m

Ridgeway wins Wiltshire Council care contract

Family businesses spell out priorities at Insider debate

Ask the Expert: Pension changes

Haulage companies fined for tipping at Cornish farm

Bannatyne-backed business is dressed for success

Get your nominations in for 2011 Property Awards

Bray Leino looks to grow existing client spend

South West farmland prices reach all time high

Something for the weekend

Baker Tilly appoints South West director

Bristol gets £300,000 green fund

The Cotswold Chef forms apprenticeship partnership

ERDF backs St Austell revamp

Beyond Building Solar moves into Marsh Barton

RL Motor Services revs up for expansion

Our time for an enterprise zone will come - Cox

South West rents rise

International trade boosts Spirax-Sarco

Smiths calls on remaining Dawson shareholders to sell

Jehu wins Warminster Waitrose work

CSI Dorset sold

DTZ: industrial take-up strong

Marinker to step down at WH Smith

Plymouth leaders accept airport closure

Good June for Bristol hoteliers

Failed deal hits Corin profits

Online business swoops for rival

New Knightstone office for Worle

Consultation starts on Cheltenham scheme

Ethical Power raises £2.4m

London still calling for Unite

Insolvencies jump in South West

Warning over skills shortages

Knightstone and Sovereign swap stock

Civic Centre work completes

Grade A shortage 'to lead to incentives'

Bristol not attracting best companies - Allen

Something for the weekend

Britannia gets Swindon Station work

OFT refers Ecowaste merger to Competition Commission

£2.4m sixth form centre completed

Jobs go as Carleton Furniture folds

Ecclesiastical back in the black

Sutton Harbour looks to offload schemes

Plymouth Argyle deal nears completion

North Wessex taken over

South Devon set for 'super firm'

Lifetime to hit acquisition trail

HCA to take South West RDA assets

Eastern adds to Bristol air services

London hotel project for Simple Simon

Flybe acquisition flies in more routes

Strong start to 2011 for IP Group

WH Smith plans £50m buy-back for 2012

Wessex Connect drives Rotala income

Clevedon homes scheme gets green light upon appeal

Rixonway in £2.1m Somerset contract

Staycations boost luxury property business

Stone welcomes Barclays £100m renewables fund

Ask the Expert: Intellectual property

Strong year for Hargreaves Lansdown

Duttons Design in Gravity merger

Charity trading arm enters liquidation

Innovation in Action to showcase collaboration

Full steam ahead for Railway House conversion

Metrology Direct sees growth in calibration service

Green light for £50m Leisuredome

Wincanton finalises European sale

Shado secures China business

New surveying firm launches

Something for the weekend

Old Mill launches financial training scheme

Westdev makes Miller Court move

Ask the Expert: Website review

Deal pays off for St Ives guest house

South West workers to score rugby flexi-time

SamTech takes Bristol space

Bus depot set for Port Edward Centre

New man in US delivers for dairy exporter

Rowan Dartington makes senior hires

Meggitt wins £19m Australian defence contract

The Paragon sold for £26.5m

Heathrow £500m rail link could boost South West economy

Grant Thornton advises on software deal

South West manufacturers defy gloom - EEF

Freeman Technology in Tewkesbury move

Alder King makes partner promotions

SuperGroup continues to soar

Alliance Pharma hits acquisition trail

£3m Za Za Bazaar set for Bristol Harbourside

450 Cornwall home plan remains on track

Buyer yet to emerge for luxury hotels

LV= launches broker academy

BDO surveys South West businesses

Bristol gets PSC law course

Swallowfield continues to grow despite downturn

South West bucks retail trend

Lifetime eyes government training contracts

Lidl opens in Exmouth

UK Mail relocates to Greendale Business Park

Ask the Expert: Agency work and regulations

Wessex Exploration shares jump following oil discovery

Something for the weekend

Plymouth Argyle administrators confirm Brent talks

New Earth opens Avonmouth waste treatment plant

Moorland Links Hotel gets new owner

£1.2m Buckfastleigh conversion starts

CFH forms EMIS partnership

Ask the Expert: Insolvency warning signs

Burts chips away at emerging markets

Assurance business boosts PwC

Cambria Automobiles buys first Vauxhall outlet

HES wins distribution contract

Carillion faces Bournemouth Pier bill

Crown Estate sells £10.5m distribution centre stake

£2m Liverton extension work imminent

Abcam acquires Ascent Scientific

Avon Rubber wins £12m defence order

Billington expects Bourne JV opportunities

Docmail service pushes up CFH profits

Mitie wins council contract

Oil discovery could make us millions - Bramhill

C&H Distribution sold for £450,000

Friska opens second science park store

Tarmac secures £40m maintenance contract

Bristol Airport eyes new carriers

Bristol agency wins Tate contract

Yate academy development advances

Weymouth's Oxford Court fully let

Two companies take warehouse space in Bristol

Sprigg joins charity's South West board

Rowan Dartington launches CSR programme

Kingfisher to expand Screwfix division

Flybe sells aircrafts to South Africa

Cobham in £80m US buyout

Skellett welcomes Great Western electrification announcement

South West companies named in Tech Track 100

Mitie wins multimillion-pound Diageo contract

Janke urges government to back green bank bid

Barton Willmore submits Portishead plan

Call to cut red tape as unemployment rises

McCarthy & Stone snaps up Shropshire land

Finance Matters: The M&A market

Ask the Expert: Investor stability

Something for the weekend

Bluebird Energy plans US sell-off

Pension deficit plan boosts Uniq

Plymouth Argyle facing final weeks - Ridsdale

Mitie secures £350m West Mids contract

Co-op Bristol funds e-DBA MBO

St Ives swoops for Response One

Creative companies in European trade mission

£1m Bournemouth visitor centre remains on track

Profit surges at Brightside

Pittards continues to grow

Council house development completes

Buyer sought for 27-acre site

Brent 'awaits' Plymouth Argyle approval

EasyJet plans 11,600 Bristol flights

NCC adds to executive team

IT company takes Swindon space

Clarks steps into Chippenham's Borough Parade

Blackstone checks in to Mint

Debenhams sales flat for the year

Travelzest reveals potential bidder

Bristol & Bath Science Park welcomes tenants

Sunseeker basks in results

Bristol’s Central Park secures first occupier

Ultimate Finance profits up after purchase

Cobham secures £10.8m US Navy contract

Imperial Tobacco recovers from Spain pain

Recruitment drive at Za Za Bazaar

Infracapital linked to Bristol Water deal

LICenergy UK opens Bristol office

Wessex Water complaints down

Magnox awards £67m nuclear contract

Somerset County Council awards £28m contract

University of Bristol in worker study

Bristol business leaders discuss ethics

EasyJet launches new Naples route

Blue Cedar Homes to build cottages

Npower backs inquiry

M4 hydrogen corridor expansion welcomed

Chatsworth Homes in Bristol building project

Something for the weekend

NatWest appoints managing director for the South West

Defence contracts boost A&P's Falmouth yard

Finance Matters: Asset-based lending

Clarke Willmott appoints head of commerical law

Bristol and Bath science park opens

Ridsdale confirms Brent takeover at Plymouth Argyle is close

Alliance Homes agrees solar panel contract

£1.2m Bristol property snapped up

Bristol business guide launched

Defence companies should unite to lobby government – Cole

Albemarle & Bond profits up again

Cotswold Outdoor boosts sales in "tough" year

"Thriving" St Oswald's hosts visit

Cornwall wind farm plan gets green light

Harrison Clark leads £145m transactions

Linden Homes hails southern growth

Mitie Group ends bonanza month with £200m deal

Future revenue warning as headcount slashed

Peel Group £60m development in Gloucester

Offices let at Pine Court by Highcross

Ridsdale cleared of wrongdoing

Jobs saved at Clarkebond after administration

FirstAssist Insurance services sold for £71m

Talking Point: Manufacturing returns to the South West

Plymouth Argyle deal agreed with administrators

House prices fall in South West

New regional director for Santander

Car insurer LV= in recruitment drive

The Bottle Yard confirms first tenant

Targeted collaboration ‘holds key to innovation success’

Wincanton employs Elliott from DHL

Something for the weekend

Helphire confirms exceptional costs after 'challenging' year

Riverford eats up BoxFresh

Centrax joins forces with Bahrain shipbuilder

GreenSquare buys GW Sparrow

Medway Tunnel powers up

Ask the Expert: Sustaining a healthy bottom line after cost cutting

Ask the Expert: Sustainability and low carbon economies

Business Matters: Capital allowances

Bedford's complete solar project

Waitrose for Warminster

Avilton Foods sold in pre-pack deal

Profits surge at Good Energy Group

James Brent meets with Plymouth Argyle staff

Albert Goodman merges with Exigo

Mitie scores £40m-a-year MoJ contracts

Food and drink event to examine cost of capital

Gooch & Housego results in line with expectations

Hamworthy buys AW Flow for £24m

Plans unveiled for 179-berth marina at Millbay

South West small businesses profits drop

South West Screen welcomes Creative England

Eastern Airways introduce more flights from Bristol Airport

Silverstream pays £430,000 for former radio station

Supergroup hit by potential £9m 'isolated' loss

Flybe revenues grounded

Bechtle Direct agrees pre-let for £2m office development

ULN UK's turnover falls

Hydraproducts lets Tuffley Trading Estate unit

The Freelance Team looks to double turnover

South West business leaders call for tax cuts

Flybe share price takes a nosedive

Supergroup share price tumbles

Health Assured bought by Peninsula

Aaduki "Carry On" ad banned

RWE Npower Renewables awards contracts for £55m

Economy is "getting scary" - IoD South West chairman

Profits up at Western Power Distribution parent

Value of South West M&As up

Bristol to hear vision for enterprise zone

Something for the weekend

Imerys Minerals jumps back into profit

Swindon Travel enters administration

£6.2m investment plan for Plymouth's waterfront

£5m Devon rural housing scheme ready

Colonna & Smalls brews up coffee shop move

Ask the Expert: Protection for your brand

Bluebird Energy disposes of Centurion

RWM Food Group acquired by ABP

AgustaWestland to cut 375 jobs as MoD revenues slide

Shortlists confirmed for Insider property awards

Bray Leino buys Yucca

South West can sustain the best of business – Chamberlain

North Devon+ takes on Business Link role

Business Matters: Never give up

Messier-Dowty's profits take off

Latimer Trend changes owners

Four South West legal firms merge

Regen SW hosts its annual energy conference

Magellan Aerospace UK profits up

£80m Bristol hospitals contract awarded to Laing O'Rourke

Cannington Enterprises awarded food waste permit

Last chance for tickets to Insider's Property Awards

Meggitt bags $475m contract with US Army

ETS UK to discuss how environmental issues can boost economy

New airport proposals are not "credible" – Sutton Harbour

Plymouth Argyle takeover edges closer

BW Fabrications outgrows old base

New managing director at Toshiba's Bristol lab

Omega Resource Group lands multimillion-pound contract

Farepak saga rolls on

WH Smith bucks trend with growth in profits

Roxhill Developments in at Central Park

South West in 'stormy seas' as jobless rate goes up

Newquay care home saved

Biomass plant for Plymouth

Revenues up at Hargreaves Lansdown

Renishaw shares plunge on sales news

Something for the weekend

Spark dashboards deliver for yachting giant

Customer engagement centre 'ready for the world'

Practiceweb sets integration timetable for acquisition

Quickstore expands with new storage centre

Oldham targets South West investment

Ask the Expert: Overseas streamlining

Cobham extends Qantas contract

Plymouth Argyle saga rolls on

Spar distributor looks to future as profits drop

Whyatt Pakeman appoints associate

£3m construction project revives GP surgery

Turnover dips at Vital Pet Products

Poltair Homes hands over affordable houses

IP Group appoint Croda boss

£1.6m Plymouth Argyle ground plan set to pass

Phase two of data centre starts early for C4L

Merlin grows brick by brick

Travelzest deal still on the runway

Forthglade looks to Europe

Michelmores advise on $20m African investment

Bristol TV Licensing staff strike

Cobham sells analytic business for $350m

£1.6m Argyle ground deal hailed as Brent's path cleared

Ultimate Finance looks to growth with new funding terms

A raft of retailers for Cribbs Causeway

Gerrard to get companies ready for the RDR

SunGift expands with new premises

Digital conference looks to social media for business growth

Smiths News looks to buy as it cuts costs

Bids for £1bn CCS fund invited

Debenhams in expansive mood

No policy in place at Spectrum to prevent data breach - ICO

CFH hungry for more after purchase of FST

Turnover drops after a difficult year for FP Hurley

Second-half trading pushes up Jelf shares

OFT clears BBC Magazines acqusition

Dean named Property Personality of the Year

Something for the weekend

Science Park praised by Insider award winner Dean

Argos takes last unit at Willow Brook Centre

Maurice Lay fined for waste offences

New managing director at The Gro Company

Hansteen UK completes Aztec West purchase

Loungers set to expand after refinancing

Ask the Expert: Growing sales

Ask the Expert: Enterprise zones

€45m contract win for Cobham

Lush fighting back from hack attack - Constantine

Communisis to shut Bristol operation

OFT clears £151m Ryder-Hill Hire deal

CSA Architects appoints new directors

Cornwall printers face possible pay cuts

Ashfield £50m Swindon development moves forward

A grand year for Aardman

Renewable energy sector 'needs to sharpen up'

Debenhams launches homeware catalogue

TenantID acquired by Callcredit

£20m MoD contract to generate 50 jobs

New routes for Flybe in summer schedule

LV= in recruitment drive

Wincanton looks to approve €38.7m disposal

Continuing expansion boosts sales at The Range

450 jobs on offer in Bristol

ERDF funds £5m expansion for Pall Newquay

£8m Asda extension finished

South West reverses UK trend of declining footfall

£2.8m Torquay 'innovation workplace' finished

Value-creation challenge 'must not be ignored'

Osborne Clarke advises Nighthawk on £2m fundraising

£88.6m plan to improve Bristol motorways

Ecotricity powers up jobs bonanza

Wincanton corners Müller renewal

Alliance Leisure goes extreme in Deeside

Johnsons Stalbridge invests in new fleet

Ask the Expert: Inflation and deflation

MSM swoops to secure RSPB project

Classic Cottages make Boutique investment

Something for the weekend

Lloyds appoints director in Bristol

Oldest business wants red tape cull

Averys profits rise in 'tough' market

Bristol in line for champagne bar

Property Matters: Capital Allowances - use them or lose them!

Cobham completes $126m deal

Npower lands £2m fine

Saga ends as Brent deal agreed

Tax break will help the young work - CBI

Summerfield £2m development begins

Profits fall as Ecotricity aims for green football club

DAC Beachcroft merger goes live today

Revenue up despite Spain pain for Imperial Tobacco

Origin Publishing sold as part of BBC deal

23,000 jobs secured in £88m RGF windfall

Alexandra sews up Accuro contract

Government cuts affect Grant Thornton sales

Dyfed Steel strengthens

Board changes at SciSys

Somerset Heritage Centre £500,000 project completed

£50m Portishead rail plans stay on track

St James's Place increases business in volatile market

Princess Yachts lands RGF finance

Quickstore expands with new centre

Aspire Defence awards £8m contract

Torquay Asda opens its doors

Clarke Willmott investment team bought for £6m

Trivec begins to pay off for Cobham

Bluebird losses increase

Jobs lost as Liquid lights go out

Hopes rest with second bidder for £400m Torbay project

£10m clinched for South West homes

Bath conception clinic gets green light

£600,000 funding to create 200 jobs

In focus: Origin's sale to BBC Magazines

Meggitt in good shape

Creed looks to boost market share

Wessex wins stately contract

Something for the weekend

Nursery creates eight jobs with plans for 40 more

Capital snapped up by Boardwalk Investments

IP Group eyes opportunities

Business Matters: Bribery Act and seasonal gifts

Ask the Expert: Business growth and tax savings

Aardman warns of overseas move

DAC Beachcroft secures bank funding

£40m contracts improve outlook for Hamworthy

Miliband attacks Business Growth Fund lending

MCT powered by Siemens investment

The Range expansion ploughs on

Mogers appoints new managing partner

Spirax-Sarco posts sales growth

TasteTech confirmed for Made in the South West breakfast

Cotswold gears up at business park

Australian bidder for DTZ

Babcock profits rocket

Jobs concern as Best Buy closes

Yeo Valley has The X Factor

Dragon invests in TJC

South West secures £48m from infrastructure fund

OFT probes RWM deal

NCC's Chivers to speak at Made in the South West breakfast

Supergroup sales up after £9m profit warning

Flybe revenue up despite turbulence

Synergy Housing secures HCA investment

Argyle fan named club president

T&T Advertising merges with marketing agency

Ecotricity issues ecobonds two

RSM Tenon reports "flattened" demand

Sales down at WH Smith

Mole Valley moves for animal products supplier

Private equity firms braced for BGF competition

Sunlite Solar subsidiary clinches £12m contract

B&M signs Swindon lease

Wave energy project launched

Government 'committed' to renewable energy – minister

Rolls-Royce on track for a good year

Something for the weekend

Shares fall after Wincanton losses unveiled

ADG wins £3m hospital build deal

Jamie Oliver supplier failed owing £750,000

Jelf opens its door in the capital

WooBiz business 'dating' site launches in Devon

Ask the Expert: Solar PV

Ask the Expert: Access to Finance

£650,000 for IP Group business

£700m pot for Cobham acquisitions

BAM awarded £8.5m university deal

BSS swoops for Kingfisher space

Bray Leino launches healthcare agency

Renishaw crowned leading mid-cap

Cornish Mutual overhauls IT systems and infrastructure

Bournemouth Airport development takes off

Pegasus flies into Equinox North

Vectura posts first-half profit

Pukka deal for Inspired

Bristol university in £300k funding deal

Renegade opens up in Bristol

Last chance to sign up for Made in the South West Breakfast

South West rail commitment hailed

Travelzest talks extend into December

Maxima clinches multimillion-pound contract

Bristol job loss shock at Aviva

Wincanton extends Heinz link

$350m Cobham deal completes

Xchangeteam snapped up by recruitment giant

Mercedes drives Rygor's best ever year

Britannia Construction starts £2m historic project

Olympic cities cash in on tourism - survey

BAM breaks ground on £8.5m project

Ecotricity scores bank financing

Geothermal company formed by merger

Business Matters: Hit for the fences

Viridor Waste Management buys JWS for £14m

Rotork buys Fairchild for $75.8m

WGP Exploration scooped up by Thalassa

Retailers warned of flat Christmas

£31.5m plan for homes across the South West

Leisuredome drinks to first retailers

Something for the weekend

Bristol retail park bought for £52m

Honda turnover slows down

Business Matters: Initiative for fast growing businesses

Ask the Expert: UK tax and growing businesses

£1bn of contracts boost Mitie

CSC agrees £375m finance deal

Multifoil and SRTS move into Marsh Barton

Jelf pushes ahead with South East hire

£800k lab opens in Devon

Billington closes Bristol office

Insider Business Growth Breakfast set for Bristol

Hamworthy snapped up for £383m

Nationwide profits up in difficult market

Smiths News puts up Bunting

Union Square proposals submitted for Swindon

Wessex Building Services secures £1.1m contract

Offshore Marine Management wins contract

New chairman for Wincanton

Bericote proposes major Bristol development

Rolls-Royce in UAE education deal

Lovehoney acquires Coco de Mer

Outsource UK buys Omnium

Two-day Vision 2011 event starts today

NCC offers "great opportunity" to UK innovators

Baby boom in South West

Mason to speak at Insider breakfast on business growth

Sanlam purchase of Merchant moves a step closer

Sutton Harbour sells more land at airport

Pennon profit tops £100m

Future profits plunge

Ecotricity pulls out of Somerset solar farms

Ultimate Finance Group chief resigns

Jobs at risk after British Ceramic Tile deal

Pure Feed secures six-figure investment

Airbus creates 200 jobs in Bristol

Brightside acquires software companies

$500m funding leaves Flybe in 'robust' health

Something for the weekend

Yorke Construction wins multimillion contract

Bristol businesses looking to buy

Half-year boost for Software Radio Technology

Travelzest amends £12.5m bank financing

Benefits of hi-tech collaboration 'outweigh IP-related risks'

Westrock to develop houses in Bath

Harrier Truprint wins £500,000 from HMRC

The Una Group appoints finance director

Ask the Expert: Decoupling and emerging markets

Acquisitions spark record year for Gooch & Housego

People Source finds space to grow

Farepak fees exceed compensation claims

Funding boost for station improvements

House prices fall in South West

Rugby League World Cup comes to Bristol

Oval Estates secures record loan from social lending website

New home for Chick Master

OFT probes Severn Fuels deal

Viridor expands with recycling acquisition

Cautious welcome for finance schemes

Target Chartered Accountants enters administration

£110m Devon bypass to attract new business

Contract wins for Genius

Jobs go with RBS closure in Bristol

Siemens to partner on £2.2m project

Micro Nav wins Newcastle International Airport contract

Wessex Exploration raises £12m in placing

Rotork snaps up Prokits

New Look boss warns of tough 2012

Knightstone headquarters gets green light

Cornish Minerals sells 18 per cent of Cornwall mine

Altran Praxis bags BAE Systems contract

EIC moves to new premises

Toshiba moves to new base in Plymouth

Trakm8 boosts turnover by 46 per cent

Alterian bought by SDL for £68.4m

Everything Legal snapped up by DAS

Smiths News new depot puts jobs in jeopardy

Something for the weekend

Bond Pearce results stable in tough times

Ask the Expert: Business health checks

Property Matters: Property market 2011

Almost 500 new homes for South West

Aardman challenged by fragmenting TV and digital markets

The Range teams with LV=

Fast-growing South West companies in league table

4 Most Homes to develop Bristol industrial site

MedLogic Global parent moves for £55m German rival

800 planned jobs at risk in Filton

Turnover boost for DAC Beachcroft

Mazars predicts growth after purchase

Films@59 moves to Clifton offices

Wessex Water appoints non-executive director

DTZ sold to Australian group UGL

Bishop Fleming acquires Target's Bath office

Mitie buys Direct Enquiries Holdings

Green light for Metz Way site

Jobs boost as SW projects bag more RGF cash

Creative England launches £400,000 funds

Good Energy staying open to beat FIT deadline

Helvetic launches Zurich flights in Bristol

£5.5m orders at CKF Systems

Mulberry profits boom with international expansion

Sutton Harbour losses widen

200 jobs to go as Biomet leaves Swindon

Cobham scores Embraer contract

Galliford Try wins £17m HCA contract

Pasta King business in Tasties deal

Plymouth Italia Conti expands after loan

Full steam ahead for Harding Brothers

IP Group company looks to raise £25m

Bristol to get new powers

West Design in Plymouth move

Something for the weekend

SciSys wins €12m contracts

Work begins on Stephens Scown's St Austell offices

Talking Point: Ambition is the only constraint

Ask the Expert: Real time information and payroll

Ask the Expert: Starting to export

Bristol can compete with Europe's best by 2050 - Durie

Turnaround experts offer recovery advice

Richmoor Hotel secures six-figure loan

PowerOasis powers up with £4.5m investment

Greggs comes to Bristol industrial site

Bath Spa University awards £40m contract

Windfall will close Bristol gap - SEGRO

Routes to business recovery

Jelf hails "strong" performance

Far Frontiers buys in Northleach

Green Investment Bank launch edges closer

Don't miss the warning signs, businesses urged

Cash windfall for chippy

£112m Imperial Tobacco fine quashed

Opco scores with £1.9m Torquay stand

Tague appointed South West Business Insider editor

All change at Ultimate Finance

£8.8m warehouse glitch hits Supergroup

Start-ups set to gain from £15m fund

Bristol steps up green bank campaign

£11m injection for Bristol hospital

Bristol and Plymouth lined up for local TV

Housing sales boost for South West

Jelf pushes ahead in South West

Joint venture in £500m waste win

OFT passes Book Depository-Amazon deal

Drive to fill empty houses welcomed

Morrisons creates Bridgwater jobs

Weston jobs win for Agilisys

Thousands more jobless in the South West

Unite completes £2.3m student apartments

£87m boost for South West transport links

Bristol footfall to up pace in Christmas run-up

South West targets Asian market

Incinerator plans set for green light

Debenhams wins North East approval

Ashwoods motors on with seven-figure deal

Something for the weekend

Real Visual in investment GAIN

Ask the Expert: Business outlook

Prezzo picks up Wiltshire restaurant

Alliance snaps up acne and shampoo brands

Creative groups invited to use Temple Meads derelict site

Scot Group secures £10m funding

Wirecard buys NBS division

High street jewellery chain collapses again

Export for growth in the South West

RSM Tenon makes entrepreneurial appointment

SACO expands with 30th location

Merlin Entertainments conjures up £90m Australian bid

500 new jobs at Honda's Swindon plant

South West Screen transfer complete

£5m surf plan to make waves in Bristol

Revenue fall at Bournemouth Airport

Maxima sells IBS division

KMS buys The Complete Flooring Company

Secured Wave Hub to create 840 jobs

Arden Partners in profit boost

Travelzest set to sell underperforming UK assets

Mulberry appoints new head

Fleet Support Group snapped up by ARI

New home for Pulse Roll Label Products

Palatine backs Selection Services MBO

SciSys win £2.5m defence contract

OFT examines £194m Arval UK disposal

Argyle administration almost defeated Guilfoyle

Somerset Care doubles profits

Black Horse calls in Begbies

Insolvency rates soar in South West

Morgans moves with Lloyds loan

All change at Gloucester Airport

Mitie passes the post at Ascot

Sutton Harbour to raise £6m

Plymouth incinerator gets go-ahead

Brewin Dolphin to open Bristol office

Crowdcube secures £300,000 through website

OFT probes £400m Hamworthy disposal

Lyn Valley takeover boosts GB Oils results

CSA Architects secures Tuckingmill planning permission

Talking Point: Football clubs – are they businesses worth saving?

Grade-A industrial stock low in the South West – DTZ

Business in Bristol to thrive in 2012 – council leader

Bristol boosted by its LEP - Bonner

Cornwall improvement 'marathon, not a sprint'

Business West 'quietly confident'

EIS rules to boost small businesses - Godfrey

Profits to double at Timothy James Consulting in 2012

Remaining Toolstation shares snapped up

Another tough year for architects - Burford

New chief executive starts at Bath Tourism Plus

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain opens Bristol office

Deals increase by £4bn in South West

Regional agriculture 'will strengthen' as imports wane

Wincanton agrees new debt arrangement

Wessex Exploration awarded English Channel licences

Mears Group agrees £120m refinancing

Pukka Herbs targets overseas markets

Alder King chairman's dedication praised after OBE

More MBOs expected in 2012 - Momentum

MAG completes £2.6m depot

Brandon Hire swoops for Phoenix

Bishop Fleming appoints new roles at Target's Bath office

Pegasus Helicopters lands in Plymouth

Bath Racecourse appoints general manager

New Bristol headquarters for Triodos Bank

Insider Membership – Communicate with South West Top Companies

Something for the weekend

Cornwall LEP chairman looks ahead

Mi-space wins £13m contract

Business Matters: The eurozone crisis - rising to the challenge

KPMG revenues up but profits dip

Integrity Print buys A1 Trade Print Services

GEMS moves offices in Bath

Picochip picked up for $52m

HSS Hire 30,000 sq ft regional hub opens in Bristol

Lloyd's Animal Feeds boosts profit

Good start to year for South West deals

Gloucestershire hits six with Clarke Willmott

Amalgam Fine Model Cars secures funding

Flybe's UK worries continue

Debenhams sales boost in December

Cadbury site to get £50m investment

£50m for Bristol infrastructure

Brunel Shopping Centre in receivership

Hazlewoods acquires Rogers Evans

Cobham director joins Petards

Smiths News set for profits boost

Vectura cuts R&D spending

Supergroup has super Christmas

350 jobs at risk in Bristol

Mitie in corporate energy market expansion

Halcyon Hotels expands portfolio with bank funding

HS2 welcomed but Great Western 'must be next'

DTZ brings in new director

Ashfords expands planning team

Tough funding conditions in South West property market

Bristol CBRE appoints director

1pm profits boom

Baker quells infrastructure investment fears

Swindon & Wiltshire LEP chairman appointed

South West Top 500 topped by Imperial Tobacco again

Cable opens City of Bath College building

£800,000 pumped into leisure centre

Bath gets new 108-bed Premier Inn

Viper Subsea wins contracts with 'supermajors'

Disappointing performance for Bristol hoteliers

Future sells New York music division

New president for Cornwall chamber

Harrier Truprint holds on to £545k

Something for the weekend

Insider reveals South West Rich List

Wright Minimix unveils Cheddar site

Business Matters: Proposed changes to employment law

New Look has merry Christmas

Alliance Pharma profits in line

Frank & Faith snapped up by Spark

Bournemouth Airport owner to explore funding options

West of England LEP launch job advice guide

Best Buy's UK dream is over

Westerleigh Group secures £75m

Warehouse deal for Templegate

Mimer crosses the pond with £10m US deal

Parragon expands overseas as it invests in digital

Osborne Clarke tops M&A charts

Law firm appoints chair as ABS move gathers pace

Colten Care in Chichester jobs boost

£3m Energy Centre gets powered up

JLL eyes international opportunity

Shiner polishes up with bank funding

ETM Recycling invests in waste centre

LV= recruits 50 staff in Bristol

Uncertainty and capital woes ahead for manufacturing - BDO

Cheap deals boost new-office take-up in Bristol

Sun shines on SciSys with Met Office win

Energize powers up with Oriel stake

£400m Hamworthy sale given thumbs-up

Former Savekers chief executive to head up ICFIB

Dorchester pub sold

BGF investment manager recruited

Burges Salmon in profit boost

Urban Design gets creative with Lloyds funding

One Victoria Street given go-ahead

Mulberry bags strong sales growth

St James's Place storms past £5bn mark

One in ten Woolworths stores empty

Jobless total drops in South West

South West businesses among most durable, says report

Customark to acquire with ThinCats loan

Excalibur swoops for Wiltshire business

Tomorrow RM cashes in on Royal Mint deal

Management buyout at Cheshire Fillers

Jobs axed as George White Motors folds

Unite takes USV control after £38m bank deal

Hundreds of South West Peacocks jobs 'at risk'

Pumpkin Patch shuts up shop in Swindon

Union Square plans approved

Green light for A377 link road

LEP in £5.6m infrastructure boost

New NatWest director unveiled

Something for the weekend

Ask the Expert: Working capital management

Business Matters: Cloud computing

Fitness First 'attempting to cut £550m debt'

PFI deal paves way for 350-house scheme

South West profit warnings on the rise

Moorfield takes on Printworks site

Barker to announce South West marine plans

Ignis agrees Ellenborough letting

Interfish reels in Northbay

£1m loss served for Wimbledon business

BAM gets Taunton hospital appointment

New Look 'contemplating 100 store closures'

SEGRO to make over south Bristol site

South West can be ‘world class’ in energy, says minister

Credit squeeze on business 'to continue for years'

Toad Hall to expand after bookings boost

Confidence up among South West businesses, says survey

Nash gets green light for 170-house scheme

OFT gives Severn Fuels deal go-ahead

Ask the Expert: Becoming a franchise

Renishaw in £4m profit drop

WH Smith hails "resilience" despite sales slip

Deloitte opens executive academy

Two added to PWP board

RWM Food takeover cleared by watchdog

BDO is first in at Bridgewater House

Salisbury set for £6m care home

Marleton Cross taps into £3.5m funding deal

Hall-Gibbins joins panel for Insider debate

HPJ Jewellers collapse to cost investor £4m

Acquisitions help Beale return to profit

Harrison Clark hears London calling

Epwin Group merges with Latium

Penning kick-starts £88m road scheme

Pilgrims unveil new director of football

Food and farming 'boosting' Cornwall economy

Bristol flies high with top accolade

FiT appeal would mean "continued uncertainty"

Synergy Health reports income boost

Ultimate Finance in £1m share drive

Gü founder to speak at Business Show Swindon

OFT to probe Mortgage Brain deal

Bristol Best Buy store snapped up

Bristol key to Air France plans, says Hourcade

Something for the weekend

Cavanna Homes hits £30m revenue

SDL completes £70m Alterian buy

Securistyle clinched by Swedish buyer

Properties on market after Triodos move

Property levy threatening development, says Caudwell

ITV offices get £1.2m revamp

1610 wins ten-year management deal

Omega in Lloyds investment coup

Barnes Williams stocks up for expansion

Broadband failure costing Bath "millions"

Sutton Harbour appoints chief executive

Honda suffers profits fall

Porthcurno museum in £1.5m funding drive

'Compromise' urged over Ashton Vale site

Bottle Yard drama to air on BBC

South West house prices drop

Lucy Bristow launches executive division

Small deals dominate Bristol ofice take-up, says Colliers

The Range in 2,000 jobs vow

Cuban cigars boost Imperial Tobacco

South West trio shortlisted as GIB home

Skills the key for Gloucestershire, event told

Tourism to create 300 new Bath jobs

SXS Events wins Olympics festival deal

Temple Bright adds three amidst £1m aim

Cardwave joins forces with China firm

Lights, camera, action for Stagecraft sale

Parsons cooks up growth plan with RGF cash

Industrial team promotion at Knight Frank

AstraZeneca to cut 7,300 jobs

Owners plan £1.5m hotel investment

Avon Rubber encouraged by order pipeline

Aster merges housing associations

£100m bonanza on the way

Crowdcube funding site expands

Willand Pharmacy bought out of admin

South West LEPs clinch £50m

Aero Stanrew bought in "classic" MBO

Career consultancy launched in Devon

Ask the Expert: Dispute resolution

Ask the Expert: Construction sector payment issues

Something for the weekend

Dorset Cereals gets Oscar nod

The Abbey to get £1.5m makeover

South West companies named in Sunday Times list

South West businesses urged to take international leap

SACO to launch US operation

Skyburst lights up with Chinese deal

Construction to begin on £10m Premier Inn

'Management shake-up' at Fitness First

Nationwide to miss out after Beetham collapse

Wells Fargo buys Burdale

Skinner's Brewery hops into overseas trade

Work begins on 350-house scheme

Manufacturing Summit comes to South West

Highwood Pavilions goes to market

WH Smith boss sells £2.3m stake

Fraud increase seven fold in 2011, says KPMG

Sovereign and Knightstone in housing switch

Bristol occupancy rates down, says PKF

McCarthy & Stone parent hits £230m sales

Heavenly Audio tunes into Airport move

Bristol to cash in on local currency

Alderley reports "record" year

Head of law unveiled at Osborne Clarke

IP Group leads investment into Durham Uni spin-out

Into Somerset gets Dragon's backing

Gloucester city centre tops vacancy rates

Wholesale revenue boosts SuperGroup income

Sales fall, debt up at Future

ALD takes control of LVM assets

Rogers and Jackson make GBIM move

Harvey's Furniture settles into Avonmouth

200-job cinema scheme set for green light

Industrial take-up slow in Q4, says DTZ

LEP banking group meets Gloucs businesses

BDO launches new Bristol division

Record year for Rolls-Royce

Task force founded for Plymouth rail improvements

1pm grows funding lines

Hargreaves Lansdown reports "record" £72m profit

Bristol companies giving exporting "cold shoulder"

CBRE to build on revenue growth

Glynn plumps for Windyridge Cheese

Union Street building snapped up

HCA in for Knowle West planning

Finnish JV lifts Flybe results

Rowland's rescued from administration

GCI Com bags £10m from BGF

Bristol bags skills cash

NatWest commercial banking office grows

Something for the weekend

Bridgwater seizes on EDF opportunity for growth spurt

Recruitment gap filled in Bristol

Compass completes DORA deal

Business Matters: Business Improvement and Sustainability

South West SMEs to lead recovery, says Richard

Merlin banks miss small business lending target

Filton Airfield site snapped up in multimillion-pound deal

'River Cottage' pub on the market

BDO sets designs on Claremont

Capita Bristol opened as 'one-stop' pension shop

Bookings up at Classic Cottages

Simcox moves to Apex

Cavanna in Brixham Road land deal

Administration businesses on the market

£5.7m centre work moves on

Dyson promises more

Skills survey for Gloucestershire

Michael in BALPPA move

Imperial Tobacco buys back shares

Sainsbury's store plans on show

Jones to lead McAlister expansion

Bristol bids for Urban Broadband cash

Honda aiming to 'double European production'

JP Group calls in administrators

Somerfield bids farewell to Bristol

Lumière gets makeover with bank funding

New director at LSH Bristol

South West Water scoops £240m credit deals

Exports and slashing red tape are key - FSB boss

New boss at RSM Tenon

Sales tumble at BAE Systems

Morgan Sindall sells stake in Dorset emergency services PFI

Pure Gym raises £15m to drive expansion

The Range in Stoke expansion

£2.3m raised by Crowdcube's 'armchair dragons'

McCarthy & Stone buys Cardiff site

South West fares best in jobless stats

Corrigan Associates in audit appointment

Bristol & Bath Science Park in tenancy boom

Hinkley Point nuclear deal struck

Former EY trio found Isca Ventures

Something for the weekend

Hydrock wins Bristol Airport contract

CLF on the move

Cheltenham office on market for £1.3m

Funding is a 'live issue' for Cornwall

International trade tips offered in Gloucester

Chough Bakery cooks up £2m revenue fix

Emerald Park East sold to UK CPT

Hinkley Point construction to generate 350 jobs

BDO tees off Cape Cornwall Golf sale

Sefas makes Whitefriars move

Charles Saunders wakes up to Good Morning deal

Administrators hunting Tricky's buyer

Store closures ride high in South West

HMRC launches South West dispute service

Profits to "significantly" lower at Gooch & Housego

Showroom push reaps dividends for JB Global

Carterdale moves into Riga Wharf

Insider's Swindon event – last places remaining

Midas digs into £10m of deals

More SW manufacturers looking to recruit, says MAS

New owners drink to LTG Café buy

Baroness joins St James's Place board

RGF cash takes time to get moving, says Heseltine

Princess Di lawyer hired

Markey completes Railway House build

Floating wind turbine study launched at Wave Hub

Energy Act could damage letting industry, says LSH

eSellerPro plans expansion with £1m funding

Export fair kicks off in Cornwall

Clegg to unveil extra £1bn RGF cash in Bristol

Harrisons appoints inaugural MD

Yeovil Town in training ground sell-off

New partner joins Porter Dodson

Yeo Valley launches new product designs

Seward sinks into administration

Bristol hotel gets Hilton Garden Inn makeover

Multibillion-pound contracts unveiled

Siemens takes controlling stake in MCT

'Superhospital' contractor sinks into adminstration

Plymouth companies in food waste joint venture

Lights, camera, action for Common People funding

Watts Group in South West sell-off

Cabot Circus operator in office disposal

JP Group to make more than 90 redundancies

Business park takes off with new tenants

South West at heart of manufacturing renaissance, says Cable

Insider event next week – last chance to register

Something for the weekend

Sales down at Heavitree Brewery

Ask the Expert: Cloud services

CBRE to market 1 Redcliff Street

Profits double to £70m at LV= General Insurance

Plympton cafe under new ownership

Peninsula hits £20m deal milestone

Mango on the move in Chippenham

Memorial Stadium proposals on show

Crowdcube host Darlington rescue bid

Shares fall at Swallowfield

Rotork hits acquisitions trail after record year

St Modwen buys Bridgwater site

'Mixed fortunes' for South deal activity

New investment chief at BGF

Latest award for West Country accountancy firm

Green light for next phase of Harlequin Office Park

Puxton Park plans backed

SCS secures £100,000 investment package

Banned stockbroker Pritchard sells client list

Maxima in £6.8m sell-off as losses widen

Businesses call for 'hotspot' airport links

St Austell brews up new finance

RDA staff receive £2m in bonuses

Bond Pearce helps secure new home

Rubber contract bounces back after protest

House prices up in the South West

Burdens secures new £81m loan package

£2m Ellenborough House refurb completes

Helphire hit by increased losses

Electric acquisition deal for Unomedical

Pre-tax profits fall at Unite Group

Oldbury power station shuts down

New-look leisure team at GVA Humberts

Haulage business goes under after eight decades

Swindon to launch masterplan in inward investment bid

Knightstone mulls second property swap

OT4 sells Meciria stake for £2.2m

New American operation for Preactor

Air tax needs fresh look – IoD chief

Brabazon Office Park fully occupied

Something for the weekend

W & S Recycling secures £8m facility

Investment boosts National Marine Aquarium visitor numbers

New tenant at Taunton industrial estate

OFT to review Securistyle deal

Refurbishment funding for Cornwall dentist

Food producers coy on exporting

Businesses have their say on Bristol mayor debate

Fuel costs hitting half of South West businesses

Colliers targets buyer for 'traditional' pub

Ask the Expert: IR35 income tax liability

Meggitt announces a trio of contract wins

Clipper Teas acquired by Wessanen

Eco village plan for Plymouth

Deal of the month - St Austell Brewery Company

Churngold to get new Portishead base

Buyer sought for Marlborough country pub

Jobs lost as Seward's site closes

ICF swoops for GHK

GCI bags £22m for acquisitions

The Charteris Partnership secures funding

Revenue nears £1.5bn at Meggitt

Portfolio investments boost IP Group

Jobs lost as All Mass Cladding Systems folds

Charles Saunders buys Good Morning Disposables

Bristol and Bath join forces at MIPIM

Bath digital hub launched

Ashton Vale review decision due

Ashfords merges with Rochman Landau

Shopping website set to expand

Revenue falls slightly at Cobham

Wincanton sells Culina stake

Jobs saved by mobility dealer rescue

Somerset Chamber to run Into Somerset campaign

The Devilled Egg opens second Bristol venue

French company takes control of Lyons Seafood

Bristol jobs saved by Integral acquisition

The Range to open Dorchester store

Businesses back Plymouth Waterfront bid

Revenue climbs at Corin

Alderley Group secures £24m funding

Decisions due on Bath supermarket plans

Terrace Hill completes portfolio sale

Taunton housing development underway

MJN Colston assets to be sold at Bristol auction

Auction House launches West of England office

Cornish Mutual to sponsor Food and Drink festival

Funding boosts business for kennels

Jehu wins Lidl fit-out contract

Supacat acquires Unique Solutions Providers

Something for the weekend

'Disappointment' over GIB blow

Mortgages boost Bath Building Society

Pardoes Solicitors expands into Dorset

Flybe signs Brussels Airport contract

CreditCall completes MBO

Smiths News opens flagship Brum depot

New appointments at Tamar Science Park

Turnover hits £200m at Yeo Valley but profits fall

Ask The Expert: Where is the next big export destination?

SuperGroup renews Good Energy Group contract

UHY Hacker Young expands to Bristol

SW universities receive government funding

Bristol Rovers reveal new ground plans

Tariffs changes boost Sembcorp Bournemouth Water

Michael Eavis to speak at business start-up event

Special administration regime for Pritchard Stockbrokers

Former Nutricia site set for development

Historic Falmouth pub reopens

Buyer sought for Christchurch hotel

Cobham ends Thrane & Thrane talks

Cheltenham set for £50m economic boom

Stagecoach buys FirstGroup Devon operations

Bristol Enterprise Zone site sold

A-Gas completes Australian acquisition

Government approves Bristol biomass plant

NewBuy scheme set to boost Bristol economy

Bristol Fairtrade businesses celebrated

Gradwell receives £1.15m investment

Funding allows Salcombe studio to expand

Exeter city centre Premier Inn set for green light

Ten move into Ten Victoria Street

Toll Global Forwarding buys Avonmouth site

Taunton leaders back Portas bids

Public sector fall hits commercial development

Acquisition finance market remains 'cautious'

Stilo International hit by defence cuts

Gloucestershire LEP to pilot retail initiatives

Micrima secures additional funding

Bath Digital Festival launches

£79m Bristol bus upgrade completed

Santander sets up business support programme

Funding for Cornwall university campus

Providers receive funding for empty houses

Cheltenham is a 'trade fair' for Irish racing

Ryearch wins Plymouth school contract

Buyer sought for V & J Superbikes assets

Bath Ales expands into the South East

Many SW businesses 'need overhaul'

Sainsburys gets the green light

Savills builds up revenue

Tradewind Turbines turns to investor network

Something for the weekend

Bristol City Council pitches in for cricketers

Lack of large orders shrinks Permali profits

Philpotts sales drop as economic conditions bite

Ask the Expert: Disaster recovery and the Cloud

Ask the Expert: Managing compliance risks overseas

Retailers lead SW property demand

Work starts on Clyst Honiton Bypass

Redcliffe Homes secures £4m funding

Profits up at Victoria Group

Work starts on Airbus business park

SW manufacturing initiative launched

Goodridge expands US division

Former motorway services site sold

Western Power Distribution funding for Bath University

New appointments at SuperGroup

Synergy Health acquires Swiss business

Contract wins boost Mears Group

Cornish marine leisure sector 'a success'

Renishaw to create 120 new jobs

Government pumps extra £150m into housing pot

New academy as part of meat company expansion

European funding for Plymouth University project

South West training providers merge

Synergy Health acquires US business

Panel in place for Insider Bath debate

Exeter Premier Inn gets the go-ahead

£50m funding line launched for SW businesses

Bristol Airport invests in restaurant improvements

Budget must help smaller businesses, say leaders

Bristol Business Park buildings sold

Best Health acquired by Chase Templeton

'Positive outlook' for agricultural businesses

Budget boost for SW digital economy

Budget a "missed opportunity" for property – experts

Russian agreement for Software Radio Technology

Sales fall at Alliance Pharma

Mixed reaction to Budget from business leaders

Northcroft snapped up by Capita Symonds

ERDF funds for Lostwithiel property

Late payments risk for small businesses

Chapter Hotels to open Exeter hotel

Superfast Cornwall partner sought

Plymouth supplier secures funding

Mortgage Brain merger gets green light

Lloyds plans new Gloucester jobs

'Record' year for Brightside

Competition Commission forces Ecowaste Southwest sale

Pre-pack for Dancourt after potential environmental claim

Additional funding for Gloucestershire LEP

Work starts on Exeter Airport development

Plans announced for Bristol harbourside property

Yankee Candle to relocate to Avonmouth

Burton encourages international focus

Docherty Chimney Group secures acquisition funding

Something for the weekend

Submarine refit to secure 2,000 jobs

Plymouth Argyle raise funds

Swindon Commercial Services acquires DW Dunn

Second phase of Torre Abbey restoration starts

South West shines as UKTI looks to US

Taunton retail park sold

DAC Beachcroft managing partner hails JV

Wainhomes builds up profits

Manufacturers to use own funds for investment

Pennant revenue passes £10m

£1m contract win for Hydro International

Administrators to close South West Game stores

Jobs saved by sale of Seward (Wessex) assets

'Tough' year for Bristol hoteliers

Burts eyes expansion as Hurst cashes in his chips

Bristol office market an 'attractive investment'

BAM selected for Plymouth academy

Funding for university supercomputer centre

New houses plan for Gloucester

Lloyds reveals South West lending increase

Francis Hotel set for opening

£20m hospital redevelopment starts

Cornish charcuterie secures Olympics contract

Buyers line up for retailer Shoon

Planning reforms welcomed by industry

£135m Bournemouth deal for Babcock

Businesses to 'increase apprentice numbers'

Confiscation Order against Bristol motor dealer

Synergy Health chairman to step down

'Key' brands boost Imperial Tobacco

Taylor Wimpey buys Bristol site

Plymouth restaurant extends lease

Balfour Beatty opens redundancy consultations

Plans submitted for Dursley development

Warehouse plan for Robin Cousins Sport Centre

Expansion plans for lingerie shop following loan

Merlin Entertainments riding high

'Business as usual' at Colliers after deal

Something for the weekend

Turnover up by a quarter at Ultimate Finance

'Disappointment' over Bristol power plant setback

Portas high street funding scheme to be extended

South West LEP funding details revealed

Osborne Clarke in European merger

Junction 21 the key for Weston’s big leap

Rydon completes work on Bath school

Plans move forward at Bristol dock development

£5m for Bristol Enterprise Zone

Insider launches South West legal guide

Olympic torch is "golden opportunity" for Cornish tourism

Ask The Expert: Unfair dismissal

Ask the Expert: Construction contracts

CEPS takes stake in CEM Press owner

Magnox awards £7m contract to Quadnetics Group

Deal of the Month - Gradwell

Yankee Candle takes space in Thornbury

Jobs saved at TJW Precision Engineering

Historic house goes green

South West M&A deal activity grows in first quarter

Demolition plan for 'hated' Bournemouth building

Financial services sector growth continues

St Austell Brewery wins award

Rec to play central role in Bath's development

Cambria Automobiles chairman steps down

Regeneration plan for Plymouth Airport site

Lansdown hits out at 'anti-business' Ashton Vale ruling

Bridgepoint completes Quilter acquisition

Heart of the South West to launch business plan

Exeter hydraulics business sold

Mulberry opens Truro office

New location for Dart Sensors

Base Structures secures overseas deals

£3m investment for Land's End

LV= expecting 'strong' 2012

£400m Weston-super-Mare scheme set to begin

Turnover nears £200m for 'recession resistant' Integral

Plans submitted for Cranbrook railway station

South West buyout market remains 'positive'

'Significant' interest for London & Westcountry Estates

Bristol University receives cyber crime funding

Simmons & Simmons to open Bristol office

Midcounties Co-op acquires Harry Tuffins

'Improvement' for Gooch & Housego

GW Pharmaceuticals seeking chief operating officer

Something for the bank holiday weekend

Debenhams contact centre to leave Taunton

£34m Keynsham regeneration planned

Expansion plans for Skinner's Brewery

HotSW LEP business plan launched

Construction milestone for new Imperial Tobacco HQ

UKDN-Waterflow opens Plymouth depot

Burges Salmon advises on marine deal

Universities receive cyber crime funding

Ask The Expert: Residential properties and short-term lets

Ask The Expert: NPPF

Thomson Aero deal saves 60 jobs

Cobham makes offer for Thrane & Thrane

'Long term' plans for Software Radio Technology

Barceló quits South West hotels

Exeter's Trinity Court to be refurbished

'Encouraging' year for cosmetics retailer Lush

Irish business tucks into West Devon Meat

Swindon launches new business campaign

Bristol office space take up 'better than expected'

Showcard Print sold for £15m

Coleman acquires Foster Leighton

Reduced work for South West construction companies

Apartments plan for Bournemouth hotel

Expansion plans for Loungers following investment

Bike shop rapped over 'offensive' advert

Ernst & Young expands Bristol office

Sainsbury's buys Exeter Gateway site

Hexcel joins National Composites Centre

Rowley adds spice to culinary portfolio

Russian operator interested in Oldbury plant

Wessex Exploration ends Total talks

Phoenix Child Care Group bought by management team

Mark Group completes Somar rescue deal

Clive Emson to hold first Bristol auction

North Somerset Council buys Weston properties

Bristol European Green Capital success welcomed

Airbus deal 'opportunity' for British manufacturing

Eco-friendly Exeter office building completed

Administrators reveal Thomson Aero losses

Enterprise zone tax breaks now available – Pickles

Something for the weekend

Knight Frank appoints new Bristol head

New partners at Burges Salmon

Coull enters the US after acquisition

Gloucestershire wheels company acquired by H Varley

Profits plummet at Stonegate

Livingstone Leisure acquires Cotswolds attraction

Former restaurant to become hairdressers

Earth Systems selects Bristol for European base

Opco starts work on £13m Hampshire regeneration

Ask The Expert: The Budget and business owners

Business Matters: The problem with retail

Cobham wins orders worth £13m

Support urged for Bristol brownfield plans

Tech companies missing overseas deals

£50m creditor deficit after MJN Colston collapse

Unite sells London property

Imperial Tobacco hits out at packaging plans

New chief executive at Jamie Oliver restaurant

Software Radio Technology raises £2.56m

Two South West entrants on Sunday Times table

Loan allows Exeter salon to expand

Bournemouth BIDs approved

Attivo Group on the acquisitions trail

Creditors to lose out after Tricky's administration

£17m Cornwall school completed

Funding allows Modern Packaging UK to expand

Contract awarded for £2.3m power plant

Jobs go as electrical business folds

Redundancies at Cathedral City factory

Management buy-in at Seed Developments

GDF Suez set for International Power takeover

Cotswolds hotels attracting investors

New partner at Monahans

International sales boost Sunseeker profits

Montagu swoops for £200m College of Law

Akkeron set for Plymouth Pavilions work

Horton on board for Insider event – register today

South West businesses adopt cloud computing

WestBridge fund closes at £30m target

Profits up at WH Smith despite high street woes

'Record' quarter for Hargreaves Lansdown

Online sales boost Debenhams

South West unemployment increases

HSS Hire Services takes Exeter space

Housing development plan for Weymouth

More funding for Devon businesses

Banks climb M&A rankings

Something for the weekend

Renewed Energy

Developing Bristol: What next for Nelson Street?

South West manufacturing bucks distress trend

Lower profits expected at SuperGroup

South West print businesses merge

Exeter ‘must build on city strengths’

Insider finance panel complete – last chance to register

Cornish firm appoints new partner

University of Bristol to sell historic house

Happy days for Cornish nursery

Britannia appointed to H&M construction

New appointment at LSH

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British Land in South West gyms deal

Historic Bournemouth hotel sold

Flybe appoints new director

The Consortium acquires public sector business

Profit warnings fall for South West businesses

Halfords and Tool Station sign up for Bristol scheme

Brewin Dolphin relocates Cheltenham office

Kier to start £17m housing schemes

Expansion drive for garage after funding

South West companies celebrate Queen's Awards success

Losses widen at Bath Rugby

Meggitt wins Airbus contract

'Strong' results and acquisition for Smiths News

Harbour Hotels set for Southampton development

Renewable energy sector worth £1bn

LSG Industrials invests in Plymouth business

Marchant appointed YFM chairman

Cheltenham office building sold

Bristol commercial property market 'better than expected'

Solor Care sold to Voyage

Cobham appoints new chief executive

Commercial building transformed into café

Cheltenham Racecourse director to step down

Swedish bank moves into Salisbury

Certa Octavian Holdings retains Wiltshire sites

HSBC expands South West team

Somerset insurance company bought

Glenside Care Group acquires Bristol hospital

Bristol advisors work on Edinburgh Airport deal

Competition hits profits at Actavis UK

Falling car sales hits Cambrian Automobiles

Growth expected for 'strong' Meggitt

'Modest' organic growth for Cobham

Sanderson Weatherall to open Bristol office

All Mass Cladding Systems' creditors set for £2m hit

Renishaw appoints new director

Confidence the key, finance event told

Opco wins £7.5m student digs work

£12m funding for Cavanna Homes

Mitie secures £155m Lloyds contract

Jobs go as Launa Windows calls in the administrators

Regulator closes Bristol law firm

Work starts on Devon solar farm

Santander reveals 35 per cent lending rise

West Country butchers acquires farm shop

Bristol Temple Meads plans to be revealed

Contractor appointed for £4m library revamp

New tenant at Airport Business Centre

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Exeter development nears completion

Abel & Imray appoint new partners

Cobham wins $39m US contract

Actavis sold in €4.25bn deal

South West facing RGF 'challenges' - Deloitte

Business to fire up growth after funding

Work starts on £50m holiday park redevelopment

Ernst & Young South West entrepreneurs named

Osborne praise as Bristol launches Enterprise Zone

Bridgwater office building sold

£23,000 fine for Taunton meat company

South West Trains forms alliance with Network Rail

Pre-tax profit pushes past £1bn at Imperial Tobacco

£121m debt facility for Unite

Food & drink sector ripe for M&A - report

Somerset housing development completed

Recruitment company relocates to Broad Quay House

£12m funding for Swindon care home

Second shift begins at Honda factory

Pendennis Shipyard fined after fall

Exeter Airport catering contract awarded

'Good progress' for Avon Rubber

E-Tech assets bought by Digital Barriers

House prices fall 0.1 per cent

Management make moves for Travelzest

University of Bath secures £1.5m energy grant

Entrepreneurs buy Falmouth hotel

Dorset contractor fined over death

Tax advisors take space at Vantage Office Park

Work to start on Bridgwater development

Environmental company to expand after contract win

Cobham to acquire Thrane & Thrane for £275m

OFT clears Securistyle deal

OFT to investigate Stagecoach Devon deal

St Austell Brewery to create Nicholson's beer

Premier Inn gets £5m Glastonbury approval

Logistics company expands to Bristol

John Lewis starts Exeter recruitment drive

Pardoes relocates Taunton office

Renishaw acquires US business

Innox Riverside plans set for rejection

Shareholders hit by pension deficits – research

Sutton Harbour disposes of investment

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OFT to examine Midcounties Co-op deal

Thatchers and Trunki bosses to speak at Made in the South West

Former RDA headquarters available for rent

Bristol City chairman steps down

Caravan tax 'puts jobs at risk'

Subway plans 500 new South West jobs

Northcroft creditors set for £12m loss

£3m shortfall expected after Pritchard administration

Ashfords advises on £22.5m Bluewater deal

Flybe launches new Newquay routes

Adaero sold to global technology business

'Encouraging' half year for Jelf

IP Group reveals investment growth

Jobs saved as Shoon sold

Elected mayor a 'valuable force' for Bristol

Council withdraws Ashton Vale legal action

Cheltenham office building sold

Eden Ventures invests in call technology business

A-Gas completes second Australian acquisition

South West administrations fall

Loungers funding round awarded Deal of the Month

Launa Windows bought out of administration

Deadline extended for Insider awards

Harveys and Lush rapped by the ASA

Angel CoFund invests in Future Drinks

Shipman Financial acquires rival IFA

Work starts on Cambridge House

Temple Bright appoints new partners

Bristol Rugby return to profit

Regional office market looks up - GVA

Banks to create more jobs with relocation

Plastics business expands following investment

Corin appoints new finance director

Sales up at SuperGroup

New director at Old Mill

Plans in for Bristol office block

Trunki to 'fly the flag' for British manufacturing

Bibby Financial Services appoints managing director

Two Tomorrows Group acquired by London business

Bristol advisory practice acquired by Perspective

£109m South Devon link road to go ahead

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'Encouraging' year start for Corin

Cornwall LEP launches economic consultation

Maxima to surrender Cheltenham lease

Japanese company takes stake in Bristol Water

Creo leaves Somerset

New owner for Swindon Oasis

Work to start on £9m healthcare building

Universities secure robotics cash

Bmi Regional sold to Bond consortium

'Steady growth' for Allen & Heath

Business Matters: All in on business improvement, all in on black

Mears Group 'seeking acquisitions'

Harpers Home Mix merges with North West business

OFT clears £194m Arval UK disposal

'New era' for Dorset with LEP launch

South West appointments round-up

VAT rise pushed Halls of Gloucester under

Hayle redevelopment plans get the green light

Three new deals at Bath Business Park

£350,000 refurbishment for Bristol landmark

Swindon jobs at risk at Patheon

Ashfords advises on £5m funding round

TLT expands to Scotland and Northern Ireland

Plus market to close

Unite Group expecting Olympic boost

Renishaw confident after strong US sales

Babcock sells US defence business for £61m

£9.5m revamp for Marine Academy Plymouth

Roxburgh Milkins advises on business angel investment

Mayflower Stone moves to Roborough

Swindon skin firm swoops for troubled rival

Welsh business expands to Bristol

Bristol & Bath Science Park wins award

West Dorset District Council offices on the market

Furniture manufacturer secures funding

£2.8m investment for Prima Dental

Plans submitted for second phase of Locking Parklands

Business at cloud computing 'tipping point'

Paddy Power Cheltenham ad banned

£6m lending up for grabs

Roaring visitor numbers boost Longleat

Region must 'challenge received manufacturing wisdom'

Galliford Try wins £80m link road contract

Quarterly unemployment rate rises

'Unsafe' Swindon equipment hire company fined

Partnership calls for funding bids

Jehu completes Portishead scheme

SACO increases London offer

Investment Matters: Strong connectivity boosts economic development

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Alide Hire relocates after funding

Green light for Corsham campus

Businesses still growing strongly – BGF

Wincanton to handle Sainsbury's operations

Mitie wins Bristol CCTV contract

Lush to open 'straw bale' factory

Turnover falls at insurance provider Endsleigh

Mitie chief hails 'transformational' year

Sutton Harbour appoints De Barr

Fitness First agrees debt deal

Higher prices boost Milk Link

Colas Rail moves to Station Square

Alexander Daniels expands into Bristol

Micron relocates to Sherborne

Michelmores appointed on Paddington scheme

DAC Beachcroft in Canadian venture

Colas on track with Pullman Rail deal

Bramhill leaves Wessex Exploration

Future looks to 'improved' second half

Newbury Racecourse redevelopment moves closer

Bridge Estates buys Bristol industrial site

Gloucester ski centre slides onto the market

Synergy and Aster merger nears

Bath in business tourism drive

NVM brings in PwC dealmaker

'Strong interest' in London & Westcountry Estates parks

Milk Link merger to create £2bn dairy giant

Nationwide to explore lending market as profit rises

Avonmouth shed handed over

Milk Link chief hails merger plans

Flybe to take over Finnair routes

Cannabis-based drug developer slips to loss

Thrane & Thrane shareholders accept Cobham offer

Bristol & Bath Science Park fills up

Cornwall manufacturing centre plans backed

Businesses report rising customers

Osborne Clarke advises on Swedish fundraising

Animation tax cuts needed now, urges Aardman

Co-op to create 3,000 legal jobs

Clinton Cards stores to close

Fewer businesses declared insolvent

Avelo moves for TrigoldCrystal

Bath hotel opens after £6m investment

Property services business bought in pre-pack

JLL sets up renewable energy team

Cheltenham engineering company fined

Stephens Scown promotes eight

Drive Motor Retail accelerates past £200m sales

Brazilian company to set up in Wiltshire

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DBC Foodservice creditors set for £90m shortfall

Skape secures Santander backing

Plum move for hair salon

Knightstone completes housing works

Design and print businesses merge

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Farmer funding scheme opens

Region's schools on new building programme

Bedminster and Liskeard secure Portas cash

Claims management company doubles workforce

South West contractors work on O2 attraction

Victorian Torquay hotel set for development

RH Partners leaves Exeter city centre

Losses widen for Airbus

Christie Finance releases £70m of funding

OFT clears Unomedical sale

Cobham extends Santos contract

1pm receives £2m facility

Pre-tax profit at Pennon passes £200m

'Cornish pasty' and static caravan tax plans changed

BIMBO for Aspirations Care Group

Cornwall Council building on the market

Willmott Dixon relocates Bristol office

Time extension on factory plans set for refusal

South West business confidence improves

Dorset water cooler supplier acquired

Cycling retailer gears up for Olympics boost

Stockbroker takes space in central Bristol

Bristol hotel on the market

Sales rise for St Austell Brewery despite industry decline

Calling all entrepreneurs - 42 under 42 dinner

£10m college building project launched

£7m for Cornwall business support project

Cheltenham Spa clinches improvement cash

Wolf Minerals secures more funding for Hemerdon Mine

HSBC adds to Bristol and Bath team

Grant joins Fidelius after investment

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