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Somerset-based Yeo Valley has lifted sales by more than 10 per cent through its £2.5m advertising campaign during the current series of The X Factor. The organic dairy company said the figure equates to selling 386,000 extra yoghurt pots since the two-minute ad was launched on 8 October and it predicted an increase in sales and profitability in 2012. READ MORE...
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The acquisition of Somerset-based RWM Food Group by ABP Food Group will be looked at by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Read More...
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Local enterprise partnerships in the South West have been awarded more than £48m from a £500m government fund designed to help kick-start housing and infrastructure development. Read More...
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Bristol recruitment consultancy Timothy James Consulting (TJC) has received private equity investment from Hamilton Bradshaw, headed by former Dragons' Den star James Caan. Read More...
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A building at Cotswold Business Village has been sold to new business venture Cotswold Cycles by Alder King. Read More...
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DTZ, the global real estate consultancy, which has offices in Bristol and Cheltenham, has announced it has allowed the Australian corporate real estate consultancy UGL to make a bid for the company. Read More...
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Babcock International Group, which has divisions in Plymouth and Dorset, has posted a 46 per cent increase in pre-tax profits as it won major contracts in the first half of the year. Read More...
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Jobs are under threat in Bristol after Carphone Warehouse announced it would axe its UK Best Buy stores. Read More...
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Janis Sinton, managing director of food encapsulation specialist TasteTech, is confirmed as one of the company speakers at Insider's forthcoming Made in the South West Breakfast. The event will shine a light on activity in the region's manufacturing sector. Read More...
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