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Cotswold Geotech convicted of corporate manslaughter
The Gloucestershire-based business Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has become the first company in the country to be convicted of the new offence of corporate manslaughter, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced.
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Property
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Pollard starts work on £5m Exeter site
Bridgwater-based Pollard has started construction work on a £5m student accommodation project in Exeter city centre. The development, which is located at St Anne’s Well, off Lower North Street, involves the construction of a five-storey concrete frame building.
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Torquay development gets green light
Gerald Wood Homes has acquired planning permission for a housing development in Torquay. It will be built on the former Dorchester Hotel site, off Daddyhole Road.
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Office Reality gets makeover
The showroom headquarters of Wellington-based Office Reality has had a makeover. The new design of the company headquarters marks the business' progression from an online office furniture supplier to a space, planning and office fit-out contractor with its own showroom.
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Business
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Farepak directors face disqualification
Disqualification proceedings have been issued against the directors of the failed Swindon-based Christmas hamper business Farepak. They include former CBI president Sir Clive Thompson and Blacks Leisure chief executive Neil Gillis.
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Talking East African trade
An East Africa Trade Briefing event is being held at Portwall Place in Bristol today for businesses interested in trade opportunities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda. Orlando Ames-Lewis, head of UK Trade & Investment’s (UKTI) team in East Africa, will be speaking to delegates.
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Do more to help us create jobs, FSB urges government
The Federation of Small Businesses has called on the government to do more to help companies create jobs. The plea comes ahead of the expectation there will be another increase in today's unemployment figures.
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Ernst & Young Bristol gets two assistant directors
Ernst & Young’s transaction advisory team in Bristol has appointed two new assistant directors. Tom Hatfield joins after five years with Cable & Wireless, working both in the UK and overseas, and Michael Snelson joins from Ernst & Young’s financial services transaction support team where he spent five years in the firm’s London office.
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Bookings on the up for Cornwall Cottages
Holiday letting agency Cornwall Cottages has reported a 3.5 per cent increase on overall bookings in 2010, compared to 2009. Bookings made online were up by 10 per cent.
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Tague on Tour: Arrested development?
Right about now, there’s an absolute truckload of research from the major property consultancies, writes Neil Tague. With 2010’s final take-up figures in and the investment sales tallied up, we’re not short of opinion on what the stats mean and what we can expect to see this year.
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