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Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealer Rygor Group has filed its "strongest ever" financial year. The Wiltshire-headquartered company has increased pre-tax profit by 40 per cent to £1.2m for the year to 30 April 2011 as it sold more than 2,000 new vehicles while sales revenues and margins went up. READ MORE...
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Gloucestershire-based green energy company Ecotricity has secured a finance arrangement with HSBC's corporate team in Bristol. Read More...
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A new energy development company has been created after the technical team of EarthEnergy in Falmouth merged with Swedish geothermal company Mimer Energy. Read More...
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Bristol-based recruitment company Xchangeteam has been bought by Pertemps for an undisclosed figure. Read More...
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Britannia Construction has been appointed as specialist contractor and civil engineer on a £2m project to turn a former car park in Taunton into a public space. Read More...
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Work has started on a multimillion-pound development at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in Truro by Plymouth University. Read More...
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A £1,500 incentive payment to small businesses which take on young people has been welcomed. But it should go further to include employers of any size, the CBI has said. Read More...
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Olympic cities, including Bristol and Bath, have been successful in attracting the most tourists, according to research. Read More...
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