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 Dragons' Den entrepreneur Peter Hart is aiming to grow his fancy dress business into a franchise of 20 shops in the next two years. Speaking to Insider, Hart said his Poole-based Fun Fancy Dress business – which secured a £100,000 investment from Duncan Bannatyne – would be targeting university cities, and had already received interest from a company in the US. READ MORE...
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Bristol has won £300,000 to put towards two green initiatives. Read More...
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South West farmland prices reached an all time high in the first half of 2011, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Read More...
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On Thursday 20 October Insider is hosting its 2011 South West Property Awards at the Grand by Thistle, Bristol, and there is still time to vote. Read More...
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Gross mortgage lending in July was an estimated £12.6bn, according to new data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. Read More...
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Bray Leino, the £50m-turnover creative communications agency with offices in Barnstaple and Bristol, has said consolidation is the focus of the business going forward. This involves doing more for existing clients and training and developing staff to work smarter. Read More...
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A group of West Cornwall hauliers and director of a skip hire company have been ordered to pay nearly £100,000 in fines and costs for illegally tipping thousands of tonnes of waste at a farm near Helston, the Environment Agency said. Read More...
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Baker Tilly has appointed Richard Stradling as VAT associate director for the South West. Read More...
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This week: Slake that thirst; Horsing around; Cheating Men. Read More...
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