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"Unforgiving trading conditions" are being blamed for the collapse of a Plymouth-based jewellery chain which has entered administration for the second time in a year. Gemstone Retail and Gemstone Operations, which traded as HPJ Jewellers and Jewel Nation, have collapsed less than ten months after a rescue deal was completed. However, the chains will continue to trade over the Christmas period while a buyer is sought. READ MORE...
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Exeter-based Scot Group has secured a £10m funding deal to buy new vehicles for the company's rental fleet. Read More...
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Alliance Pharmaceuticals has acquired two brands from rival company Ferndale Pharmaceuticals in a £1.5m deal. Read More...
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Bristol-based Wirecard Card Solutions has acquired Newcastle Building Society's pre-paid cards business (PPC) for £7.5m. Read More...
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Italian restaurant chain Prezzo has acquired a property in Marlborough from Caffe Uno Brasseries, which is in administration. Read More...
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Community groups and creative organisations are being offered vacant space on the Diesel Depot site behind Bristol Temple Meads railway station for the next two years. Read More...
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has today launched a strategy to prevent a return of the "risky mortgage lending" of the boom times. Read More...
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The hunt is on for the South West's best new export ideas, innovative entrepreneurs and small businesses, with a prize worth £5,000 up for grabs. Read More...
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Accountancy firm RSM Tenon has appointed Craig Simpson as head of tax innovation to drive forward its entrepreneurial offering, it said. Read More...
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