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Debenhams aims to expand in the UK and internationally after it bucked the high street trend with an increase in revenue and an 8.6 per cent rise in pre-tax profits. The Taunton-based retailer posted pre-tax profit of £151.9m for the year to 27 August 2011 as online sales boomed and its market share increased in premium health and beauty products, women's casualwear, menswear and childrenswear. READ MORE...
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Bath-based print and mail company CFH Total Document Management has bought FST Technologies for an undisclosed figure and is eyeing more acquisitions. Read More...
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The purchase of BBC Worldwide, which has a Bristol office for publishing specialist interest magazines, by Exponent Private Equity has been given the go-ahead by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Read More...
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The £1bn government funding for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects is still available despite the end of negotiations about a project in Scotland. Read More...
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Swindon-based Smiths News said it has increased pre-tax profits by 10 per cent by cutting costs of £22m and is on the hunt to buy businesses. Read More...
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Shares rose for Jelf after the business said it was on track to meet full-year expectations. Read More...
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Building services contractor FP Hurley and Sons, which has an office in Bristol, filed an 11 per cent fall in turnover to £21.69m after what directors said had been a "challenging" year. Read More...
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A further £25bn could have been added to the £75bn-worth of quantitative easing recently announced by the Bank of England, it has emerged. Read More...
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Dorset-based Spectrum Housing Group has breached the Data Protection Act by sending the personal data of 200 employees to the wrong email address, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said. Read More...
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