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Challenge of recruiting well looms large, say directors
Bringing the best people into a business at the right time is a fundamental challenge for companies that are looking to grow right now, Insider has been told.
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Deals
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Exclusive: Pontin's collapse hit Santander hard
Britannia Hotel Group paid £18.5m to buy the iconic holiday camp operator Pontin's, owner of Brean Sands in Somerset, out of administration, a new report has revealed. But Insider can reveal the cash raised from the sale earlier this year will be insufficient to prevent Santander taking a multimillion-pound hit on the collapse.
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Glendinning buys Bude asphalt plant
Glendinning has bought the asphalt plant at Pigsdon Quarry near Bude from Tarmac for an undisclosed sum. Newton Abbot-based Glendinning is a quarrying, concrete products and road contracting business.
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Premier increases Wytch Farm stake
Premier Oil has bought a 17.7 per cent stake in Wytch Farm, Dorest, for $96m (£59m). It increases its stake in the biggest onshore oil field in Western Europe to 30.1 per cent.
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We're working on a funding bid – Rees
A funding bid for a railway line to connect Portishead to Bristol will be submitted to the Department for Transport.
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Property
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Truro Eastern District Centre plans in
Plans for 98 houses, a park and ride, food store development and recycling centre for the east of Truto have been submitted.
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GVA wins Strode College contract
Property adviser GVA has been appointed to project manage a £500,000 extension to Strode College's sports hall in Street.
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More mortgages in May
There was a 12 per cent rise in mortgage lending in May, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed.
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Business
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C&G wins Olympics contract
Stonehouse-based C&G Safety has won a contract to carry out health and safety checks at the Olympics Athlete's Village during its construction.
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Come along to our South Bristol debate
Next week Insider's economic forum roadshow lands in South Bristol to take stock of the progress that's being made in transforming the southern side of the region's leading city. Our panel for this important event includes the leader of Bristol City Council, Barbara Janke.
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