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Sales soar at Software Radio Technology
Bath-based Software Radio Technology (SRT) has revealed that sales have increased by 157 per cent for the year ending 31 March 2011. And chief executive Simon Tucker is confident it will continue. He told Insider: "You ain't seen nothing yet – the market for what we sell is booming."
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Deals
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Kenny scoops dealmaker prize
Tony Kenny of Momentum Corporate Finance has won the big prize at Insider's South West Dealmakers Awards 2011. Kenny was named Dealmaker of the Year in front of about 300 fellow professionals at the Grand by Thistle, Bristol.
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Two SW retirement village operators enter administration
Bluchie Ltd and Quintain No.15 Ltd, which own and operate two retirement villages in the South West, have entered administration. The freehold interests in the villages are now being marketed with a view to sell as going concerns.
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Oval Estates gets ThinCats investment
Radstock-based property developer Oval Estates has received a three-figure investment from ThinCats.
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£450,000 funding pot for church restoration
More than £450,000 in funding has been donated by The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to support urgent repairs to four Grade II-listed churches in the South West.
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Property
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Bristol and Bath Science Park goes solar
Work to install about 2,000 sq ft of solar photovoltaic panels at the £300m Bristol and Bath Science Park in Emerson's Green has started.
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Caution in South West property market - report
Investors remain cautious in the South West property investment market, according to DTZ's Money into Property 2011 report. It contrasts with a recovery in the UK as a whole with invested stock increasing by 1 per cent in 2010 and forecast to increase by a further 4 per cent in 2011.
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Business
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LEP will consider Portishead to Bristol rail link-up
A proposal to link Portishead to Bristol will be considered by the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership "in due course", Insider has been told.
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Government sets out low carbon construction plan
The government has outlined plans of how it intends to work with the construction industry to "decarbonise the built environment" by 2050.
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