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Franchise businesses unveil expansion plans
Franchise businesses Wilkins Chimney Sweep and Good Taste Foods are expanding their businesses further, Insider can reveal. The companies unveiled their plans after research showed the franchise industry's turnover increased to £11.8bn during the height of the recession. Pip Wilkins, operations manager at the British Franchise Association, told Insider the number of UK redundancies is a factor that has led to growth within the franchising sector.
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Property
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Bridgwater 'on the brink of housing boom'
Bridgwater is about to emerge as a new hot spot for home builders, according to South West land agent CJH Land.
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PHP continues to grow
Primary Health Properties (PHP), with premises in Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset, has revealed that after tax profits have risen for the year ended 31 December 2010 and the group expects to experience further medium term growth.
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Space available at Broad Quay House
There is now 42,000 sq ft of space available in Broad Quay House, a development located in Bristol city centre. Standard Life Investments has appointed DTZ and King Sturge as joint agents for the office block.
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Mortgage lending declines
Gross mortgage lending declined to an estimated £9.2bn in January - a 13 per cent fall from £10.6bn in December, according to data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
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Business
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Red tape will cost SW business £2.21bn, claims BCC
New employment laws due to be implemented over the next four years will cost South West businesses £2.21bn, according to research by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
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Digital marketing business launches in Bristol
Rapport Digital, a new marketing company, has launched in Bristol. The business, based in an office on the Brislington trading estate, aims to assist small and medium-sized businesses with digital marketing.
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Sustain appoints new head of utilities
Bristol-based carbon reduction company Sustain has appointed Rob Knight to head up its utilities team.
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Bank gets closer to interest rate hike
The Bank of England edged closer to lifting interest rates earlier this month, according to meeting minutes. The number of policymakers who voted in favour of a hike increased again at the Bank's latest Monetary Policy Committee meetings on 9 and 10 February 2011.
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