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Sausage maker targets Singapore
Family-owned Westaway Sausages, which is based in Newton Abbot, is planning to grow its export business between 20 and 30 per cent in the next year. And managing director Charles Baughan has told Insider he is targeting sausage distributors in Singapore.
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Deals
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Ridsdale could become Argyle owner
The mystery consortium that is on the verge of buying Plymouth Argyle has asked acting chairman Peter Ridsdale to consider buying the football club out from its property interests.
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Steamship company buys Nike Engineering
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Company has bought St Mary’s-based Nike Engineering for an undisclosed sum.
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Funding call for North Devon water sports event
The Atlantic Watersports International Committee has approved North Devon as a potential host for its annual games, but £50,000 in sponsorship is needed from local businesses for the event to go ahead.
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Property
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Rockspring sells Chippenham property
Rockspring Property Investment Managers has disposed of a 5,000 sq ft property in Chippenham for £1.73m. The property on the town's High Street is let to Superdrug.
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Avonmouth industrial unit hits market following refurb
An industrial unit in Avonmouth has been put onto the market following a refurbishment.
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Businessman targets South West property market
Businessman Arfon Hughes has launched a new planning and property development consultancy called Mango Planning & Development. And Hughes plans to target customers in the South West.
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Business
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Bristol to stage environmental event
Bristol is to stage an international environmental trade show later in the year. The 2011 Environmental Trade Show UK (ETS UK) will take place on 13 October at the UWE exhibition centre.
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Scrivin retires from Spirax-Sarco
Tony Scrivin has retired from Cheltenham-based Spirax-Sarco Engineering with effect from 31 July 2011. Scrivin was the group's executive director, responsible for the group's Europe, Middle East and Africa segment (EMEA).
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Cable launches hunt for renewables centre
Business secretary Vince Cable has launched a competition to develop an innovation centre focusing on technologies for offshore wind, wave and tidal power.
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Something for the weekend
Insider's column looking at the week's quirkiest stories and events across the region. This week: Bristol's bad News; Wimbledon is coming.
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Community
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Talking Point: The cost of fuel
What impact will the increased petrol prices have on the South West industrial market? Philip Cranstone, surveyor in industrial agency at DTZ in Bristol, shares his thoughts.
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