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100 affordable homes completed in West Somerset, with more than 73 on the way

24th April 2014 10:54 am Leave a Comment

A local council has revealed that more than 100 affordable homes have been completed in the area over the past 12 months, including here supported housing units, low-cost home-ownership properties and general-needs family accommodation buildings.

The West Somerset Council also announced that successful schemes include Chadwyck Close in Porlock (15 affordable homes completed), the Beach Hotel in Minehead, Brackensfield in Alcombe (15 properties completed with a further 18 to follow by July 2014) and Higil Lea in Crowcombe (five affordable homes completed), according to a news report in the local business media.

Keith Turner, housing portfolio holder at West Somerset Council, said: "I am delighted we have been able to facilitate the provision of so many much-needed homes and I am looking forward to more success in the year ahead."

More than 73 additional affordable homes are set to be completed over the next year, and the local authority also suggested that negotiations are at a ‘relatively advanced stage’ on half a dozen more sites, which could lead to delivery of a further 53 affordable homes in 2015 and beyond.

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Imperial Tobacco to shed 900 jobs as part of major restructuring

16th April 2014 11:53 am Leave a Comment

Imperial Tobacco, one of UK’s largest tobacco companies, has announced plans to make up to 900 employees redundant as part of a major restructuring process brought about by poor business results.

The first major victim in its portfolio will be the company’s cigarette factory and distribution centre in Nottingham, which will be closed and production relocated to other facilities. The Nottingham site employs 540 staff, a news report in the local business media can reveal.

The business is also closing its cigarette factory in Nantes, France, which employs 320 people. Furthermore, Imperial Tobacco announced a further 120 jobs could be affected by proposals to close its Bergerac R&D facility and restructure sales force and support functions in Paris although 80 new roles would also be created, giving a net loss of 40 positions.

Alison Cooper, chief executive at Imperial Tobacco, said: "These projects are an essential part of securing the sustainable future of the business. The prospect of job losses is always regrettable and we will be doing all we can to support employees and ensure that they are treated in a fair and responsible manner."

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Gloucester City Council plans to unlock social housebuilding in the city

9th April 2014 11:00 am Leave a Comment

A City Council has revealed plans to implement a series of measures designed to help it start building new social homes in the area for the first time in the past 25 years.

Gloucester City Council plans to transfer its 4,800 homes to housing association Gloucester City Homes (currently in charge of their management), in return for the government wiping out £50m of historic housing debt, a news report in the local media revealed.

The council managed to reach an agreement with housing minister Kris Hopkins, who commented: "I’m pleased to be signing this deal with Gloucester City Council, which could lead to the first new social homes in the city for 25 years, and lead to as much as £30m additional investment in existing stock over the next ten years."

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WE LEP ‘strategic economic plan’ aims to create 25,500 new jobs

2nd April 2014 11:00 am Leave a Comment

A new business development master plan could see up to 25,500 new jobs being created across the South West of England, the organization supporting this ambitious enterprise has claimed.

The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (WE LEP) developed its ‘strategic economic plan’ in collaboration with its network of 800 businesses, four unitary authorities, five further education colleges and four universities, a news source can reveal.

This plan will be used both for attracting private investment to the South West area and as the major driver of a bid for a share of the government’s £2bn-per-year Local Growth Fund.

The strategic economic plan sets out five priority growth sectors, including creative and digital; low carbon; high-tech industries; advanced engineering and aerospace; and professional services.

Moreover, the strategy proposes to focus resources on seven priority growth locations, namely: the Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, the Avonmouth/Severnside Enterprise Area; the J21 Enterprise Area; the Filton Enterprise Area; the Emersons Green Enterprise Area; the Bath City Riverside Enterprise Area; and south Bristol.

The West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (WE LEP) also identifies 122 interventions to address market failures, including projects to exploit new technologies in robotics, quantum computing and renewable energy.

Mr. Colin Skellett, chairman of the West WE LEP, commented on the plan’s launch: "Our economic plan develops our unique strengths. It is ambitious yet deliverable, and builds on our successes to ensure we generate the greatest return on investment for a combination of public and private sector organisations, who are being encouraged to invest.

“The results will be seen nationally and internationally."

Plans for new £50m development scheme in Plymouth revealed

26th March 2014 12:23 pm Leave a Comment

A property investment company has revealed a very interesting vision for Plymouth’s West End and eastern area of the city, a news report in the local media has recently revealed.

British Land wants to transform the Bretonside bus station with a major leisure development that, if approved, would feature a 12-screen cinema, 13 restaurants, 400 car parking spaces and extensive improvements to public areas, improving links from the city centre to the Barbican and the waterfront.

A new Mayflower Coach Station with a waiting room, a booking office, toilets and parking would also be constructed on the site of the soon-to-be-demolished Mayflower West car park in the West End.

Further improvements would include an innovation centre that would be established in one of the vacant buildings overlooking the site, while the Taylor Maxwell House project – a joint venture between the local authority and Plymouth University – would provide a home for start-ups run by graduates.

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87 new homes and community facilities set to be built in Somerset

19th March 2014 3:36 pm Leave a Comment

Taunton Deane Borough Council has decided to join forces with Knightstone Housing Association for the development of 87 homes and community facilities in Somerset, a news report in the local business media has recently revealed.

Under the existing development plans, he local authority would retain part of the site in order to construct 57 new homes. It would transfer the remainder of the site to Knightstone to deliver a further 30 properties.

Taunton Deane Borough Council intends to borrow £7.7m to invest in the project while Knightstone would provide a further £4m with support from the Homes and Communities Agency.

The proposal involves demolishing the existing block of flats on the site and replacing it with a four-storey block of flats, family houses, a play area and potentially a community hub.

Bristol fleet management firm doubles in size over 5 years

12th March 2014 12:08 pm Leave a Comment

ALD Automotive, a fleet management firm based in Bristol, has managed to literally double its business over the past five years, a news report in the local business media has recently revealed.

The company employs more than 330 members of staff including 215 people at its Fishponds headquarters and reported an increase in turnover of over 19% back in 2013. Furthermore, the business also delivered more than 35,000 new vehicles across the UK over the period, which is 14 per cent higher than in 2012.

ALD Automotive stated that the growth was driven by a strong performance from its corporate business, with the firm holding on to existing accounts such as National Grid, Smith & Nephew and Chubb UTC, and winning new contracts with Volvo, HSS Group and Steria.

Mel Dawson, managing director of ALD Automotive, said: "We have doubled in size in less than five years, the result of a lot of hard work from a great team of people at ALD.

"It also reinforces the strength of our multi-channel sales strategy which has put us in a great position for continued growth in what remains a very tough market."

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Up to 90 jobs at risk at Bournemouth retirement home developer

5th March 2014 12:51 pm Leave a Comment

Bournemouth-headquartered retirement home developer McCarthy & Stone is undergoing a full organisational review that could put up to 90 jobs in jeopardy, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

The company said it was instigating the review with the goal of creating a more profitable, scalable and effective business, with changes expected to impact a number of individual roles, primarily in its head office, and a more limited number across the company’s five regional offices.

"Our organisational review is indicative of an ambitious programme of change within the business, designed to see us outperform growth in both our niche sector and the retirement housing market generally," said chairman John White.

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41 jobs salvaged as barrier company is bought out of administration

26th February 2014 12:56 pm Leave a Comment

A total of forty-one jobs have been saved as Bristol-based Avon Barrier Company was bought out of administration, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

The company, a manufacturer of security barriers, road blockers, gates and bollards, collapsed back on 7 February 2014, with administrators from Deloitte being appointed in order to sort out its finances.

However, a sale has now been completed to new company Avon Barrier Corporation for an undisclosed sum, safeguarding all jobs, the new firm being backed by a group of unnamed British investors.

"It is great to have saved so many jobs as well as the business’s specialist skills in design and manufacture," said Paul Jeffrey, managing director of Avon Barrier Corporation.

"Fully capitalised, we are well positioned to supply customers with Avon Barrier’s market-leading products and services" he added.

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Property company goes under administration, redundancies likely to follow

19th February 2014 10:54 am Leave a Comment

Matrix Solutions UK Ltd, a property refurbishment and maintenance company based in Bradley Stoke with additional sites in Taunton, London and Leeds, was forced to call in administrators after running into financial trouble over the past couple of months, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

The company focuses on refurbishing car parks and buildings, as well as completing other property projects for flood and fire damage on behalf of insurance companies. It employs around 30 members of staff on a permanent basis, as well as approximately 50 sub-contractors, but most, if all not of these positions are in danger of being cut.

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