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Multiple jobs have been saved after a Swindon-based engineering company, which provides services to industries including motorsports, medical and power generation, has been bought out of administration, a news report suggests.

Plans for two residential developments comprising close to 600 new homes are set to be approved by councillors in Cornwall following their submission next week, a recent news report has been able to suggest. An outline application has been submitted for a site in Helston, adjacent to the Flambards theme park, while a separate scheme from Redrow Homes proposes residential development on the outskirts of Wadebridge.

A property investor has submitted plans for an office development in Cheltenham which could support the creation of up to 500 jobs, a news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

Plans to build 300 new homes at the Locking Parklands scheme in Weston-super-Mare have been submitted by developer St Modwen, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. The company has submitted the application for new one, two, three and four bedroom properties following public consultations with councillors and stakeholders.

One of the UK’s best-known aerospace solutions manufacturers has opened a new factory in Bristol that is set to employ up to 40 members of staff when it reaches its full production capability, a business news report reveals.

Plans for building a new residential development scheme featuring around 340 homes on a new site in Weymouth are likely to take a step forward after councillors recommended to approve the scheme at a meeting later this week, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The 40.2-acre site earmarked for the development is predominantly used as farmland and is located close to the Broadwey area of Weymouth.

Construction work has started on a multimillion-pound commercial property development near Bournemouth Airport, a news report in the local business media has been able to find. Stoford has secured forward funding from Global Gate Capital for a 160,000 sq ft unit, including 45,000 sq ft of offices and a 115,000 sq ft production unit, on a 10.64-acre site.

A new 130,000 sq ft logistics facility, which could support the creation of about 200 jobs, is set to be built on a Bristol business park, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

More than 140 jobs have been safeguarded at a Dorset-headquartered waste treatment and renewable energy specialist after it was purchased out of administration, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. The sale of New Earth Solutions Ltd to DM Opco Ltd has safeguarded 143 roles across the group’s five sites and headquarters in Verwood.

One of the UK’s best-known upmarket retailers is set to create 45 new jobs in Bath with the opening of a new food hall, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. Marks & Spencer is set to launch a new 8,500 sq ft. Foodhall in the Weston Lock Retail Park on 15 June 2016. The outlet on Lower Bristol Road will provide more than 6,500 products and will include a Coffee to Go.

Up to 90 jobs have been saved as a Devon-headquartered waste disposal company was acquired out of administration by a counterpart based in the North West, a news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

A Bristol-based pie manufacturer will create up to 80 new jobs as it plans to open five new restaurants after securing a £1.4m finance package from HSBC, a recent news report has been able to suggest.