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A Bristol-based student property developer has managed to secure the required planning consent for a new 2.1 site in central Coventry, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The £17m development, acquired in January 2015, will provide accommodation for 286 students and is scheduled to open for the 2016/17 academic year.

Plans submitted by the Eden Project for building a £6m hotel on its site at Bodelva near St Austell in Cornwall could see up to 25 new permanent jobs being created in the area, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A Bristol-based recruitment agency will go on a recruitment drive to capitalise on demand for staff in the food manufacturing industry, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The Matrix, which previously specialised in IT programme and project management recruitment, hired specialist consultants to set up a new food manufacturing division after identifying a gap in the market.

A Bristol-based financial services provider has revealed plans to recruit 40 new developers, project managers and testers, a news report in the local business media has been able to reveal recently.

A well known home, garden and leisure national retailer has opened its 100th store in Peverell near Plymouth, creating more than 80 jobs from warehouse staff and sales assistants to store and office managers, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A consortium of residential developers has put forward plans for building a 2,000 home garden community scheme in Taunton, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A car dealer has managed to create 30 new jobs in in Poole after opening a new Citroen dealership, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The Penton Motor Group opened the new dealership after purchasing a 3.25 acre freehold site in September 2013 and investing over £4.5m in the project.

Around half of companies in the South West of England plan to take on more staff members in 2015, a recent survey from CBI and Accenture of 101 local businesses has been able to find. The survey found that a higher proportion of permanent than temporary jobs will be created, with 40 per cent of respondents saying they were planning to take on permanent staff and 32 per cent temporary.

Up to 6,000 new jobs could be created in the South West construction sector each year until 2019, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has recently forecast. The annual Construction Skills Network report said with growth expected to be 3.6 per cent from 2014 to 2019, a total of 6,320 new jobs each year could be generated.

The city of Bournemouth has recorded the fifth highest level of growth in the country in terms of the number of new jobs being created, a new report from the Centre for Cities has revealed. The research paper, entitled ‘Outlook 2015’, claims that Bournemouth is the only town in the South West where jobs have not fallen behind the UK average between 2004 and 2013. In fact, the town has recorded a 10 per cent increase, with 15,500 jobs created.

A retailer has revealed plans to create 80 jobs with the launch of a new store at Stadium Retail Park in St Austell, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Homewares specialist The Range will open the new retail outlet on a site currently occupied by Buyology. The site will be refurbished prior to opening with plans including 16 departments, garden centre and café.

A car dealership eyeing an increase in market share will target expansion opportunities in the South West, a news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The company has enjoyed a busy 2014 which included acquiring dealerships in Sheffield, Bolton, Wigan and most recently Halifax, as well as driving revenue past £1bn for the six months ended 31 August 2014.