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Biometrics are measurements and/or calculations of the human body, used to identify people. There are many different types of biometrics, as there are many parts of the human body which can uniquely identify you.

Goonhilly Earth Station, a radio-communications site, has opened up a new tier 3/4 data centre.

Lazy Dog, a software company, has progressed in its business development by moving into a unit at Bond’s Mill, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.

Plans to build a Lidl supermarket in a North Dorset town are being considered by Dorset Council.

BDW (Barratt David Wilson) South West, the local office of Barratt Developments, a housebuilding company, has moved into a new office in Bristol.

Two Brixham nursing homes have been sold to an Italian care home operator.

Adams Fletcher & Partners, a Gloucestershire quantity surveying firm, has relocated to larger premises in order to expand their company.

A new business hub called Church View Business Park has opened in Falmouth thanks to funding and private investment.

Freeths, a law firm, has opened an office in Bristol. This will be the firm’s 13th office location, after their existing premises in Birmingham, Derby, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield and Stoke.

The Range, a chain which has been around for 30 years, will soon have a new head office in Plymouth. The Range has 160 stores across the UK, and aims to achieve 600 stores.

Driskal Ltd, the company behind Woodlands Manor Care Home, went into administration last November (2018). It has since been bought, which keeps the existing 48 jobs safe as well as ensuring the residents can stay where they are.

A Bristol care home has been acquired by a property fund LXI REIT.