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A primary school in Nansleden, near Newquay in Cornwall, has completed construction (“topped out”).

Phase three of the development for a new building at the 20-acre Matford Green Business Park has been submitted in plans to Exeter City Council.

Barwood Capital, a property investment group, has elaborate plans for its site in Bristol.

Plantforce Rentals, a supplier of plant hire machinery to the construction and energy industries, will take on all of Hawk Plant’s site-based machinery, contracts and infrastructure. This will enable work to continue on the Hinkley C project, and it will ensure the safety of almost 100 jobs. The chief executive of Plantforce, Claire Trott, emphasise the importance of the transition having minimal impact on the Hinkley C work. She said, "Hinkley C is a strategically significant project a

Country Innovation, a specialist coat maker based in Somerset, will move into new premises in order to better support the new direction of the business,

Recycling Technologies, an advanced plastics recycling company based in Swindon, will be partnering with Swindon Borough Council to build a plastic recycling facility in the town.

Bill Kenwright Ltd, a theatre production company known for such well-known West End musicals as Blood Brothers, Whistle Down the Wind, and the tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, has bought the Rygor Building, a warehouse in Westbury. The long leasehold was sold by Carter Jonas, the national property consultancy, on behalf of HE Rygor & Sons. The warehouse building is self-contained. It has been part-converted into office space, and also comes with a secure yard.

A hotel in Ilfacombe, Devon, formerly called Crescent House and now known as The Habit, has been sold.

GWP Packaging, a packaging manufacturer, has completed their third warehouse in Cricklade, Wiltshire.

CarShop, one of the UK’s biggest car supermarket businesses and part of the Leicester-based Sytner Group, will be opening a new retail premises at the Horizon38 business park on the A38 in Filton, Bristol. The 7.3-acre site will hold a £15m sales and service retail operation, creating 80 new jobs.

Paragon, a building and project consultant, has opened an office in Desklodge House near Temple Meads, Bristol.

Nearly half of South West SMEs lack basic digital skills, according to the most recent Lloyds Bank Business and Charity Index.