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Eco-friendly food packaging firms 2M Group and Xampla win Innovate UK support to grow manufacturing
Technology
Morro technology designed to save millions of tonnes of waste from landfill or incineration
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24 to watch in 2024: The South West firms set for success in the coming year
South West
Each year our business writers pick the firms that they expect to do great things in the coming year. Here we have selected 24 South West businesses for 2024
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Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme backs Cornish metal mining with £4.7 million investment
South West
The government has identified Cornwall’s resources as "nationally important" to the UK’s future green growth and for industries, including car making to electronics and defence
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Alcoholic tea brand Noveltea returns with new owners a year after liquidation
Food and Drink
Liquidators were called into Tea Venture Limited last year - but its assets and IP were sold to new owner Feature Spirit Ltd
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Government action on EV batteries needed to prevent decline in car industry, MPs warn
Jaguar Land Rover
A cross-party group of MPs launched its investigation into battery production as the Britishvolt project foundered earlier this year
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Spirax-Sarco sees production slow as demand shrinks
Company Results
The FTSE-100 engineering company said trading reflects a "weaker macro-economic environment"
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Australia Deputy PM and UK Defence Sec tour Rolls-Royce Derby for update on next generation nuclear subs
Ministry of Defence
In the UK the boats will replace seven Astute-class subs and could double size of the hunter-killer fleet
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Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby to create jobs under multi-billion pound Aukus sub deal
Ministry of Defence
Australia and the UK will both build the SSN-Aukus submarines which combine UK and US design and technology
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Supply chain issues lead to £2bn in unfinished South West goods
Logistics
Manufacturers across the region said Covid lockdowns in China, the war in Ukraine and Brexit had ‘exacerbated’ the problems
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CPMG Architects helping design the vast ‘Dragon Valley’ resort near Shanghai
Architecture
Site will have longest infinity pool in China and be bigger than Bluewater shopping centre in London
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South West leads UK in exports to China, study finds
China
The region saw the biggest annual rise in trade with China in the last quarter of 2021 than any other part of the country
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Luxury shoe brand Manolo Blahnik wins China trademark dispute
Fashion
The fashion label - whose designer founder has a residence in Bath - was made made famous by its appearances in TV series Sex and the City
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Airbus and Boeing cabin maker collapses into administration
Insolvency and Administration
AIM Altitude was established in 1940 and makes cabin interiors including lounges and seats for major global airlines
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Steel safeguards welcomed as domestic manufacturing protection measures extended to 2024
UK Government
Scunthorpe MP reveals she turned down a government role to keep her eye on town's fortunes as home constituency for British Steel
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Wales leads the UK in growth of exports to China
China
New trade figures with the world's second biggest economy have been published by the China-Britain Business Council
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Renishaw cuts profit forecast amid Russia pull-out and China lockdowns
Engineering
The Gloucestershire-based engineering giant said it was ‘mindful of global uncertainties’
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Pensana shortens timeline to market as costs drop and project value soars
Engineering
Metals refining plant at Saltend - the start of supply chain for electric vehicles and wind turbines - should be commissioning later next year
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The Pontypool children’s bike maker exporting around the world with royal approval
Exports
Frog Bikes has reformed the market for children’s cycling with its lightweight bikes since it began in 2013
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Consultation starts on Aggregates West's Plymouth lorry movements plan
Transport
Public asked for views on subsidiary's proposals to move waste mineral from Tungsten West's vast Hemerdon Mine
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Plymouth's Tungsten West launches aggregates business
Transport
Operator of huge tungsten and tin resource starts subsidiary to supply construction industry but will need to increase lorry journeys to the mine
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Next phase of £1bn Middlewood Locks scheme approved
North West
The first reserved matters consent includes 659 apartments within two blocks
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Festival of Green Innovation highlights Humber's drive in race to Net Zero
Climate Agenda
From crops to chargers, all-terrain EVs to advancing MP3s, the pioneers looking to take concepts to commercialisation - and the support behind them - are showcased
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The young entrepreneur with an eye for opportunity and growth
Gloucestershire Live Business Awards
Oliver Bruce of PinPoint Media was named Young Business Person of the Year at the GloucestershireLive Business Awards 2021
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£1M GB retail deal for Lisburn coffee roaster stokes China ambitions
Northern Ireland
Pure Roast Coffee has found strong demand for its coffee bags
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