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Thought for the day: The first hundred days

Mike Warburton, a senior tax partner at business experts Grant Thornton

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

When the general election produced a hung parliament we faced a serious risk in this country of a political paralysis which would have produced...

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Another thought for the day: Another one bites the dust

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Every morning I seem to wake up to news of yet another travel company going bust. I think it's 13 since the start of the year, three within the last...

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Lampier is Racing the Sun to Aid Children's Charity

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Bristol-based insurance specialists, Lampier, part of the Jelf Group, is spending the summer training for the Race the Sun Challenge, a triathlon-styl...

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Staff facing job cuts will be told soon

Thursday, August 19, 2010

The first wave of staff redundancies at Petroc will be announced later this week.

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Turbine firm celebrating after passing milestone

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Bristol-based Marine Current Turbines' scheme SeaGen, the world's first and only commercial scale tidal stream energy turbine, has passed another...

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Airport soars as industry slumps

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The number of passengers passing through Bristol Airport has continued to rise even though the travel industry is still struggling to recover from the...

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Fears over pier work as company goes bust

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The opening of Weston-super- Mare’s new £51 million pier could be delayed even further – because one of the main subcontractors...

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Thousands seek Tesco jobs

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

More than 2,000 people applied for only 188 jobs at a new supermarket opening in South East Cornwall.

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New military base ‘we can be proud of’

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A £690 million military communications base which is being built in the West is near completion.

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Rewards website keeping shoppers in Somerset in the High Street

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Traders in Somerset are battling with the big chain supermarkets by taking part in an innovative scheme which they hope secures the future of local...

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