A record 151,603 businesses were founded by female entrepreneurs in 2022, according to the latest review by Alison Rose, NatWest Group Chief Executive. Despite economic uncertainty, the number of women founding businesses jumped up from 145,271 in 2021, and was over double the number of female-led start-ups in 2018, setting a new high for female […]
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Left to Right: Robert Bell from The AA, Jamie Baldridge, director of parks services at Quorum Business Park in Newcastle & Jon Ellis, head of property and facilities management Breakdown company The AA is investing in a new regional office for its 700 staff as part of plans to modernise its operations. The AA will
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(L) Kevin Meechan, CEO ARRAN Sense of Scotland & (R) Sheila Gilmore, CEO Arran Trust One of Scotland’s best-loved personal care and wellbeing brands, ARRAN Sense of Scotland (formerly Arran Aromatics), has announced a new partnership with the Arran Trust. ARRAN recently launched its new Naturals Collection – an environmentally conscious range with wellbeing at
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After a long awaited three years, the Rainbow Room International team was thrilled to be back hosting their annual Congress at a new location, the Oran Mor, in Glasgow’s West End. Due to the effects of Covid-19 and the enforcement of more health and safety measures, the Rainbow Room International team had postponed their annual
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Left to Right: Ingerop Group president Yves Metz, Rendel managing director Vardy Jones, Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward and Ingerop international director Christophe Blanc An engineering consultancy has moved to a new permanent home in Birmingham after first setting up a base in the city in 2019. Rendel is now housed at Edmund Gardens,
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The Fowey Valley Hotel in Cornwall has been acquired for an undisclosed sum. The hotel in the town of Lostwithiel, located around six miles from visitor attraction The Eden Project, has been bought by an unnamed independent hotel group. The 38-bedroom accommodation hotel trades under the Best Western franchise and has been operated by independent
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A deal to join Newcastle and Manchester building societies has taken a step closer thanks to heads of terms being agreed. The two societies first raised the prospect of a merger last summer and such a move could save Manchester, which has not undertaken any new mortgage lending since 2013. The North West mutual, which
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Tyler Grange Team The North West companies who are sticking with their switch to a four-day working week as part of a national pilot have been named. A total of eight businesses with operations across the region confirmed they were part of the experiment which saw them give staff an extra day off for no
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A Shetland-born jewellery designer has successfully relocated her business to the islands and expanded operations, following support from Business Gateway. Karlin Anderson (pictured above) has been making bespoke high-end jewellery inspired by the island’s rugged landscape and culture since 1994. Born in Shetland, she moved to Glasgow in 1994 to further her education and then
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Scottish-based UK and internationally operating construction and property business Edison Group has acquired The Edinburgh Driveway Company Ltd, a twelve-year-old Livingston- based business specialising in driveways, paving and landscaping, for an undisclosed sum. The Edinburgh Driveway Company, which operates throughout central Scotland and Ayrshire, provides a complete range of driveways, landscaping and artificial grass products
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