Europe’s leading own label ice cream manufacturer R&R Ice Cream has agreed to acquire UK-based ice cream producer Fredericks Dairies for £49m. Fredericks Dairies, headquartered in Skelmersdale, England, has license to ...
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Conergy, Europe’s biggest supplier of solar modules to debt-financed projects*, announced today the supply of its “P-Series” modules for four UK solar farms with a combined power output of 15.3 megawatts (MW). The ...
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Foodservice supplier Brakes has put 90 jobs at risk by deciding to outsource desserts production from its subsidiary division Creative Foods in Cornwall to Greencore’s Ministry of Cake company in Devon. Greencore is picking up ...
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High-tech venture capital in the UK and Ireland ended the year on a high note with £209m invested in 60 companies compared to £129m in 48 deals in Q4 2011, says Ascendant, the tech-focussed investment company. Over 2012 as a ...
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Toymaster has swelled its ranks further, with two of its members opening new stores. Bricknells Toys & Nursery has opened a new branch in Penzance, Cornwall at 38 Market Jew Street. Meanwhile, award winning Toy Barnhaus has opened up in ...
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Canadian Solar Inc. has announced its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has signed a 10MW AC supply agreement with Algonquin Power Co., to provide modules for a utility-scale solar power project in Cornwall, Ont. Construction is ...
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Octopus Investments (Octopus) in partnership with Lightsource Renewable Energy (Lightsource), its dedicated in-house solar development company, has announced that it had successfully secured funding from The Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate ...
UK-based R&R Ice Cream has completed the acquisition of yoomoo, a frozen yogurt brand, for an undisclosed amount. Yoomoo, founded in 2011, is a leading frozen yogurt brand in the UK. The brand has achieved retail sales through ...
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The North American-based Molson Coors Brewing Company through its Molson Coors UK & Ireland has acquired the Franciscan Well craft beer brand and micro-brewery in Cork City, Ireland, for an undisclosed sum. The company is also planning to ...
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A family owned confectionery manufacturer is creating 26 new jobs in Cornwall to meet increased demand for its own-label chocolate and fudge products. Copperpot fudge is exported to the Middle East, the Far East, Canada and Australia ...
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Samworth Brothers’ is building a new food manufacturing facility that will create up to 700 jobs in Leicestershire. Samworth Brothers claims to be the UK’s biggest savoury pastry producer The food manufacturing giant has ...
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UK confectioner County Confectionery has secured funding that it hopes will enable it to double its turnover by increasing production and growing exports. The privately-owned Cornwall-based firm said today (7 January) it aims to double ...
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Cornwall Council leader Alec Robertson has lost a confidence vote and will step down over a controversial proposal to outsource shared council services that has split Cornwall Council. Cornwall Council leader Alec Robertson lost the vote ...
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Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some 38.7bn – was IT outsourcing. It is a sector that adapts to market ...
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BT is trialling a 10Gbps broadband connection to a business in Cornwall in an attempt to future proof its network. The line runs from the Truro exchange in the centre of the county to Arcol's factory in Threemilestone, where the firm ...
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