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An Italian restaurant group comprising the Tony Macaroni and Nardini’s ice cream cafes has revealed some very ambitious plans for the following year and a half, that include the addition of 20 extra venues and the creation of 300 jobs.

Construction work on the new Holly Lodge Girls’ College in West Derby, Liverpool, is set to start at the end of the week, a brand new report in the local business media has revealed. The new £7m scheme is part of the Liverpool Schools Investment Programme and will see a new main teaching block comprising new humanities classrooms, new arts, music and drama spaces including an activity hall and a new Sixth Form with a central atrium and café area.

Clean Slate, a commercial cleaning company that has been operating for more than 60 years, has decided to relocate to new premises in Derby as part of an ambitious plan to expand further, a news report in the local business media has revealed. The business has relocated from Canal Street in Castleward to larger 7,000 sq ft premises in Raynesway Park Road.

The government has awarded a special £6m grant for supporting the development of the first stages of the new Cambridge Science Park Station, a news report in the local media has revealed.

As part of the Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne announced £1bn of new investment under the Local Infrastructure Fund, which accelerates the delivery of locally supported, large scale housing schemes by investing in upfront works – such as installing utilities or linking to existing road networks – through commercial loans or equity investment.

Machine equipment manufacturer JCB has recently announced some pretty impressive development plans, that will see £150 million invested towards the expansion of its unit Staffordshire and create an additional 2,500 jobs by 2018, which will in turn add a further 7,500 jobs in the UK supply chain, a news report has revealed.

After receiving £6.7m in funding from the Mayor of London ad a part of the Affordable Homes Programme, local housing association, Orbit South, is now able to continue work at the Erith Park project, a media news report has revealed.

New Career Skills Ltd, a provider of plumbing and electric courses, had make around 50 members of staff redundant after going into administration, a new report in the local business media has revealed.

Services delivery company MITIE has managed to secure a £30m contract for implementing energy efficiency improvements across over 2,000 council properties in Southampton over the next 18 months, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

Stepnell Ltd is set to start work on the Sanctuary Group’s latest care development scheme, located in Worcester and worth an estimated £22 million, a news report in the local media has revealed. This project is part of Sanctuary Group’s wider investment in the Worcester area, that will bolster investment in the local construction industry and the creation of jobs and training opportunities.

Building company United House has managed to secure a contract for building a total of 63 new homes in Hammersmith Grove, London, for housing provider Notting Hill Housing Group, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

GreenSquare, one of the UK’s leading residential developers, has just unveiled a £42.5 million new homes development programme in West Oxfordshire, that will see the development of 269 new homes for rent, sale, and shared ownership, supported by around £6m investment from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).