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Puxton Park set for expansion, will also create 30 new jobs


Visitor attraction Puxton Park, set in North Somerset, has revealed new plans for expansion, following which it might create up to 30 new jobs in the area, a news report on the matter has revealed.

The attraction, set in the village of Hewish, has applied to the for planning permission with North Somerset Council to create two new buildings, whose main purpose will be to allow it to produce cheese and ice cream using milk coming from its own cows.

Aldi set to redevelop former prison site into supermarket and student flats


Supermarket chain Aldi has put forward plans to redevelop the site of a former Plymouth prison into a retail unit and student flats, a move that will also create 11 full time and 22 part time jobs.

Set on the site of the former Greenbank Prison, the scheme would involve the demolition of the existing former laundry, which was built in the 1900s and rebuilt after World War II, and the conversion of the grade II-listed former Greenbank Prison.

Company gets hefty fine over work-related incident


Quickmach Engineering Pressings in Cinderford received a serious fine after one of its workers was involved in a very serious work-related incident, following which he almost lost a finger.

New Cheltenham building scheme manages to secure required funding


Marcus Homes, a Cheltenham-based residential developer, has managed to secure the necessary funding from Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking for its development of four properties in the town.

According to a report in the local media, the new housing scheme, called Tivoli Villas, will make use of the £1.5m obtained from Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking.

The company has taken on two full-time staff, working with sub-contracted architects and tradesman, as part of the project.

39 new affordable properties set to be built in Bristol under 2 new development schemes


Property developers Knightstone Housing and Lovell have joined forces in order to work on two new housing developments in Bristol that will see 39 new affordable properties for rent become available.

As a news report on this matter reveals, the first site is actually on the location of the former elderly persons’ home Gleeson, at Goffenton Drive in Oldbury. This £2.3m development will include 19 houses and six flats and is set for completion in May 2014.

Tulip set to make 150 members of staff redundant


Meat products’ manufacturer Tulip is set to make up to 150 employees redundant after failing to secure a contract, a news report reveals.

The company, which owns the Spam, Danepak bacon and Stagg brands, will have to let people go at all three of its manufacturing sites, located in Bodmin, Boston in Lincolnshire and King’s Lynn in Norfolk, but vows to try and relocate as many as workers as possible.

225,000 sq ft Plymouth Enterprise Park (PEP) now open


The South West-focused commercial developer London and Devonshire Trust (LDT) have just officially launched a new 22-acre business park in a former brownfield near Plymouth.

According to a news report in the local media, the Plymouth Enterprise Park (PEP) is located in an area that previously housed a manufacturing facility and offers both industrial and business space with Fulcrum Power also proposing to build a generation facility at the site.