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Plantforce Rentals saves Hinkley C project from stalling


Plantforce Rentals, a supplier of plant hire machinery to the construction and energy industries, will take on all of Hawk Plant’s site-based machinery, contracts and infrastructure. 
 
This will enable work to continue on the Hinkley C project, and it will ensure the safety of almost 100 jobs. 
 
The chief executive of Plantforce, Claire Trott, emphasise the importance of the transition having minimal impact on the Hinkley C work.
 
She said, "Hinkley C is a strategically significant project a

Bill Kenwright Ltd theatre company obtains warehouse storage facility


Bill Kenwright Ltd, a theatre production company known for such well-known West End musicals as Blood Brothers, Whistle Down the Wind, and the tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, has bought the Rygor Building, a warehouse in Westbury. 

The long leasehold was sold by Carter Jonas, the national property consultancy, on behalf of HE Rygor & Sons. The warehouse building is self-contained. It has been part-converted into office space, and also comes with a secure yard. 

Devon hotel sold to new owners


A hotel in Ilfacombe, Devon, formerly called Crescent House and now known as The Habit, has been sold. 

CarShop expansion into Bristol business park


CarShop, one of the UK’s biggest car supermarket businesses and part of the Leicester-based Sytner Group, will be opening a new retail premises at the Horizon38 business park on the A38 in Filton, Bristol. 
 
The 7.3-acre site will hold a £15m sales and service retail operation, creating 80 new jobs.