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In today's business briefing: Phil and Robyn discuss an American takeover of a Manchester company, the UK's first 100% BREEAM score in Oxford and the most exciting companies in the South West.

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00:00A restaurant opening in Belfast, the sale of a customer acquisition and retention specialist,

00:05the U.K.'s first 100% Bre-Am scheme and the most exciting companies in the Southwest.

00:11Welcome to this morning's Insider Business Briefing.

00:15Well, hi, I'm Phil Cunliffe.

00:21And I'm Robin Hewson.

00:22And we're together looking at some of the big stories in our newsletters across the

00:27U.K. this morning.

00:28I'm going to start off in Northern Ireland, if I can, Robin.

00:33I have exciting news for all diners in Belfast.

00:36The Ivy Collection's highly anticipated Belfast Brasserie will open its doors at Cleaver

00:42House on Donegal Square North.

00:44I don't know whether you've been to any of the Ivy restaurants.

00:46I haven't been to the Manchester one, but no, not Belfast, so obviously I have a trip

00:50over.

00:51Not Belfast, well, I haven't either.

00:52But it's going to be opening on Tuesday, the 17th of September.

00:56The restaurant is set across two floors of the historic Cleaver House, and it will accommodate

01:02approximately 188 guests, boasting interiors displaying vibrant artwork and floral displays.

01:09So it's also obviously have great views of Belfast City Hall as well.

01:15The Belfast Brasserie will be the Ivy's first full-service brasserie in Northern Ireland

01:21and only its second on the island of Ireland.

01:23So really exciting news for all diners.

01:27So get your bookings in now.

01:28So Robin, what have you got for us this morning?

01:31So one from the Northwest today is about Manchester-based tech company Intelling, which has been acquired

01:36by a U.S. company.

01:38So U.S. group StarTech has acquired the Customer Acquisition and Retention Specialist to expand

01:43its U.K. footprint and its service portfolio.

01:46So Intelling was founded in 2012, and they help blue-chip companies across the U.K.,

01:52South Africa, and India with these campaigns that are helping with acquisition and management

01:59of customers.

02:00So Intelling's founder, Phil Morgan, is going to continue to lead the business, supported

02:04by senior members of staff.

02:07Interesting for another U.S. company coming over to acquire a company like that.

02:11Yeah, definitely a bit of a trend there.

02:13Yeah, absolutely.

02:14Well, down in the Southeast, we're reporting on the U.K.'s first-ever 100% score on a

02:20BREEAM Outstanding Certificate, which has been awarded to property companies Renbridge

02:24and Baclouche for the NOVA science scheme in Oxford.

02:29The BREEAM Outstanding Certification demonstrates the commitment of all parties to bringing

02:35forward a highly sustainable development.

02:38The scheme is strategically positioned in a prime location, close to two of Oxford's

02:45most influential science areas, that's the Oxford Science Park and the Ark, Oxford.

02:51So really interesting, 100% scoring on a BREEAM, which is really amazing.

02:56Yeah, I think we've heard a lot about BREEAM over the last couple of years in the property

02:59world, and a lot of Northwest schemes going for it as well.

03:02So interestingly, we've been picked to the post on the first Outstanding, but I'm sure

03:07they'll be going for a second and third place now.

03:09Absolutely.

03:10So we've got another story today from the Southwest, and I'm going to hand over to our

03:14Southwest editor, Chris Ward, to share more details.

03:17Thanks, guys.

03:19I'm here in sunny Bristol, on the rooftop of Southwest Business Insider HQ.

03:25And I've just returned from a roundtable discussion with a select group of our most exciting companies

03:29for 2024, which we officially announced yesterday, and for which is the focus of our October

03:35issue of the magazine in the Southwest.

03:37So what is Most Exciting Companies?

03:39Well, this is a list we pull together every five years in the magazine, highlighting the

03:4350 businesses we deem most innovative and most likely to grow significantly in the coming

03:48five years.

03:49It's been judged by a panel of experts, and we're pleased that we can finally announce

03:53the companies that have been selected for 2024.

03:56Companies that include Insilitech.

03:59So this is a spin out from Bath, and based here in Bristol, in an incubator called Science

04:03Creates.

04:04And their founder is the inspirational Dr. Selsa Barver, who is the focus of the cover

04:09of our magazine.

04:10He's developed technology that could potentially remove the need to store and transport vaccines

04:15at incredibly low temperatures.

04:17The company is in the phase of scaling up to commercialise what could be globally transformative

04:22tech for people all over the world, and their access to vaccines.

04:26The Most Exciting Companies list is not all Bristol based.

04:29We've got companies like Kenza Group, a Cornish ground source heat pump firm that's had huge

04:33investment from Legal & General and Octopus Group, with a bid of getting heat pumps into

04:38millions of UK homes over the coming years.

04:41There's Exeter's VX3 Sportswear, that's produced sportswear for premiership football and rugby

04:45teams.

04:46And Skybourne, a Cheltenham based firm that's training the next generation of airline pilots.

04:52Too many companies to discuss here, but that's why you need to get a copy of Southwest's

04:59Business Insider for yourselves.

05:00Lots of variety, lots of excitement around this announcement in our October issue.

05:04Some links in the blurb, I believe.

05:06Back to you guys.

05:08Exciting times there from Southwest.

05:09Very much.

05:10Some amazing companies, I'm sure, in the Southwest.

05:12Absolutely.

05:13So, I'm afraid that's all we've got time for today.

05:15To find out more about any of the stories that we've mentioned, you can head to insidermedia.com.

05:20And we'll be back tomorrow with more of the top business stories from across the UK.

05:24We shall.

05:25Have a good day.

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