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Watch: Insider's Business Briefing - 18th September
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17/09/2024
In today's business briefing, Robyn and Stephen discuss the acquisition of a luxury travel firm, a new build to rent development in Manchester and the Yorkshire Dealmakers Awards.
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The acquisition of a luxury travel firm, a new build to rent development in
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Manchester, and the Yorkshire Dealmakers Awards. That's all coming up on today's
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business briefing.
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Hello, I'm Robin Hewson. I'm Stephen Favell. And welcome to today's briefing.
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So Stephen, what's the top story for you today? So yeah, big news in Yorkshire.
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It's the annual Dealmakers Awards shortlist. We've got that announcement
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today. Big day on the corporate finance
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calendar, as you're aware, from the North West.
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So we're celebrating the deals, the firms and the individuals
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that have been key in the sector over the last 12 months. And it's been quite a big
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12 months. We've heard from the deal-making community that
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in spite of things like the cost-of-living crisis, the various sorts
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of economic uncertainty, there's been a lot of activity in the region. So
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we've now had the various suggestions from the
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community and they've been whittled down by our expert judging panel.
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So you can find all the shortlists now on our newly redesigned website
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before we reveal the final winners on the 21st of November at the Royal
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Armouries in Leeds. Fantastic. And we are both from Sheffield,
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so we'll be rooting for the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Dealmakers. Yes, if
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we'll add a little bit of that, a bit of bias, then we'll be there.
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And the Leeds ones, that's okay. So a story from Manchester today
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is about a new build-to-rent development. So this is a sector that's really
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popping off in Manchester at the moment. There's all sorts going on.
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We've actually just done a feature on it in the latest issue, which you'll be
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able to read when that comes out later this month.
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But the latest scheme to be proposed is a 23-story development
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from ZephyrX, who I think are a bit of a new player
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in town. And it's going to include 237 one- and two-bedroom apartments,
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as well as ground floor commercial units, so probably cafes, things like that
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as well, which will be nice. So construction could start later this
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year once planning consent has been achieved.
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And it's going to be in the Great Ducie Street, Green Quarter, Red Bank area, where
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there's quite a lot of development. Yeah, well, we'll keep an eye out for
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that from our office window. Yeah, absolutely. We'll probably see it out there.
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So what else have you seen today? Yeah, so another one of the big stories
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today. We've got the latest financial results for Baker & Baker, which
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is a bakery products company, believe it or not. So they've had a really strong
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year. Revenue's grown by about 12 percent, and
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they've said that, again, it's a better than expected
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performance, again, given things like the cost of living crisis,
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cost inflation, things like that. The company itself
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employs about 1,400 people across the UK. It's got sites in
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Brombo in the northwest, Ashington, Daventry and Bradford,
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so a really major buyer in a lot of areas in the UK.
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During the year, it's completed a number of structural changes
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to help boost productivity. It's also changed its product mix
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and invested in the expansion of its Wirral site, so it's
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done a lot of investing to support that growth.
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It's also launched a new ESG strategy and has set a target of being net zero by
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2040. Oh, exciting times then. And another story
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in the northwest today is about luxury travel, which is always
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exciting. So travel scene has snapped up a
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majority stake in luxury travel firm eShores.
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So eShores are a Manchester-based tour operator who specialise in creating
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tailor-made, long-haul packages. Is that something you'd consider?
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It would. I've just come back from holiday, not long-haul. I was only up in
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Scotland, but certainly something I'd be interested in.
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Oh, lovely. I believe you've got holidays planned as well?
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Yeah, I'm in Corfu in a couple of days, so yeah, nearly there, ready to be on a
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Greek island. But this acquisition for travel scene
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brings about £12 million of turnover and it's the third investment
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they've made in 12 months, so yeah, super acquisitive at the moment.
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And travel scene group is headed by industry expert Jen Atkinson
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and backed by Eritre Capital Partners. So I think that's all we've got time for
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today. If you want to hear any more about any
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of these stories, then you can head to our website insidermedia.com
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and we'll be back tomorrow for more of the top stories from across the UK.
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Goodbye.
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