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Laurence and Ben discuss a head office move for TGG, a major appointment at Deloitte in Northern Ireland and results for a luxury yacht maker.

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00:00A head office move for TGG, a major appointment at Deloitte in Northern

00:05Ireland and results for a luxury yacht maker. That's all coming up in today's

00:09Business Briefing.

00:16My name is Lawrence Kilganan. My name is Ben Butler. Well, morning Ben. We're both fans of

00:21White Lotus. Indeed, it's a great series on Sky Atlantic. And for people who haven't seen it,

00:27it's all about sort of hyper rich people. So we feature lots of luxury yachts.

00:32Yes. And on that note, we have the results for the luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker International.

00:39So that last year was bought by investment firms Lionheart Capital and Orienta Capital Partners.

00:46And it's held another year of great improvement in its latest results. So yeah, it was founded in 1969

00:54by brothers Robert and John Braithwaite. And it's reported strong growth in both revenues

00:58and operating profit. Excellent. And whereabouts are they based?

01:02So they're based in Dorset, seven locations in Dorset. They manufacture and sell luxury motor yachts.

01:10And it describes itself as the world's leading brand for luxury performance motor yachts.

01:15Fair enough. Because it's a bit of a hotspot, isn't it, for that industry? Because you've got

01:19Princess Yachts down there. Princess Yachts, Royal Williams Dockyard and around here, not just Dorset,

01:24you've got Plymouth as well. So yeah, I suppose it's building on the UK's sort of rich maritime

01:30history. Yes, indeed. And the company said also in turn that it's driven a significant reduction

01:36to net losses and increased a bit of that. And looking ahead, the management have said it's

01:42confident in the prospects for the company. So a positive set of results there. And you know,

01:47the director is very upbeat for the future as well. Excellent. Well, we'll have to club together

01:51then and maybe buy one. I'm not quite sure how much money you need, but it runs into the millionaires.

01:56A fair bit of cash, I would imagine. Yeah, fair enough. Well, interesting news from the

02:01North West now, where we've got a new head office for Digital Marketing Agency, TGG. Right.

02:08They've taken an entire floor at Foundation, which is a development in Altrincham,

02:14in Greater Manchester, which is being brought forward by Bruntwood, well-known property development.

02:20They do a lot of work with Trafford Council. And Trafford Council, yes. So a great letting for TGG,

02:27gives them space for growth. They're doing really well currently. In fact, one of the projects they

02:33worked on was for a charity established by Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke. Right.

02:37So, you know, it never hurts, never hurts to have big celebrity names attached to your brand. Indeed.

02:42And yeah, so I think the letting is for more than 13,000 square foot of space. So a big letting.

02:49And Altrincham has some good transport links, doesn't it? Fantastic. With the tram and trains and the roads.

02:54Yeah, easily accessible to Manchester itself. And then there's the wider...

02:59Towards Cheshire, et cetera, as well. As well. As we know from our trips to watch the ice hockey there.

03:04Yeah, right near to the centre. Yeah, absolutely. And then you've got news of a sort of a really

03:12interesting project in Swansea and there's been a contractor appointed. Yes. Can you guess that

03:17contractor? Oh, I wouldn't know. One of Wales' oldest construction companies.

03:23You put me on the spot here then, but no, I don't know. You tell me.

03:26So it's Andrew Scott. Oh, yes, of course. Big name there in the industry. It's been selected to

03:31help bring new life to three historic structures in Swansea. So Andrew Scott dates back more than 150

03:38years and it's now planning to start work on site. It's a Swansea Council scheme and it's aiming to

03:43transform the Vivian and Musgrave engine houses and also the VNS number one locomotive shed.

03:50So the business over the coming few months will lead on the final stages of design for the project.

03:55And it's on the site of the former Hafford Moor for copperworks. So there's quite a lot of copperworks

04:01history in Swansea. It's a real kind of heritage site in the city as well.

04:06Well, actually, I think I might be wrong, but Swansea was once the world's largest producer.

04:11Yes, that would make sense really.

04:13And Swansea itself is undergoing a huge revival.

04:16Yes, indeed. In terms of historic buildings being repurposed like this story.

04:20Yes, there's £1 billion regeneration underway in Swansea. So there's lots of other things going on

04:27as well. So this is just part of a wider kind of project. And Andrew Scott was selected in a

04:33competitive tender process. The plan now is to redevelop and restore buildings for new uses

04:39and also to improve access to them. So both the listed buildings, the engine houses will in future

04:45be suitable for a range of uses. So that could include restaurants and cafes and also exhibition

04:50style space and shops. So, you know, really interesting project there. And like I said,

04:56lots going on in Swansea. Well, I'm sure I speak for most when I say that, you know,

04:59I love going to a restaurant which is housed in a sort of interesting old building or even an art

05:04gallery or whatever it may be. Nice to have that kind of historic feel to it.

05:07No, definitely. So yeah, one to look out for. And one to visit when we go to Swansea.

05:13Well, as you know, Ben, major appointments are always popular with us. And we've got news today of

05:19a new Belfast office managing partner at Deloitte in Northern Ireland. So a big, big job.

05:26And that's going to be Marie Doyle is taking over from Jackie Henry, who's actually served in the role

05:32for 12 years. A lot of experience. A big stint. Jackie is continuing with another role in the

05:38business, but it'll be from Marie to lead the 1,300 people they have over there in Northern Ireland.

05:45Big presence. Yeah, absolutely. And you may recall a couple of weeks ago, there was the story about

05:49Deloitte investing in their sort of tech operations. Yeah, so I recall there was one in Cardiff.

05:53Yeah, there was one in Cardiff, maybe Manchester, Edinburgh, but Belfast was also one.

05:56A real kind of, the real presence there in the region. Yeah, and big sort of job creating,

06:01sort of, they've seen in that area which they're going for. And Marie actually leads the tech and

06:08transformation practice in Northern Ireland over there. So yes, it should be interesting to see

06:13where they go to next. Indeed. Best of luck to her. Yes. Well, to read more about the stories we've

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