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Plans for a major new mixed-use regeneration scheme that aims to transform a derelict brownfield site near Ashford town centre in a new residential area have been approved, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The brownfield parcel of land was previously occupied by Powergen in the 1990s and has lain derelict for more than a decade.

Building work has recently started on a new £11m headquarters and manufacturing facility in Surrey that is set to house the future operations of manufacturer Vision Engineering, a recent news report has been able to suggest.

Plans to build a new 100,000 sq ft of distribution space at a cost of £20m on a four-acre site in Crawley have recently been put forward, a news report suggests.

Up to 30 jobs have been saved after a long-established estate agency business in Hampshire has been bought out of administration, a local business news report has been able to reveal. Penyards Estate Agents has been trading since 1988 and has nine branches across Hampshire and the New Forest.

Multiple jobs have been saved after a marine construction and civil engineering business with operations in Kent has been acquired out of administration, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A total of 74 members of staff at a Kent-based bakery ingredients wholesaler have been made redundant after the company ceased trading and entered administration, a news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

The first phase of an extensive redevelopment plan that will see a Southampton housing estate being replaced with hundreds of new homes has been given the green light by local councillors, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

A specialist laundry business has revealed plans to open a linen laundry in Slough, creating more than 200 new jobs, a business report suggests.

A business outsourcing company will create more than 200 new jobs in Slough after securing a long-term partnership with the BMW Group in the UK and Ireland, a news report has been able to find.

One of the UK’s largest construction and development companies has purchased a new six-acre industrial site in Basingstoke with the aim of developing a new speculative development, a recent news report in the local business media has found.

A Kent-based fruit grower has revealed plans to ecruit 500 seasonal workers for the 2016 harvest, based largely in Medway and Swale, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

A new £30m hospital has been officially opened in Ashford, creating more than 90 new specialist jobs, a recent news report in the local media has found.