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A development scheme that will see up to 2,400 new homes being built on a former army site in Hampshire has received planning permission from the local authority, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A tech company that provides IT infrastructure to public and private sector customers will build a new, bespoke headquarters in Reading and create up to 80 new jobs after securing the necessary funding for these ambitious projects, a news report has been able to reveal.

An insurance broker has almost doubled the size of their Reading office since opening in May 2012, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

An Aldermaston-based retailer of construction and earth-moving equipment is set to expand its operations and create new jobs after securing £1.3m in funding, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A vehicle hire company has launched a new branch in Brighton, creating several new jobs in the process, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A Segensworth-based filtration business has opened a new 42,000 sq ft base in New Milton, Hampshire and created 20 new jobs after securing a £3.5m investment, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Construction work has begun on a new speculative office development in Slough that, when completed, will offer businesses rental opportunities either as a whole or on a floor by floor basis from 22,339 sq ft.

A total of 350 jobs have been lost as a £200m-turnover construction group in Surrey entered into administration, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

More than 60 jobs have been saved following a rescue deal at engineering group Dytecna, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Around 233 members of staff were made redundant as Kent-based newsprint paper manufacturer Aylesford Newsprint was forced into administration, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

The first phase of a plan to transform a 300-acre site in Kent into the UK’s first sustainable business park has received planning permission, with work due to start this spring, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

Creating a comprehensive programme designed to tackle the housing crisis across the South East could lead to a £440m boost to the region’s economy as well as create more than 8,000 full-time jobs, the National Housing Federation has claimed recently. The South East needs to build 8,700 affordable homes per year to keep pace with demand, representatives for the organization said.