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shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
Two Shrewsbury-based companies have been fined after a worker fell through a roof during work on a house extension. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Roofrite (Shropshire) Limited was fined £8,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,990 after pleading guilty to three charges of breaching working at height regulations at a hearing at Kidderminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, May 19.
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shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
Shrewsbury marketing agency Reech says its set for an "exciting time ahead" after recording impressive growth figures over the past year. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Over the past 12 months, the Shrewsbury headquartered company has achieved 24% year-on-year growth, launched brand new services, and completed a leadership restructure ahead of expansion plans.
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shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
The company, based on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, has completed the purchase of 15 units in Avonmouth, close to the Prince of Wales Bridge, on the outskirts of Bristol. The latest deal is part of what the company describes as a "long-term investment strategy" which has seen the company increase the number of industrial estates in its property portfolio by 50 per cent with the purchase of three other industrial sites.
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shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
Greenhous Group has opened a new showroom in the former Waitrose building at the top of Pride Hill in Shrewsbury. The company says its newest outlet will provide a dynamic showroom with a constant rotation of featured brands that are part of the Greenhous Group line-up - including its latest available range of vehicles, from traditional petrol and diesel variants to the latest electric cars.
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1 week ago | 
shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
The two-and-a-half acre retail development at Rampart Court Retail Park, on Rampart Way in central Telford, was built in the 1990s and was the original home for office supply chain Staples. Nationwide video store chain Blockbuster also rented the unit to the front of the retail park until the company collapsed in 2013.
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1 week ago | 
expressandstar.com | Mike Sheridan
Meet the finalists in the Express & Star Business Awards - Medium Business of the Year category - ahead of the announcement of the winner on June 5. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565The award, sponsored by Higgs LLP, celebrates outstanding businesses employing between 10 and 200 people.
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1 week ago | 
shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
Drinks firm Montgomery Waters had planned to build a new storage warehouse at its bottling plant in Church Stretton - but planners at Shropshire Council said that it had "not been possible to reach a solution" over risks to groundwater supplies. An outline version of the scheme had been rejected by the council in May 2024 due to the proximity of the development to a groundwater "source protection zone" near the plant, as well as the impact of the development on the Shropshire countryside.
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1 week ago | 
shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
The Stables, on Dale Street in Craven Arms, has lodged plans with Shropshire Council to convert the next-door building into an extension of the premises. The building was formerly in use as the "Cut and Curl" hairdressers business, which closed down around a year ago. This week Tony Davies applied for a change of use from the former hairdressing salon to a "sui generis" extension to the public house, which he says will become a "quieter" seated area for the existing pub premises.
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1 week ago | 
shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
The document, outlining a major building works framework, was lodged on the Government's tender portal this week - and is asking for construction firms to bid for up to £240 million worth of new building projects. The framework will see the successful bidders undertake a series of large-scale construction projects across the borough of Telford and Wrekin, with some individual developments exceeding £120m in value.
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1 week ago | 
shropshirestar.com | Mike Sheridan
Newly promoted AFC Telford United have celebrated their first new signing of the summer, after wrapping up a deal with Telford IT firm Bespoke Computing. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565The company says the sponsorship deal, which will see prominent pitch-side advertising boards displayed at the Seah Stadium in Wellington, reflects its deep-rooted connection to the local community and demonstrates its ongoing commitment to the town.
