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Holloway Biscuit Company to expand its Eastmoor factory, creating 220 jobs

The family-owned baker will add two production lines and a new packing hall, in what it says is the largest single investment in its 94-year history.

Text: Chloé Martin

Companies Asher Valley dairy cooperative builds its own cheese plant Forty-one family farms have pooled €9.5m to turn part of their milk into hard cheese and butter, aiming to earn more per litre than selling it to large processors. Aisha Rahman · 2 min

Companies Pop-up shops push Wrenhaven high-street vacancy rate to a six-year low A scheme offering empty units to start-up traders on short, cheap leases has filled 37 shopfronts, and a third of the tenants have now signed longer contracts. Callum Reid · 2 min

Companies · 10 photos Port cranes and containers: the waterfront face of trade Giant gantry cranes, feeder ships coming alongside and terminals that work through the night. Ruth Abernathy · 1 min

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Companies · 2 min Old Quay coffee roaster triples output and starts exporting Tidewheel Coffee, which began roasting in a converted net loft eight years ago, has moved into a former chandlery and is now sending beans to cafés in three countries. Mei Lin Tan · 20 October 2026, 11:09