Top 100: Turnover falls but firm announces £40m investment

An expected upturn in key markets failed to happen in 2024, resulting in disappointing results for perhaps Gloucestershire's biggest engineering firms, but there was good news too.

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Major Gloucestershire employer, Cheltenham-headquartered engineering firm Spirax Sarco, has reported a fall in profits.