To fund the factory Wilkin and Sons got permission for 118 homes on its current site off Factory Hill and 126 homes on land off nearby Chapel Road.

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He scored a big advance from Pantheon, using that money to fund a classics factory, of which he is chief executive officer.

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In return for Nicaraguan agricultural goods, Iran is to help fund a farm equipment factory, 4, 000 tractors, five milk-processing plants, a health clinic, 10, 000 houses and a deep-water port.

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The Kunshan government required schools to create businesses to fund themselves, so Song rounded up loans from the teachers to open a factory.

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