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Tuesday 12 January 2021

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CEO hails Games Workshop’s “cracking performance”

The chief executive of Nottingham-headquartered Games Workshop has hailed "another cracking performance" as the listed group reported a surge in revenue and pre-tax profits for the first half of its current financial year.
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Business Matters: Never let a good crisis go to waste

These words are attributed to Winston Churchill as he shaped the post-war international system. In the aftermath of the greatest crisis since then, now is the time to reform a tax system that is unsuited to the demands of a 21st century economy, says Iain Wright, a partner at Claritas Tax.
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Deals

Apparel group snaps up counterpart

A Wolverhampton-based apparel personalisation business, which works with the likes of Nike, Adidas and Tesco, has acquired a Nottinghamshire business.
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BGF’s Midlands investments in 2020 reaches £75m

BGF invested £75m into 14 companies across the Midlands in 2020.
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Light tech firm wins part of £90m funding pot

A Derby-based light technology company has secured part of a £90m government investment to support technology to boost agricultural productivity and set food production systems towards net zero emissions by 2040. 
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LDC pledges more Midlands investment

Mid-market investment firm LDC has committed to supporting the growth ambitions of management teams across the Midlands. The firm, which marks its 40th anniversary in 2021, said the private equity industry had a "unique opportunity" to accelerate the UK’s economic recovery in the coming decade.
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Moonpig confirms plans for intended IPO

The company behind online greeting card and gifting platform Moonpig has published a registration document on the London Stock Exchange and confirmed its intention to undertake an initial public offering (IPO).
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£1.4bn injection bolsters easyJet liquidity

easyJet has bolstered its liquidity after securing a new five-year term loan facility of $1.87bn (£1.4bn).
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Car remarketing firm secures funding boost

A vehicle de-fleet and remarketing service has secured a £6.5m facility from Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending.
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Turnaround specialist acquires clothing retailer

A clothing retail chain with stores across the UK has been acquired by turnaround specialist Baaj Capital.
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Business

Key milestone passed at Belvoir Group

Lincolnshire-headquartered property franchise Belvoir Group reached a key milestone at the end of 2020. It has also reported a rise in its revenue and pre-tax profits for the year.
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Profits increase at historic listed law firm

Pre-tax profits increased almost 10 per cent at commercial law firm Gateley during the first half of its financial year, new figures have revealed.
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Revenues steady at Charles Clinkard

Revenues have remained steady at the group behind shoe retailer Charles Clinkard, newly filed results have revealed.
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Property

New consortium lands place on £47bn framework

Leicestershire-headquartered property, construction and infrastructure consultancy Pick Everard's newly launched consortium has won a place on a framework worth an estimated £47bn.
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Duke and Duchess buy shopping centre

A shopping centre in Derbyshire has been snapped up by the group controlled by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire.
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Work starts on employment scheme’s first phase

Work to construct the first phase of a new employment scheme in Long Eaton has started.
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Manufacturing

Turnover slump for aerospace components maker

Turnover at a Derby-headquartered aerospace components maker slumped by about 45 per cent during the first nine months of 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been revealed.
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Jaguar Land Rover’s sales end 2020 on the rise

Sales at Jaguar Land Rover rose for the second quarter in succession at the end of 2020, new figures have confirmed. However, the total is almost 10 per cent down on the same period in 2019.
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