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Wednesday 15 July 2020

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Construction giant’s turnover passes £1bn mark

Turnover at a Derbyshire-headquartered construction company that has worked on projects such as MediaCityUK, St George's Park and Warner Bros Studios passed the £1bn-mark during its latest financial year.
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Business Matters: Office safety after lockdown

Lucy Cheatham, head of marketing at HIVE360, looks at how offices will need to prepare after lockdown.
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Deals

Cazoo swoops for car supermarket group

Online car retailer Cazoo has acquired a car supermarket group with 18 sites across the UK.
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Lenders pass latest coronavirus landmark

Lenders have approved £46.3bn to more than 1.1 million businesses so far through the three major UK government-backed lending schemes, according to new figures.
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Virgin Atlantic reaches milestone on £1.2bn recapitalisation plan

Virgin Atlantic has reached a milestone on a £1.2bn recapitalisation as the airline and holiday business positions itself for a post-Covid future.
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Talking Point: Encore-managed block among first in the country to benefit from ACM Cladding Remediation Fund

Tom Hopson, associate director of Encore Estate Mangement, talks about the importance of the removal and replacement of ACM cladding and the government's new Building Safety Programme.
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Business

Online booms as Dunelm’s store sales slide

Dunelm's online sales boomed in the final quarter of its financial year while the performance of the Leicestershire-headquartered company's stores was hit by the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Wilko appoints first permanent female CFO

Nottinghamshire-headquartered retail giant Wilko has appointed a new group chief financial officer (CFO). She is the company's first permanent female CFO and the first permanent female holding board director from outside of the Wilkinson family.
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Turnover passes milestone at acquisitive machinery seller

Turnover jumped by £20m and passed the £100m-mark at an acquisitive machinery seller during its latest financial year, new documents show.
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Battery storage planning legislations to be relaxed

Planning legislations are set to be relaxed in a bid to make it easier to construct large batteries to store renewable energy from solar and wind farms across the UK.
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Burberry “encouraged” despite drop in sales

Burberry has recorded a further drop in sales in the first quarter of the financial year but the luxury fashion brand said it was "encouraged by the improving trends in all regions".
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Property

Listed group takes major space at landmark site

A FTSE-100 specialist international distribution and services group has become the first company to take space at SEGRO's major industrial and warehouse development in Kettering.
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Major student scheme earmarked for office building

Revised plans to completly transform an office building in Leicester into a major student scheme have been published.
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Bid to create 400 jobs approved

Permission has been granted for a major employment site near Lincoln which could create more than 400 jobs.
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£45m venue key to revitalising Derby - council CEO

The chief executive of Derby City Council has said a planned £45m performance venue is key to revitalising the area.
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Company’s expansion plans tipped for green light

A company's plans to double its presence in a Lincolnshire town have been recommended for approval.
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Go-ahead expected for town’s new supermarket

A new Aldi supermarket could be constructed in Grantham after the go-ahead was tipped.
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Distribution arm gets permission to expand base

The distribution arm of a specialist food and drink logistics provider, which counts the likes of Jägermeister, Alpro and Tyrrells as customers, has secured permission to extend its Leicestershire base.
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Refusal recommended for almost 80 homes

A proposal for almost 80 homes earmarked for a Lincolnshire site has been recommended for refusal.
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Manufacturing

CEMEX to mothball plant and cut 110 jobs

About 110 jobs are set to be cut at a building materials supplier, which is poised for its UK assets to be acquired by Breedon for £178m, as it confirmed its intention to mothball a north Lincolnshire plant.
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Results rise expected for global pharma firm

Global pharmaceutical and services company Clinigen, which is headquartered in Burton-upon-Trent, has said it expects its revenue to jump when it announces its full-year results.
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New board member hired by Next

Retail giant Next, which is headquartered on the outskirts of Leicester, has appointed a new board member.
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