Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
View this email online
Please add midlands@insidermedia.com to your address book
West Midlands
Insider News
Friday 13 May 2022

LATEST NEWS

TOP STORY

A distributor of decorative surfaces, which generated revenues in excess of £120m in 2021, has undergone a private equity-backed management buyout from Saint-Gobain, a listed multinational based in France.
Read More

INSIDER FEATURE

Alex Trevor, vice president of Alantra, says there’s a great buzz from helping founders realise the best possible value and terms for their business when it’s sold. But there are two sides to a deal. So what about working on the buy-side?
Read More

DEALS

Upperton Pharma Solutions, a Nottingham-based specialist contract development and manufacturing organisation, securing private equity investment from Inflexion has been named as the Deal of the Month for April.
Read More
A company behind a dry powder coating technology - which it says "makes the unmanufacturable manufacturable" - has completed a £1m funding round led by DSW Ventures.
Read More
A deal has been agreed for the acquisition of a Staffordshire-based gas business.
Read More
Mercia Asset Management has confirmed that its first Knowledge-Intensive and annual Enterprise Investment Scheme funds have raised a combined total of £20m in new capital during the past year.
Read More

PROPERTY

Proposals to transform a vacant foundry site in Tipton to provide a major waste management facility have been approved.
Read More
The Regency Hotel in Solihull has been acquired by a company which operates a number of venues across the West Midlands.
Read More
Moorfield Group has sold a pair of purpose-built student accommodation schemes totalling 789 beds – on behalf of its Moorfield Real Estate Fund III and Moorfield Real Estate Fund IV – to a joint venture established between Ares Management funds and Generation Partners LLP.
Read More
Centrick has been instructed to market three multimillion-pound residential developments in Birmingham city centre.
Read More
A new Starbucks store has opened in Wolverhampton city centre following a deal with Hortons' Estate Ltd.
Read More
Plans for a major commercial project expected to create hundreds of jobs in Tipton have been deferred for a third time.
Read More
Property investor and developer Bruntwood has purchased a stake in a new co-operative owned wind farm, which will supply energy to its properties.
Read More

BUSINESS

A high-powered panel, including leaders from four of the country's best known brands, have been assembled for an Insider event on the biggest single issue facing almost every company – developing the workforce.
Read More
The number of permanent placements rose at their softest pace for seven months during April, according to the latest research.
Read More
The chief executive of Secure Trust Bank has said he is "pleased" with the company's performance during its first quarter after a surge in new business lending.
Read More
Tilney Smith & Williamson has "continued to perform well" during Q1, according to its chief executive, despite a more challenging market backdrop.
Read More
Video game developer Sumo Group has joined the Playing for the Planet Alliance, a collective effort by the industry to reduce its carbon footprint and integrate environmental activations into games.
Read More

MANUFACTURING

Jaguar Land Rover has posted pre-tax losses of more than £400m for the 2021/22 fiscal year due to the impact of the global chip shortage. However, the group's chief executive said that he is "encouraged" by a record order book.
Read More

OTHER NEWS

MEMBER NEWS

Shropshire construction firm Pave Aways has made a trio of appointments to support its growth.
Read More
A café has launched at an established trading estate in Bromsgrove following a deal brokered by Whittle Jones.
Read More

UPCOMING EVENTS

SERVICES & GUIDES

Find an adviser to help you buy, sell or invest in a business.
Read More
The region's top places to hold events, conferences and meetings.
Read More
The region's top hotels and accommodation.
Read More
Newsco Insider Limited
Boulton House, 17-21 Chorlton Street, Manchester M1 3HY
Registered in England and Wales: 02709518
You are receiving this email because you subscribed on our website.
Unsubscribe | Email Preferences