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Thursday 10 September 2020

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Dunelm “emerging stronger” from pandemic

Homewares giant Dunelm, which is headquartered in Leicestershire, has said it is "emerging stronger" from the pandemic despite a fall in both its revenue and pre-tax profits for its latest financial year.
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Business Matters: Innovation for the crisis and beyond

Nicholas Ferrar, director and patent attorney at Adamson Jones IP Ltd, says a longer-term commitment to innovation will help businesses thrive, not just survive.
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More than £12m helps businesses through pandemic

More than £12m has been paid out by an East Midlands council in government-funded grants to in excess of 1,000 businesses to support them during the Covid-19 pandemic.  
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Funding which helped firm survive lockdown revealed

Funding which helped a Leicestershire business specialising in the supply and distribution of vehicle parts through the height of the Covid-19 pandemic has been revealed.
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Luxury group to issue sustainability bond

Luxury company Burberry Group is to issue a sustainability bond which will be used to finance eligible projects.
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Advisers named on commercial compaction business deal

Derby advisers have been revealed for a deal which saw the collections division of waste management giant Biffa has bought Ward's commercial compaction business.
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Business Matters: Time to Tax?

Clare Clifford, head of tax, East & South Midlands at Azets, talks about the possible reforms in tax and who will bear the burden of the circa £300bn missing from the treasure chest, which is the estimate of the overall public finance cost of COVID according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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Business

Appointment made by corporate finance firm

A Nottingham-based corporate finance firm has made a new hire from Cooper Parry.
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Games Workshop’s trading ahead of expectations

Nottingham-headquartered Games Workshop has said its trading over the latest three months has been ahead of the board's expectations.
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New hire for virtual agency

A virtual agency has hired a new regional director for the East Midlands to support businesses.
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Guide highlights West Yorkshire investment opportunities

The strongest business sectors and best investment opportunities in West Yorkshire are detailed in a new Insider guide.  
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Morrisons boss hails pandemic response as Covid hits profits

The chief executive of Morrisons has hailed the way the supermarket giant's workforce stepped up to the challenges presented by Covid-19, although costs of more than £150m associated with the pandemic led to statutory pre-tax profit dropping by more than a quarter.
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Gambling group looks to rebuild revenues

The company behind Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca is beginning to "successfully emerge" from the challenges presented by the lockdown as it looks to rebuild revenues.
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Business Matters: How can creatives proactively plan now for success in a post-Covid world?

Mehjabeen Patrick, from Creative England & Creative Industries Federation, offers her advice on how creatives can proactively plan now for success in a post-Covid world.
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Property

Quarry extension plans voted through

A bid to extend a Nottinghamshire quarry by 90 acres has been approved.
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Building for growth: share your views

Our latest survey hopes to explore how the Midlands' property and construction sectors manage their greatest challenges.
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Flats tipped for vacant school

Proposals to convert a former school into almost 20 new apartments in Leicester have been unveiled.
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Lending partnership set up to support SME developers

Homes England has entered into a seven-year partnership with Invest & Fund, a development finance lending platform, to increase the amount of finance available to SME developers.
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Manufacturing

“Unprecedented challenges” force Forterra into the red

"Unprecedented challenges" forced listed building products manufacturer Forterra to make a pre-tax loss during the first half of its financial year. However, the company said that trading since emerging from lockdown through to the end of August has "exceeded management expectations".
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SME programme receives £6m extension

A £6m extension has been granted to a programme to help small manufacturing companies in the East and West Midlands.
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New Covid testing device launches

A Covid-19 screening device which gives results within 20 seconds has been launched.
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New company secretary for nmcn

Nottinghamshire-headquartered construction firm nmcn has appointed a new company secretary.
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