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Friday 10 December 2021

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Homeware retailer Dunelm has agreed and signed a £185m sustainability-linked unsecured revolving credit facility (RCF).
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INSIDER FEATURE

Paul Edmeades, asset based lending director at Independent Growth Finance (IGF), explains why creativity, certainty of delivery and speed of execution remain key attributes when selecting a funding partner.
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DEALS

A national firm has snapped up Bray & Bray's criminal law practice in Leicester.
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Beechbrook Capital has achieved a first close on its third UK SME focused fund, raising £120m, including the fund and separately managed account commitments.
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Pivotal Growth, a joint venture established by LSL Property Services and Pollen Street Capital to "buy and build" a national mortgage broker powered by technology, has said it is currently discussing a "significant number of other potential opportunities" after completing its first acquisition.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Alexeis Garcia-Perez, professor of management information systems at Coventry University's Centre for Business in Society, considers the role that the people within a business can play to protect them from cyber-attacks.
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In a day and age where huge corporations race to announce their own future constructs of a metaverse, Gowling WLG partner David Brennan takes a look at the ethical implications these new, parallel universes will have on society and how to ensure that such "worlds" are kept safe.
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PROPERTY

Detailed plans for a unit of almost 260,000 sq ft at an established warehousing and logistics centre in Leicestershire have been approved.
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Student accommodation proposals for the site a historic former school in Nottingham have been green lit.
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An application proposing the construction of more than 80 homes on a greenfield site in Lincolnshire looks set to be backed by the council.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Richard Harden, CEO of British manufacturing firm Stuart Turner, discusses how a private equity partnership is helping to realise his ambitions.
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Mark Wilcockson, from British Business Bank, looks at how MEIF is helping smaller businesses fulfill big ambitions in the Midlands.
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BUSINESS

Ambitious entrepreneurs must admit to personal weaknesses and focus on building a team if their companies are to become investment-ready, a panel of leaders of fast-growth businesses has advised.
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Permanent starting salaries and hourly wages for temporary staff increased at a record rate in the Midlands during November, according to new research.
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Continued strong demand has underpinned an increase in revenue and pre-tax profits at luxury retailer Watches of Switzerland Group during the first half of its financial year.
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The chief executive of legal and business services provider DWF has hailed "a compelling step-change in profitability" in its latest half year financial results.
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MANUFACTURING

A joint venture has been awarded contracts from HS2 to build high-speed trains - capable of speeds of up to 225mph - at factories in Derby, County Durham and Crewe in a deal set to support 2,500 jobs across the UK.
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OTHER NEWS

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Derby-headquartered Rolls-Royce has appointed a new non-executive director.
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