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Insider News
Monday 20 December 2021

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TOP STORY

Pressure on businesses to react to climate change will have an impact on the Midlands M&A market, a partner at Shakespeare Martineau has told Insider, with the firm also looking to grow its corporate team in response to high activity levels.
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INSIDER FEATURE

The GRG Executive Search team explore issues including tackling unconscious bias, and the journey to unconscious competence.
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DEALS

Engineering company IMI has completed the acquisition of a manufacturer with operations in the US, UK, China and Australia.
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Midlands training organisation BCTG has secured a package of funding worth £845,000 to support 263 people with digital training.
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Mid-market corporate finance house Clearwater International has hailed its performance in 2021 which involved a number of significant hires and growth in deal volume and value across its UK business.
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A West Sussex-based software provider has been acquired by a NASDAQ-listed counterpart.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Cellnex's proposed purchase of telecoms towers from Three owner CK Hutchison would harm competition.
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PROPERTY

A grade A office conversion on the site of Duran Duran's former rehearsal studio in Birmingham city centre has completed.
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A global real estate developer has purchased a £110m Birmingham scheme which involves the construction of the world's tallest pure octagonal residential tower.
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Detailed plans for the construction of more than 200 homes on farmland in Coventry have gained planning permission.
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Coventry Building Society has relocated its Oxford site.
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BUSINESS

Staffordshire is home to a growing cluster of advanced manufacturing, logistics and energy – with a particular emphasis on hydrogen. Already the base for a range of blue chip companies, such as Rolls Royce and Bentley, Staffordshire is leading the way in hydrogen engine innovation, green transport development and the upskilling of labour. Insider's online Engine of the North forum discussed Staffordshire's role in the wider UK economy and what to expect from the future.
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Recruitment specialist Pertemps Network Group has appointed a new group finance director.
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EE is to upgrade 4G coverage in more than 100 rural locations across the West Midlands by June 2024.
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The chief executive of Black Country Living Museum has been appointed as chair of the West Midlands Regional Board for Tourism.
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INSIDER FEATURE

We are experiencing a boom in M&A activity, particularly among SMEs. Valuations in key sectors are at all-time highs; there are more sources of funding available for deals than ever; the options for buyers, investors and sellers on structures are broad. Add to these the huge numbers of sellers and buyers active in the market, and there are near-perfect conditions for 2022 to be a great year for dealmaking.
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OTHER NEWS

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

Work has started on the fit-out of a new enterprise hub providing workspace for more than 20 small businesses in Stafford's Shire Hall.
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A Victorian building that used to contain a canalside bar and restaurant in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter has been sold for £1.5m.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

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