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Tuesday 18 January 2022

LATEST NEWS

 

TOP STORY

A Walsall-based infrastructure firm which works with the likes of Network Rail, Anglian Water, Transport for London and Yorkshire Water has secured an £11m refinance to fund its future growth plans.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Simon Peacock, partner at Alantra, looks at five things sellers should avoid in M&A when the Covid tide goes out.
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DEALS

Tornado Group Ltd, a provider of premium branded animal fencing products, has been acquired by an investment company based in Sweden.
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Growth capital investor BGF invested more than £100m in the Midlands during 2021, which was also a record period for exits.
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A clean energy business has received a £250,000 loan to scale up its operations.
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Palatine-backed Suntera Global has made a key acquisition, further enhancing its presence in the Channel Islands.
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INSIDER FEATURE

One in five people regard housing issues as negatively impacting their mental health. How do we keep up with construction, consider net zero and solve the upscaling problem? Neil Gosling, head of residential development at Shakespeare Martineau, offers his advice.
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Clare Lang from mfg Solicitors says many buyers structure their purchases of businesses and companies with part of the purchase price being deferred. This is often used as a method of bridging the gap between sellers' – perhaps unrealistic - price expectations, and buyers' views on valuation. Many sellers' price expectations were formed prior to Covid-19 and it is often difficult for buyers to encourage a departure. This has left buyers seeking more inventive ways of satisfying valuation differences.
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PROPERTY

A partnership between a real estate investment manager and a residential developer has acquired Birmingham's 2 Snow Hill Plaza with the intention of bringing forward a build-to-rent scheme.
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Urban Village Group has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of a developments director.
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Forbidden Planet, a chain of comic book stores, has greed a deal for a site in Wolverhampton.
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A speciality chicken wings restaurant and takeaway is to create 20 jobs in Birmingham when it opens in March.
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Industrial sector growth has led to Avison Young bolstering its Midlands team.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Digital transformation is the integration of digital technology into all areas of a business, including its operations and delivery of services to customers. So how will this affect your business? David Brennan from Gowling WLG sets out a digital transformation roadmap, which provides an insight into how companies can alter business models transforming their strategy, to prepare them for the future.
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BUSINESS

Mid-market private equity firm LDC has revealed new regional heads for the Midlands.
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A Wolverhampton-based training provider is ramping up activities to help the rail sector meet an anticipated shortfall in staff.
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ScanTech Digital, a reality capture and digital twin specialist, has named its new managing director.
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Aldi has invested an extra £1.6bn with British suppliers since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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CSS Assure, a Birmingham-headquartered cyber security firm, has appointed a head of information security.
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Nursery and childrenswear retailer Mamas & Papas grew sales by almost a third in the run-up to Christmas, supporting a turnaround in the retailer's results for the year.
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MANUFACTURING

A West Midlands manufacturing group with operations across four continents grew its pre-tax profits during its latest financial year.
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OTHER NEWS

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

The NEC Group has revealed a contract expansion with Anna Valley as part of the company's Preferred Supplier Programme. 
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Stairlift specialist Snowdrop Independent Living has strengthened its sales capabilities in the Midlands with a fresh appointment.
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