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Wednesday 22 December 2021

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UK Commercial Property REIT has strengthened its industrial and logistics portfolio with the £94m acquisition of a business park in Leamington Spa. The site is home to one of the two UK 'Megalabs' which is set to help create thousands of jobs.
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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

Warwick-based Telent, a specialist in the design, build, support and management of the UK's critical digital infrastructure, has expanded with the acquisition of a technology services company.
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The corporate and commercial team at law firm Lodders has completed a record £50m of deals since August 2021.
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Schroders has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in one of Europe's largest renewable infrastructure managers for an initial £358m.
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Legal and business services provider DWF has advised on a number of equity capital markets deals in the last week as heightened activity levels continue apace.  
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PROPERTY

Hundreds of homes have been proposed for the site of a former high school in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Bond Wolfe, a livestreamed property auctions business, has recorded an almost 60 per cent rise in annual revenues in 2021.
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Property and construction consultancy Henry Riley is to relocate its Birmingham office.
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Plans have been submitted for the development of specialist retirement accommodation next to a cinema in Sutton Coldfield.
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BUSINESS

Midlands businesses remain upbeat despite an overall drop in confidence, according to new figures.
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Pre-tax profits increased at a Tamworth-headquartered managed IT service provider, whose clients include Pepsi, Topshop, Selfridges and Britvic, during its latest financial year.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £1bn support fund that will be available for businesses who have been most impacted by the Omicron variant.
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National law firm Freeths has hailed its team after reporting an increase in pre-tax profits despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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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

West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has received an additional £1.1m of funding from the UK Government to roll out nine more digital skills bootcamps across the region.  
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The first residents are set to move into a new housing development in Shirley.
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