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Monday 17 August 2020

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LDC-backed travel group appoints new CEO

Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered Blue Bay Travel Group, which is backed by LDC, has appointed ABTA chair Alistair Rowland as its new chief executive.
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Business Matters: How to get investment in turbulent times

Ray Harris, MEIF principal at Foresight Group LLP, offers a helpful guide for management teams of SMEs looking for equity investment post pandemic.
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Deals

Gymshark valued at £1bn as US PE firm takes stake

A US private equity firm has taken a significant stake in fitness apparel business Gymshark, which is headquartered in Solihull, in a move that has valued the company at more than £1bn.
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BGF-backed opticians group makes trio of acquisitions

BGF-backed Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists has completed a trio of acquisitions as part of its UK-wide expansion.
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Assa Abloy subsidiary buys documents and ticket readers firm

Investment firm Mobeus has exited a business which develops electronic systems for ID documents and ticket readers with a sale to a US subsidiary of Walsall-headquartered Assa Abloy, the group behind the Chubb and Yale brands.
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Business

Debenhams ‘brings in liquidator’ in contingency move

Debenhams has reportedly brought in Hilco Capital to draw up plans for a possible liquidation process.
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IT provider triples workforce during lockdown

A Stafford-based IT provider has tripled its workforce over the past four months.
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Senior appointments for Midcounties Co-op

A series of senior appointments have been made by The Midcounties Co-operative.
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Property

Go-ahead granted for student flats

Plans have been approved to create 60 student studio apartments in Coventry.
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Green light for new Digbeth apartments

Almost 30 apartments are to be created in a new six-storey building after plans for a site in Birmingham's Digbeth area were approved.
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Office sale and leaseback deal agreed

A newly refurbished Redditch office building has been sold to a local mortgage adviser with a sale and leaseback being agreed with the property’s former owner.
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Manufacturing

Long-serving board member retires

Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered Churchill China has confirmed the retirement of one of its board members who has worked for the business for almost 50 years.
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Bears extend print services partnership

Warwickshire County Cricket Club have renewed their long-standing official print services partnership.
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Office letting agreed in Worcester

Property agency JLL has secured an 8,000 sq ft letting in Worcester to a company involved in risk management and the insurance sector.
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