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Tuesday 22 March 2022

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LED lighting maker Luceco has expanded with the acquisition of an electric vehicle charging point business in a deal worth £10m. The news follows the listed company reporting revenue close to the £230m mark for its latest financial year.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Protecting trade marks overseas is crucial for businesses that trade internationally. Trade mark attorney David Gwillliam provides some top tips on protecting your trade mark overseas.
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DEALS

A pair of dance schools have merged with the aim of launching a new organisation.
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Clearwater International has advised a manufacturer of water filtration products on its £12m investment from BGF.
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A care home operator is targeting growth after securing investment from an affiliate of HIG Capital.
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Automotive marketplace Auto Trader Group has agreed to acquire one of the UK's largest transactional marketplaces for leasing new vehicles in a deal worth up to £200m. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.
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The UK building products and services sector experienced a more than 50 per cent increase in deal activity during 2021, according to new figures from BDO.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Lindsey Beech and Tom Heaton from Pegasus says the potential impacts of climate change, and the need to become more resilient to those impacts, are well documented, as are the worldwide biodiversity losses and overall decline in health of our natural environment.
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Clare Lang from mfg Solicitors LLP says the government's powers on national security and infrastructure investment have been a topic of discussion for many years. Eventually, in 2017, it was decided that those powers needed streamlining.
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PROPERTY

Details have been revealed of a proposed residential-led scheme aiming to provide almost 400 homes and new commercial space in Smethwick.
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A Birmingham-headquartered property investment company has reported a return to pre-tax profit for a financial year in which it completed 15 disposals.
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Law firm Devonshires has expanded with the opening of an office in Birmingham in a bid to better serve its Midlands client base.
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A refurbished industrial estate in Brierley Hill has become fully occupied following a pair of deals.
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The first CGIs of a canalside residential development in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter have been released.
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ERS Medical has completed the letting of a commercial building at Shrewsbury's Battlefield Enterprise Park.
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Walsall-based Barhale has been appointed to a major supplier contract at London's HS2 Euston station.
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BUSINESS

Unity Trust Bank has reported a record year of lending across the Midlands despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Listed law firm Knights has said that the continued impact of Omicron and other "macro conditions" have slowed the group's growth during the second half of its financial year.
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West Midlands businesses have called on the Chancellor to provide support over rising prices and energy costs, according to a new survey conducted by Lloyds Bank ahead of the Spring Statement.
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Birmingham-headquartered national debt investor Frontier Development Capital has welcomed a trio of new faces to its team after a record 2021 when it approved almost £100m in deals. 
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OTHER NEWS

MEMBER NEWS

Solihull-based housebuilder Hayfield has started work on a £25m development in a Bedfordshire village.
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Residential agent Harris Lamb has been appointed to market a freehold land parcel close to Evesham town centre.
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