Wednesday 10 February 2021 |
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Latest News | Plans have been submitted to transform a retail site in Sutton Coldfield into a £20m mixed retail and residential destination. Read More… |
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In this blog, Carl Mifflin, head of restructuring and insolvency at Howes Percival Solictors, examines how investment fraud has thrived in recent years, highlights how economic uncertainty provides a breeding ground for fraudsters and identifies some of the key ways to avoid falling victim to investment fraud. Read More… |
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A Stourbridge company aiming to be a connected digital toolkit for creating more effective charity fundraising challenges has closed its crowdfunding campaign after smashing its target. Read More… |
A Nasdaq-listed natural products company selling a fruit business in Northamptonshire to a Warwickshire-based private equity firm has been named as the Deal of the Month for January. Read More… |
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As the culmination of its series of roundtable events, Insider gathered stakeholders from Yorkshire, the North West, the Midlands, the South East and from Northern Ireland to discuss how these collaborations could evolve and paint the national picture from a local perspective. Read More… |
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Brexit and Covid could be the opportunities businesses need to start trading worldwide – once they become used to the red tape that now stifles exports to Europe, according to an expert. Read More… |
Turnover at the owner of an electrical products wholesaler with almost 400 branches across the UK has surged past the £600m mark. Read More… |
A new training and employment programme is set to give more than 200 people in and around Birmingham the opportunity to retrain and secure full-time work. Read More… |
Burton-upon-Trent-based Northbridge Industrial Services has said that the company experienced a "marked improvement" in trading during the second half of 2020. Read More… |
The chief executive of homewares retailer Dunelm has hailed his company's "strong performance" after reporting a surge in sales and profits in new interim results. Read More… |
The number of used cars being registered in the UK dropped by almost 15 per cent in 2020, according to new figures. Read More… |
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Plans to give Aldridge its own railway station have moved forward after the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) agreed a £400,000 investment to buy the land needed to build it. Read More… |
UK real estate investment trust RDI has exchanged contracts for the sale of West Orchards in Coventry for £4.85m. Read More… |
Siddall Jones has been instructed to sell a major multi-let Birmingham business centre. Read More… |
A commercial property agent has completed a deal to let a city centre retail unit for the sale of official Coventry 2021 merchandise. Read More… |
Shields Environmental has completed an agreement to take a unit at Folkes Holdings' Tame Park in Tamworth. Read More… |
Shirley-headquartered IM Properties has strengthened its team through the appointment of a new asset manager. Read More… |
Listed housebuilding giant Persimmon has set aside £75m to address cladding safety issues in its legacy development portfolio. Read More… |
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The £130M UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) has moved a step closer to opening with the confirmation that the facility’s module and pack suite of specialist battery manufacturing equipment is now operational. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | University College Birmingham and the NEC Group have launched a new training hub in a bid to provide support for food and hospitality professionals struggling due to the pandemic. Read More… |
The HomeServe Foundation, the not-for-profit arm of home repairs and improvements company HomeServe, has unveiled Paragon Customer Communications as its first strategic partner. Read More… |
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