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Thursday 30 April 2020

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Plans revealed for up to 1,600 new homes

Plans have been revealed to construct up to 1,600 new homes on a site in Leicestershire.
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Ask the expert: How to effectively manage businesses working remotely in the time of coronavirus

With people across the world remote working, Dr Yanguo Jing, associate dean at Coventry Business School, looks at how to do so effectively.
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Deals

Shoe Zone secures £15m loan

Leicester-headquartered Shoe Zone has secured a £15m loan to help it cope with the Covid-19 pandemic but admitted that there is "significantly more to be done" to protect its financial position.
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Six-figure boost for engineering consultancy

A Nottinghamshire-based engineering consultancy has received a six-figure investment to help it scale up, create new jobs and further train staff.
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Braveheart raises £275,000 with placing

Braveheart Investment Group has raised £275,000 through a placing to support its strategic investments.
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Wasdell Group expands with packaging supplier deal

Pharmaceutical outsourcing partner Wasdell Group has acquired a packaging supplier serving the same sector.
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Runescape developer changes hands

The video game developer behind Runescape has been acquired by asset management firm Macarthur Fortune Holding in a $530m deal.
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Wetherspoons completes placing and outlines reopening plans

JD Wetherspoon has raised more than £140m in a share placing. The company also outlined its plans to start reopening pubs and hotels in late-June.
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Business

Rams reveal wage deferral deals

Derby County have announced that all of their first team players, football management, executives and non-furloughed staff have agreed to take wage deferrals as part of the club's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Imps furlough first team and academy players

Lincoln City have furloughed their first team and academy players because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Property

Proposals submitted for almost 20 houses

Proposals for almost 20 new homes in Northamptonshire have been submitted.
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SIG reopening UK and Ireland sites

Specialist building products distributor SIG expects to have reopened the majority of its sites in the UK and Ireland by mid-May.
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Former college site tipped for new homes up for sale

An eight-acre former college site in Leicestershire with online permission for 70 new homes has been put on the market.
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Bellway to begin phased restart of construction work

National housebuilder Bellway is set to resume construction work on a phased basis after developing measures to ensure social distancing.
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Manufacturing

Rolls-Royce ends hybrid-electric plane project

Derby-headquartered Rolls-Royce has ended its project to develop a hybrid-electric plane.
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Job cuts fears for manufacturing companies

The majority of manufacturing companies in the Midlands are expecting to be forced to cut jobs between now and October because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report.
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Revenue continues to fall at food giant after disposals

Revenue continued to decline at the company behind 2 Sisters Food Group because of it selling off a series of subsidiaries, it has been revealed.
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Pandemic hits March car making figures

Car manufacturing in the UK slumped almost 40 per cent in March, according to new figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
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New products on the horizon as Queen’s Award-winning snack maker gets “back on track”

A Queen's Award-winning snack maker specialising in air-dried fruit and vegetable crisps has said a string of new products are on the horizon. Its founder also told Insider things are "slowly getting back on track" during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a surge in online sales.
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Packaging firm creates protective visor

A Nottingham-based provider of supermarket packaging has created a protective visor in just 24 hours, which it has said could be rolled out to medical staff on the coronavirus frontline.
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