Today's East Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | A Northamptonshire-headquartered global chemicals company which was founded a century ago has reported an increase in pre-tax profit despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Khush Purewal, partner and head of corporate finance at KPMG in the Midlands, says the M&A market is booming. Whilst 2020 was an unusual year for most sectors, since the easing of lockdown restrictions, it’s fair to say that COVID-19 has accelerated a change in the market’s approach. Both in the Midlands and across the country we’re seeing deal activity moving at such pace that we’re a long way ahead of where we were last year, with more deals in the pipeline than ever.
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Travis Perkins has agreed to sell its plumbing and heating business for a cash consideration of £325m.
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A pair of well-known national brands are being lined up for flotations, Electra Private Equity has announced.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a consultation into proposed remedies put forward to address competition concerns over the £6.8bn takeover of Asda.
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Dr Koushik Das Sarma, programme facilitator for the Small Business Leadership Programme (SBLP) at the University of Derby, explores how business resilience feeds into business strategy, and draws on some of the questions and feedback he has heard from SME leaders currently on the programme.
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A Careers and Enterprise Hub has launched in Loughborough thanks to a £750,000 funding boost.
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Excello Law has rolled out its national growth strategy as its new office opens in Leicester.
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Phil Barton from Partners& says it’s a well-known fact in the insurance industry that our first exposure to buying insurance is our first car. At that time of life, insurance is expensive and we don’t have the money (or frankly, the inclination) to make a prudent choice about what insurance we put in place – and that’s when our relationship with insurance is forged. Too often, we’re programmed to always look for the cheapest deal.
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Kingdom Bank has relocated its headquarters to Beeston after securing a lease close to the town centre.
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The manager and operator of a new 3,500 capacity performance venue at Becketwell Derby has been named.
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Wolverhampton is aiming to become a major centre for modular building and could play a key role in meeting the government’s home-building target, an Insider event has heard.
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Construction work is now underway on more than 100 properties at David Wilson Homes’ Gateford Manor development in Worksop.
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Plans to build more than 60 homes on agricultural land in Leicestershire have been recommended for the go-ahead.
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Willmott Dixon has been appointed to build a new public sector hub facility in Horncastle.
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Forge New Homes, a partnership between five Sheffield housing providers, has exchanged contracts with Homes England on its second site in Bolsover.
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Derby-headquartered housebuilder Peveril Homes has welcomed two members of its team to the company's board of directors.
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Katherine O’Donnell, GBSLEP growth hub account manager, has worked closely with many SMEs on the pilot of Peer Networks - a fully funded business growth programme for SMEs with more than five staff - with everyone she mentored having a "really positive experience". Growth Hubs across the West Midlands are now recruiting for round two of the programme and she is urging every ambitious business owner to grab the opportunity to join.
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Member Exclusive News | The first interior images of a new aparthotel in Leicester housed within an historic listed building have been released.
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