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Central and East Wednesday 13 April 2022

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TOP STORY Pre-tax profits surge at Tesco The chief executive of Tesco has hailed his team after reporting a surge in pre-tax profits for its latest financial year. The supermarket giant added that it is "laser focused" on keeping the cost of a weekly shop in check in response to the cost of living crisis. Read More

INSIDER FEATURE Business Matters: Five things sellers should avoid in M&A when the Covid tide goes out Simon Peacock, partner at Alantra, looks at five things sellers should avoid in M&A when the Covid tide goes out. Read More

DEALS Second-hand car dealer platform secures Freshstream investment Big Motoring World, a tech-enabled second-hand car platform which employs more than 650 staff across five UK sites, has secured investment from Freshstream. Read More Bosch strikes deal for automated driving start-up buy An automated driving start-up with bases across the UK is being acquired by European counterpart Bosch. Read More Strong start to the year for Howes Percival’s dealmakers Howes Percival's corporate, commercial and banking team has advised on deals worth almost £300m in the first quarter of 2022. Read More Double deal success for Grant Thornton’s corporate finance team The corporate finance team at Grant Thornton UK has completed on two transactions in Peterborough within a week, as activity levels continue to remain strong after a record 2021. Read More Law firm takes stake in house move platform Law firm Taylor Rose has acquired a stake in a property technology company behind a change of address and home-setup service. Read More Content+Cloud moves for IT services provider An IT services provider has been acquired by Content+Cloud, the UK arm of Nordic IT services group Advania. Read More NG Bailey acquires assets of facilities management firm Engineering and services business NG Bailey has acquired the assets of a hard facilities management business out of administration. Read More

PROPERTY Sale of fully-let new industrial estate completes A speculative development of 13 business units at an industrial estate in Bedfordshire has been sold ten months after it was completed, commercial property consultancy Kirkby Diamond has said. Read More Wyldecrest acquires Northumberland holiday park Residential park operator Wyldecrest has added a 167-home holiday park in Northumberland to its portfolio. Read More Harlow logistics portfolio acquired for £160m Mirastar, KKR Real Estate's industrial and logistics platform in Europe, has acquired four UK logistics assets in Harlow for £160m from TPG, a global alternative asset management firm, and Stoford. Read More

BUSINESS Five partner promotions at Ashtons Legal Ashtons Legal has promoted five staff to partners, from a range of disciplines within the firm. Read More Dental practices join larger group Two practices have partnered with Dental Beauty Partners in a deal led by PKF Smith Cooper. Read More

UPCOMING EVENTS 3 Nov Insider Central and East of England Dealmakers Awards 2022 29 Jun Insider Made in the UK Awards 2023

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