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Thursday 20 January 2022

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TOP STORY

Turnover and pre-tax profits surged at a historic flour milling company in Northamptonshire during its latest financial year.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Clare Lang from mfg Solicitors says many buyers structure their purchases of businesses and companies with part of the purchase price being deferred. This is often used as a method of bridging the gap between sellers’ – perhaps unrealistic - price expectations, and buyers’ views on valuation. Many sellers’ price expectations were formed prior to Covid-19 and it is often difficult for buyers to encourage a departure. This has left buyers seeking more inventive ways of satisfying valuation differences.
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DEALS

A Loughborough-based software development company is to create jobs after receiving a five-figure funding package.
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The East Midlands offices of law firm Geldards has advised a private equity firm on its first UK investment.
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Halfords agreeing a £62m deal to acquire a business behind national brands operating in the tyre and automotive servicing, maintenance and repair market has been named as the Deal of the Month for December. The acquisition means the majority of UK motorists will be within a 20-minute drive of a Halfords garage.
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A national care provider has secured a £5m investment from Frontier Development Capital (FDC).
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INSIDER FEATURE

Digital transformation is the integration of digital technology into all areas of a business, including its operations and delivery of services to customers. So how will this affect your business? David Brennan from Gowling WLG sets out a digital transformation roadmap, which provides an insight into how companies can alter business models transforming their strategy, to prepare them for the future.
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Simon Peacock, partner at Alantra, looks at five things sellers should avoid in M&A when the Covid tide goes out.
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PROPERTY

Plans for a major industrial scheme on previously developed land in Lincoln look set to be green lit.
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Real estate services specialist JLL has appointment a new Midlands head.
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A national freeholder has appointed property management company MetroPM to look after five residential apartment blocks in Leicestershire.
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Derbyshire-headquartered Forest Holidays is to open a new location in Wales in late 2022 as part of a multimillion-pound investment.
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INSIDER FEATURE

One in five people regard housing issues as negatively impacting their mental health. How do we keep up with construction, consider net zero and solve the upscaling problem? Neil Gosling, head of residential development at Shakespeare Martineau, offers his advice.
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BUSINESS

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has started recruiting for 100 roles at its new regional headquarters in Nottingham.
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WH Smith has said it is sitting on a "very strong pipeline" of store openings.
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MANUFACTURING

A manufacturer of industrial vacuum cleaners has relocated production from Northampton to Filtermist International's headquarters in Telford.
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OTHER NEWS

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

TFS Facilities Services has partnered with a Leicestershire-based electrical contractor.
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