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Tuesday 4 August 2020

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Rolls-Royce signs Virgin Galactic deal

Derby-headquartered Rolls-Royce has agreed a deal with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to design the engines that will power a supersonic jet.
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Insider Feature
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Business Matters: How to get investment in turbulent times?

Ray Harris, MEIF principal at Foresight Group LLP, offers a helpful guide for management teams of SMEs looking for equity investment post pandemic.
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Deals

Austrian investment firm further increases Topps Tiles stake

An Austrian investment management firm has taken a further bite out of Leicester-headquartered Topps Tiles.
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Small and micro businesses get Covid-19 support

More than 50 Rutland-based small and micro businesses have now received grants to offset the impact of Covid-19.
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IT deal creates £20m group

An IT company has been acquired by a private equity-backed counterpart creating a £20m group.
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Metro Bank agrees to acquire RateSetter

A deal has been agreed for peer-to-peer lender RateSetter to be acquired by Metro Bank.
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Roundtable: Car-Free Birmingham

A plan to dramatically cut the number of cars in Birmingham city centre will have a major impact on property and infrastructure development.
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Business

Forest to continue their biggest-ever shirt deal

Nottingham Forest have announced the continuation of their biggest shirt sponsorship deal in the club's history into the up-coming season.
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Historic accountancy firm announces partnership

An accountancy firm which can trace its roots back to the late 1800s has announced a partnership with a counterpart.
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Midlands businesses targeted by fraudsters

Commercial businesses and financial institutions were the most common targets in fraud cases in the Midlands during the first half of the year, according to new figures from KPMG.
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DW Sports set to restructure gym and retail portfolio

DW Sports has outlined plans to restructure its gym and retail portfolio. The company, which has 1,700 employees across the business, said it would look to protect as many jobs and gyms as possible.
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Senior hire for civil and structural engineering firm

A major appointment has been made by a Nottingham-based civil and structural engineering consultancy.
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Property

Approval for job-creating Aldi distribution centre

A total of 750 jobs are be created after plans for a new Aldi distribution centre in Leicestershire were approved.
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Industrial buildings bought for £10.4m

A portfolio of five industrial assets in Northamptonshire have been acquired by a £100m multi-let investment fund for a total of £10.4m.
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Singapore PE firm acquires prominent Notts building

The leasehold of a Nottingham building currently let to a government department has been sold to a Singapore-based private equity firm for £7.55m.
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Manufacturing

PPE maker to create more than 100 jobs

More than 100 jobs are being created by a PPE maker at its Northampton factory.
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Middle East expansion eyed by defence systems manufacturer

A Derbyshire company which develops systems that protect armoured vehicles from mine and IED blasts has been offered the change to set up a manufacturing base in the Middle East.
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