Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Turnover jumped and pre-tax losses were cut at Horiba Mira, which is at the centre of work to develop hybrid and electric vehicles in the UK, during its latest financial year. |
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Helen Lau, knowledge exchange manager at Coventry University, discusses how entering into a knowledge exchange project can open up new doors for your business. Read More… |
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Retail giant Sports Direct has revealed a bid for Goals Soccer Centres. Read More… |
A Birmingham-based provider of specialist photographic services has raised more than £100,000 to help it expand further in the market. Read More… |
The funding behind a Birmingham optical chain's expansion has been revealed. Read More… |
Fresh Thinking Capital is on course to provide £100m of funding to business in the next three years. Read More… |
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As part of the Midlands Engine Trade Visit programme, Andy Smith, international relationships manager for the Department for International Trade Team in the West Midlands, talks us through their upcoming visit to Kenya and Uganda focused on helping infrastructure companies secure business in these growing markets. Read More… |
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The largest repatriation in peacetime history is underway after historic travel business Thomas Cook collapsed into liquidation placing about 9,000 UK jobs at risk. Read More… |
The UK division of vehicle hire company Europcar has returned to the black after setting aside almost £40m in relation to a Trading Standards investigation it was fighting in the previous financial year. Read More… |
Universities across the UK are set to benefit from a £20m boost designed to establish new enterprise zones (UEZs) which will provide specialist support to small businesses in industries including artificial intelligence, clean growth, smart energy and agri-food. Read More… |
A new chief executive has been named at a Stoke-on-Trent commercial vehicle contract hire and fleet management company. Read More… |
easyJet has announced a new route between Birmingham and Edinburgh. Read More… |
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Steve Hird, managing director at Duchy Homes, looks into five building myths. Read More… |
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Proposals to develop the remaining plots at a prominent business park, which could create thousands of jobs, have been approved. Read More… |
Plans for an office building in Whittington Heath which would have room for 438 full-time equivalent MoD employees have been recommended for approval. London-based consultancy and construction firm Mace Group has worked on the project. Read More… |
The parent company of logistics business Tufnells has agreed a £9.9m deal to sell and lease back a number of its properties. Read More… |
A Birmingham building services provider has secured a contract worth more than £2m for a major new housing scheme in north London. Read More… |
Property development and investment company British Land has made a commitment to create a net zero carbon portfolio. Read More… |
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Collective action is necessary to spark the UK’s leadership position in fighting climate change says Professor Martin Freer, director of the Energy Research Accelerator. Read More… |
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A Queen's Award-winning tube manufacturer in Coventry, which marked its centenary in 2018, has announced it is on target to hit £15m in overseas sales this year. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | Avison Young has been appointed by Birmingham City Council as lead property adviser for the planned regeneration of the city's Ladywood area. Read More… |
A Worcestershire-headquartered listed lighting company has secured a 15,000 sq ft base at a new trading estate in Walsall. Read More… |
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