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Tuesday 2 March 2021

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Turnover surges past £260m barrier at travel firm

Turnover at a BGF-backed travel management company, which is headquartered in Birmingham and works with the likes of Talk Talk, Red Bull and Whitbread, smashed through the £260m barrier during its latest financial year.
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Ask the expert: The trick is to keep pedalling, the saying goes, but the more important question is how long for?

Head of employment law at Howes Percival Paula Bailey discusses what employers need to be mindful of as lockdown begins to ease.
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Deals

United Glass Group funds acquisition with £4.5m investment

Walsall-based architectural glass specialist United Glass Group (UCG) has secured a £4.5m follow-on investment from Duke Royalty to fund its latest acquisition.
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Agreement reached on increased offer for AFH Financial Group

An agreement has been reached on the terms of an increased recommended all cash acquisition of wealth management firm AFH Financial Group.
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Controlling stake acquired in Lichfield steel supplier

A businessman has acquired a controlling stake in a Lichfield-headquartered steel supplier.
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FRP snaps up corporate finance firm

FRP has acquired a corporate finance firm in a deal worth £9.4m.
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Business Matters: What is the benefit of a Freeport?

Sajeeda Rose, chief executive of D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, looks at how the East Midlands could benefit from Freeport status.
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Business

Coventry and Warwickshire business leaders welcome restart grants

Business leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire have welcomed new restart grants for the firms hardest hit by Covid-19.
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Turnover edges past £80m mark at national law firm

A national law firm which has offices in Nottingham, Birmingham, London, Manchester and Exeter has posted a "robust" set of results with turnover edging past the £80m mark.
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Turnover up 50 per cent in latest Dobbies Garden Centres accounts

Dobbies Garden Centres has grown sales by more than 50 per cent in its latest accounts and continued to show "resilience' during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Ask the expert: How do you keep employees motivated, especially during lockdown?

How do you keep employees motivated, especially during lockdown? Business expert Dr Dyneshia Johnson, of DMU’s Leicester Castle Business School, says you need to go back to basics.
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Property

Thumbs up for almost 160 homes

Proposals to build almost 160 homes on land formerly used as playing pitches in Stoke-on-Trent have received the thumbs up.
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Recruitment firm secures six-figure commercial mortgage

A Worcester-based recruitment firm founded by a former professional rugby union player has secured a six-figure commercial mortgage from HSBC UK to purchase its first commercial property.
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Leumi UK provides £12.8m loan to fund care home acquisition

Leumi UK has provided a £12.8m loan to an investment fund from Elevation Advisors to assist with the acquisition of a purpose-built care home in Leek, Staffordshire.
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Roundtable: Residential Property Management

Lockdowns have put more focus than ever on the quality of facilities and services offered in the residential sector.
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Manufacturing

January drop for commercial vehicle production

The production of commercial vehicles in the UK declined by 31.5 per cent in January, according to new figures.
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New chairman at Evtec Automotive

Coventry-based Evtec Automotive, an electric vehicle automotive supply specialist, has appointed a new chairman.
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M3 wins MG Motor UK account

M3 is celebrating a new account win after being appointed as the creative agency for MG Motor UK.
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