Today's East Midlands business news from Insider |
CMA raises concerns on property search services deal | The £91.5m acquisition of property search and conveyancing services provider TM Group could lead to a worse deal for homeowners, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found. The watchdog believes that the only effective way to address the issues it has identified would be for the company to be sold to a suitable buyer. Read More |
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Business Matters: Businesses feeling the pinch | Fiona Holloway, associate partner at Claritas Tax, says it's no secret that millions of us are feeling the pinch at the moment. With sky high inflation rates, rising costs and interest rates and stellar energy bills, not to mention tax increases and the freezing of allowances which research predicts will bring over 1.2m people into higher rates of tax, surely we can rely on great trading conditions to steer us round from a now widely-predicted recession. Read More |
| | Business Matters: Exploiting your IP overseas | Nic Ferrar from Adamson Jones says there are many benefits to expanding your business to overseas markets – capturing a greater market share, increasing profitability, and growth being the main ones. In the current economic climate, innovation is key if UK manufacturers are to add value to their products to avoid competing solely on cost with goods manufactured elsewhere in the world. Read More |
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