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Friday 20 August 2021

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TOP STORY

A site in Birmingham has been earmarked for the development of a 12-storey aparthotel, expected to provide almost 200 bedrooms.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Here's a question: How similar is your business today to what it was 12 months ago? If it's anything like my business, I'm sure it's changed significantly. So why wouldn't your insurance programme change too? Phil Barton from Partners& offers his advice.
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DEALS

Birmingham-based Vitality CBD has been acquired by a global integrated wellness platform for a total consideration of up to £10.2m.
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A Birmingham-based business telecoms provider has secured a flexible funding package worth up to £16m to support an acquisition and improve its services.
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Finance institution Shire Leasing has secured a £99.8m funding commitment from the British Business Bank.
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High growth companies in the UK have raised £19bn in deals involving foreign investors in the last three years, according to a report from Barclays and Beauhurst.
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The business behind an app which connects the public to tradespeople has told Insider it is eyeing an initial public offering in which it expects to raise £8m to boost its global expansion plans.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Professor Jacqueline Cawston, co-director at Coventry University's Centre for Postdigital Cultures, discusses how businesses can gain a competitive edge with the use of immersive technologies.
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PROPERTY

Detailed plans for an industrial unit expected to create almost 1,500 jobs in Birmingham have been approved.
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A financial planning firm has relocated to refurbished Colmore Row office suites in Birmingham city centre.
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An application proposing the development of more than 70 homes on the site of a former quarry in Dudley has been backed by the council.
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An auctioneer is expanding after agreeing a lease on a former arts centre in Staffordshire.
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BUSINESS

A construction engineering company is to create 50 jobs in Coventry after receiving support from the Coventry & Warwickshire LEP Growth Hub.
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Revenues at Midlands' Premier League and Championship football clubs took a hit as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from Deloitte.
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MANUFACTURING

Turnover dropped at a Coventry-based automotive supplier during its latest financial year as a result of falling demand caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the business has forecasted an increase in sales for 2021.
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Supply chain issues and recruitment challenges are slowing the recovery of SME manufacturers in the UK, according to a new report.
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OTHER NEWS

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

An independent coffee shop in Birmingham is expanding in the city's Central Business District.
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A company that works with local and national government on a range of projects aimed at helping people develop their prospects has taken space at a West Bromwich office block.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

SERVICES & GUIDES

 

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