Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
| Thursday 3 September 2020 |
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Latest News | The amount owed by a historic furniture retailer owed when it entered administration due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been revealed. The company has been trading since 1902.
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As the world's population rises, the demand for energy is also growing significantly. At the same time, the issue of managing the waste caused by the population increase urgently needs to be addressed. Professor Martin Freer, director of the Energy Research Accelerator explores the issues and the possible solutions
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A Worcestershire outsourcing business services company has completed a multimillion-pound management buyout (MBO).
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A significant shareholder in listed retailer The Works has increased its stake.
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The Hut Group has confirmed its intention to undertake one of the biggest floats of 2020, in a move valuing the business at about £4.5bn.
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A recruitment firm has said the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on its full-year results in 2021 will make for "sombre reading". However, the business said it has sufficient reserves to be able to withstand a "temporary downturn in trade".
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The group behind a host of accounting, advisory and businesses services firms is set to rebrand.
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Plans for a 400,000 sq ft multi-unit scheme in Birmingham which could create about 900 jobs have been revealed.
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A Birmingham developer is eyeing future growth after describing its latest financial year as a period of transition.
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Plans to construct a new Aldi supermarket on the site of a former Evans Halshaw centre in Stoke-on-Trent have been approved.
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Proposals are being drawn up to create up to 300 jobs in Wolverhampton.
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Birmingham-headquartered Melrose Industries, the parent of historic engineering giant GKN, made a pre-tax loss of £560m during the first half of its financial year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A Queen's Award-winning boiler and heating products manufacturer which was founded in 1866 has appointed a new managing director.
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The chief executive of a global packaging and automation business headquartered in Coventry has said he is pleased with the way the listed company has coped with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Floorcoverings wholesaler Headlam slipped to a pre-tax loss during the first half of its financial year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Member Exclusive News | A London-based international law firm has opened a new office in Birmingham.
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A business support organisation has been 'inundated' by SMEs in Warwickshire with applications for new government grants to help them recover from Covid-19.
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