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Friday 13 November 2020

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Door manufacturer eyes job-creating new base

A door manufacturer is seeking permission to construct a major new base in Stoke-on-Trent. If the go-ahead is granted, the project will create new jobs.
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Business Matters: Work effectively from anywhere with a unified communications solution

Duncan Ward, CEO of Network Telecom, looks at the ways in which businesses can prepare to work from anywhere with a unified communications solution.
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Deals

Pandemic boost for car buying group

A Solihull-headquartered car buying group secured a financial boost to support it during the Covid-19 pandemic in England and help drive forward its expansion plans, it has been confirmed.
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Finance provider’s role revealed in deal

A Wolverhampton-based finance provider's role has been revealed in a deal which saw a Shrewsbury-based company acquire National Business Register Group in Birmingham for an undisclosed sum.
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Business Matters: Building business resilience - How business operations can thrive in uncertain times

Many businesses were forced to adapt and adopt new processes in a rush as the pandemic hit. SafetyCulture’s Dan Joyce explores how we can build on those hasty foundations and optimise for safer, more productive and successful companies in 2021.
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Business

Shrews make job cuts for the first time in their history

Shrewsbury Town have made "a number" of staff redundant for the first time in their history because of the continuing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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“Nimble” SMEs have edge on winning with 5G tech

Small and medium-sized companies now have a competitive edge in adopting super-fast telecom systems, which are set to transform business, because they are not held back by ageing "legacy" systems, according to the man responsible for driving the technology in the region.
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Bondholders support Wasps £35m bonds proposals

Coventry-based Premiership rugby club Wasps have received the backing from bondholders to waive covenants on their £35m secure bonds to help them continue to get through the Covid-19 pandemic.  
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Residential and commercial developer names new MD

A Warwick-based residential and commerce development company has named new managing director.
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Strong performance for FRP despite fewer insolvency appointments

FRP Advisory Group has reported strong half-year trading despite a reduction in the number of formal insolvency appointments as a result of Covid-19 support measures.
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Property

Vote set on plans for 300 apartments

More than 300 apartments could be constructed in Birmingham if the green light is given next week.
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Contractor named for £50m flats scheme

A contractor has been appointed to deliver a £50m scheme which will see more than 200 apartments built in the Digbeth area of Birmingham.
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Go-ahead tipped for more than 100 apartments

The go-ahead has been recommended for more than 100 apartments to be constructed on the site of a vacant East End Foods depot in Birmingham.
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Prominent building earmarked for transformation

A prominent building in Birmingham, which was bought at the start of the year for a seven-figure sum, could be transformed into almost 80 apartments after the plans were recommended for the go-ahead.
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Talks continue over new Coventry City stadium

Coventry City and the University of Warwick have held a further "productive and very positive" meeting about the Sky Blues being a new stadium.
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Plans for new Lidl voted through

Proposals to construct a new Lidl supermarket in Stoke-on-Trent have been voted through.
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Masterplan to transform town centre approved

A masterplan to construct a cinema, hotel, new homes and shops as well as car parking spaces in a Warwickshire town has been approved.
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Manufacturing

Castings falls to half-year loss as pandemic bites

Walsall manufacturing group Castings fell to a pre-tax loss during the first six months of its financial year, with turnover also dropping by almost £30m, because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Underwear maker reports turnover rise

A manufacturer of women's underwear, which can trace its roots back to the 1920s and sells its products through retailers including Harvey Nichols, Harrods and John Lewis, increased its turnover to almost £60m in its latest financial year.
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Waste firm wins LEVC contract

A specialised waste management company has won a contract with Warwickshire-based electric taxi company, LEVC.
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Dementia care project handed over

A dementia care refurbishment scheme delivered across a Royal British Legion site in Warwickshire has been handed over by J Tomlinson.
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