Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Queen's Award-winning parcel delivery giant DPD, which is headquartered near Birmingham, has revealed plans to create 6,000 jobs in the UK and invest £200m this year to expand its capacity in response to the unprecedented boom in online shopping caused by Covid-19.
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A very interesting question has arisen in light of the Covid-19 crisis: is now the time to abandon Intellectual Property (IP) protection for the national good? Brian More, director of IP Commercialisation at Coventry University, offers his advice.
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A Canadian investment firm has reduced its stake in Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered listed homewares maker Portmeirion.
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The British Business Bank has approved a new lender for accreditation to the Bounce Back Loan Scheme and six new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
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The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed merger of automotive companies Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA under the EU Merger Regulation.
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Tasmin Raynor, head of apprenticeships at De Montfort University, looks at how to deliver apprenticeships during lockdown.
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Mayor of the West Midlands and Birmingham Airport have called on the government to ease quarantine restrictions on travellers arriving from abroad over fears of the damage it will cause to the region’s economy.
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A new start-up 'Innovation Accelerator' has been launched by HS2 Ltd to seek "entrepreneurial ideas that can help drive project efficiencies and create wider long-term economic benefits around the scheme".
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A steady set of results have been reported by the company which runs the SnowDome in Tamworth.
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Plans have been revealed to transform a site in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter into a mixed-used scheme.
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A bid for the second phase of an industrial units scheme in Worcestershire has been recommended for approval.
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Housebuilding giant Taylor Wimpey has raised more than £520m to seize opportunities created by disruption in the land market as result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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An application for more than 50 houses to the south of Coventry has been submitted.
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Approval has been recommended for a new residential development in Worcestershire.
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A proposed scheme which would feature 26 new homes as well as a gym has been tipped for the green light.
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Plans worth £8m for the fifth phase of a council housing scheme in Wolverhampton have been announced.
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Three major regeneration schemes which will see about £19m invested across three locations are set to move forward.
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Manufacturing and its supply chains have a unique opportunity from the Covid-19 crisis to wholly reassess how they can adapt, corporate, upskill and innovate, according to leaders at an Insider online forum.
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The UK’s first hydrogen-powered train (HydroFLEX) has moved closer to commercial operation after the University of Birmingham and Porterbrook were awarded new funding by the Department for Transport.
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Member Exclusive News | An industrial unit at a Coventry business park has been let on a 15-year deal.
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