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Monday 9 August 2021

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Energy company snapped up by Canadian investment firm

A Canadian investment management firm has agreed to acquire a Birmingham-headquartered builder and operator of power stations with plans to invest up to £288m into the business over the next several years.
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Ask the expert: How can businesses achieve high growth through 2021 and beyond?

Sean Longsdale is managing director of the Structured Finance Group at Santander UK Corporate & Commercial. He shares his thoughts on how businesses of all sizes have been able to achieve high growth throughout the pandemic and how they can continue and indeed build through 2021 and beyond.
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Deals

DPD UK expands with CitySprint acquisition

DPD UK has expanded with the acquisition of same day delivery company CitySprint.
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Contracting acquisition for Network Plus

Utility and infrastructure service provider Network Plus has completed the acquisition of an arboriculture and infrastructure vegetation management firm with operations across the Midlands and South East.
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UK buoyed by ‘significant upturn’ in M&A activity - Experian

Pent up demand, continuing low interest rates, a surging private equity sector and positive economic confidence – boosted by the success of the UK's vaccination roll-out programme – all contributed to a significant upturn in the country's M&A market in the first half of 2021, according to a new report.
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Investment consortium sweetens offer for Morrisons

The consortium behind a proposed multibillion-pound takeover of Morrisons has upped its offer for the supermarket giant by about £400m.
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Business

Raft of promotions at Lodders

Law firm Lodders has made ten senior promotions across its real estate, private client and family teams.
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Property

Golf course housing plans secure green light

An application proposing the redevelopment of a Coventry golf course to provide hundreds of new homes has been green lit.
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Solar farm proposals refused

A proposed solar farm which has the potential to power thousands of homes in Warwickshire has been refused.
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Finance specialists join Hayfield

Real estate developer Hayfield has recruited four finance specialists to be based at its Solihull head office.
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Construction sector at risk of losing talent battle – report

Fewer than one-third of Generation Z would consider a career in the built environment, according to a new report driven by teams based in the Midlands.
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Principle welcomes new department head

Birmingham-based Principle Estate Management has appointed a senior building surveyor to head up a new department.
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Grosvenor to expand UK regional footprint

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland is to expand its UK regional footprint with a £300m investment strategy.
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Manufacturing

July drop for light commercial vehicle market

The light commercial vehicle market experienced its first decline since December 2020 as July registrations fell by almost 15 per cent, according to new figures.
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Commissum COO joins CREST GB board

The chief operating officer of Birmingham-based cybersecurity services organisation Commissum has been voted onto the CREST GB board.
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Clinigen Group signs distribution agreement

Burton-upon-Trent-headquartered pharmaceutical and services company Clinigen Group has signed an exclusive agreement to manage the supply and distribution of a medicine used to treat fungal eye infections.
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