Today's East Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has significantly increased its stake in luxury fashion brand Hugo Boss. The listed retailer first invested in the company earlier this month. Read More… |
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Esther Gottschalk and Philip Cupitt from Marks & Clerk LLP say 3D printing, expected to be a $35.6bn industry by 2024, has a significant role to play in the production of goods. This was the case before the current Covid-19 crisis, but is likely to continue in spite of it. Read More… |
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A private equity-backed company formed less than a year ago has added two new businesses to its portfolio as it continues its plans to have £1bn of assets under its advice within the next 12 months. Read More… |
Small to medium-sized (SME) manufacturers across the Midlands are being urged to take a slice of a £6.5m funding boost to help them recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and address key barriers to growth. Read More… |
Applications have been re-opened for a grant scheme aimed at Derby businesses to provide a post-lockdown boost. Read More… |
The Midlands’ private equity-backed buy-out market slowed significantly in the first half of 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new figures. Read More… |
K3 Capital has conditionally raised £30.45m. Read More… |
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Duncan Ward, CEO of Network Telecom, looks at the technology to consider ahead of returning to the office and the benefits it will offer a post-lockdown workforce. Read More… |
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Pre-tax losses widened at Nottingham-headquartered recruitment company Staffline during its latest financial year, new figures have revealed. However, the listed business said its board remains "cautiously optimistic" that each of its three divisions will achieve a positive result in 2020 on an underlying operating profit basis. Read More… |
Business organisations have responded to Boris Johnson's 'positively Rooseveltian New Deal' for Britain, which encourages the country to 'build, build, build' in a bid to recover from the impact of Covid-19. Read More… |
IoD East Midlands has appointed a new regional ambassador for marketing and communications. Read More… |
The Restaurant Group's plans to reduce the size of its estate by implementing a CVA have been backed. Read More… |
Business confidence across the Midlands rose during June with the West being the least pessimistic in the UK, according to new figures. Read More… |
FRP Advisory Group has appointed a new chief financial officer. Read More… |
A Derby company has taken on 15 new staff to cope with the worldwide demand for its Covid-19 rapid testing kits. Read More… |
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A bid to transform a former Leicester nightclub into an aparthotel has been refused. Read More… |
Morgan Sindall Construction has handed over a £6.3m leisure centre in a Lincolnshire town. Read More… |
Work is set to start on a town centre masterplan that will guide regeneration in Mansfield over the next 15 years. Read More… |
Plans to transform a run-down office block in Chesterfield into apartments have been outlined after the building was bought for a seven-figure sum. Read More… |
More than 20,000 sq ft of space has been let at a Leicestershire business park. Read More… |
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Engine manufactuing in the UK "skyrocketed" in May but was still 75 per cent down on the same month in 2019, new figures show. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | Nottingham-based Mason Infotech is to continue to sponsor the city's Championship rugby club into the 2020/2021 season. Read More… |
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