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Latest News | Sutton Coldfield-based funeral services provider Dignity has described its latest financial year as "resilient" although the business reported a pre-tax loss. An ongoing 'root and branch review' at the business is scheduled to conclude in the second quarter of 2021, while Dignity's largest shareholder has requisitioned a general meeting in a bid to remove executive chairman Clive Whiley.
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Emma Wallace from Dains Accountants says the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has recently issued further guidance in relation to claims under business interruption insurance policies for losses resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic and UK Government lockdowns.
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A £5m package of support programmes for small businesses and apprentices has been launched through a Staffordshire councils partnership.
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A majority stake in a £220m-turnover car supermarket group with 12 centres across the UK has been acquired by an international counterpart.
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Alternative credit specialist Caple has launched a new loan to support management buy-ins.
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The £24.2m acquisition of the listed estate agency business Hunters Property by counterpart The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) is set to complete later this week.
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Ahead of speaking at a Midlands Business Insider roundtable event - titled “The New Manufacturer: How SMEs are adopting digital tech” - Marcos Kauffman explores the route that SMEs - especially those in manufacturing - should take when adopting new digital technology; and reveals why information data is becoming critical to manufacturers’ growth.
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The West Midlands has invested in no-code technology in a bid to drive economic growth in the region.
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As the economy starts to recover from the pandemic many businesses are quickly moving from survival mode to recovery and growth. Insider needs your help in finding out just how big and widespread this Great Bounce Back has become.
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Screwfix has detailed plans to open more than 50 stores this year, creating about 600 new jobs across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
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Rob Richardson from St Modwen Logistics talks about how logistics occupiers are seeking the very highest design, build and maintenance specifications in the marketplace, and how St Modwen Logistics is meeting these requirements with its new Swan Standard.
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The projects which are set to transform Nuneaton thanks to £23m worth of government funding have been revealed.
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St Modwen Logistics has agreed terms with two new occupiers at its Albion Gateway scheme in Burton-on-Trent.
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A car delivery specialist is eyeing further growth after relocating to larger headquarters in Walsall.
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Stoke-on-Trent law firm Beswicks Legal is marking 100 years in business with a move to new headquarters.
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JCB has revealed plans to recruit more than 400 new employees, according to reports.
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A manufacturer of aluminium windows has launched a new business supplying composite front doors to the residential market.
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Member Exclusive News | Walsall-headquartered HomeServe has appointed a new independent non-executive director.
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IPP, a pooler of sustainable wooden pallets to the food and drink sector, has renewed a sustainable supply chain contract with spring and flavoured water company Radnor Hills.
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