Latest News | Plans to construct up to 2,400 homes and create 2,000 jobs on the edge of Coventry have been recommended for approval. Read More… |
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Ray Abercromby, tax partner at the Birmingham office of Smith & Williamson, offers some practical actions to consider to drive business growth in challenging times. Read More… |
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A Staffordshire manufacturer has been acquired in a £22m deal by an AIM-listed surgical and advanced woundcare specialist. Read More… |
The Midlands team at mid-market private equity investor LDC has supported a management buyout at an independent professional trustee and pensions support services business. Read More… |
Private equity firm Endless has raised its fifth fund, securing £400m to invest in UK mid-market businesses. Read More… |
A Birmingham company which is part of energy project builder specialist BasePower has secured a £800,000 loan. Read More… |
A major shareholder in Telford-based LED lighting maker Luceco has reduced its stake. Read More… |
The UK Government's $500m acquisition of OneWeb, which develops cutting-edge satellite technology in the UK and in the US, has completed. Read More… |
The proposed takeover of estate agency and property services provider Countrywide by Connells has advanced. Read More… |
Cinema operator Cineworld has secured "significant additional liquidity", which includes a new $450m debt facility. Read More… |
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The Covid-19 pandemic was unforeseen, unexpected and unwanted, but has been the catalyst for businesses, people and economies to adapt to survive, which says much about the resolve of the region’s business community, according to Graham Spalding, partner in the Corporate and Commercial practice of regional law firm Lodders. Read More… |
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Revenue and pre-tax profits more than doubled at one of the oldest names in Britain's video game industry during the first half of its financial year, new figures have confirmed. The results come two weeks after a takeover offer which values the company at more than £700m was unanimously recommended to its shareholders. Read More… |
Pre-tax losses fell despite revenue dipping at telematics and data supplier Trakm8, which is headquartered in Coleshill, during the first half of its financial year. Read More… |
Coventry-headquartered Severn Trent is to award waste contracts worth £480m over eight years. Read More… |
The Midlands Engine has announced the appointment of two vice chairs. Read More… |
Leaders must delegate far more if their businesses are to prosper, according to the West Midlands chairman of the CBI, and trust in their managers abilities to decide and deliver. Read More… |
The Birmingham-headquartered company behind HS2 has kicked off a four-day virtual event that will showcase many of the £12bn worth of contract opportunities that businesses from across the UK can find out how to prepare and start bidding for. Read More… |
Business advisory and accountancy firm Cooper Parry has reported a rise in revenue and profits for its latest financial year. The company has also revealed that the first half of its current period has been its best ever. Read More… |
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More than 300 apartments are to be constructed in Birmingham after the green light was given. Read More… |
The green light has been given for more than 100 apartments to be constructed on the site of a vacant East End Foods depot in Birmingham. Read More… |
A prominent building in Birmingham, which was bought at the start of the year for a seven-figure sum, is to be transformed into almost 80 apartments after the plans were voted through. Read More… |
A former residential home outside Mier Heath in Stoke-on-Trent has been sold off a guide price of almost £1.5m. Read More… |
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Revenue and pre-tax profits dipped at an electronics manufacturer's Warwick-based European arm during its latest financial year. Read More… |
Staff have been furloughed at Walsall specialist castings and engineering group Chamberlin after the AIM-listed company lost a major contract. Read More… |
Sales and profits surged at cereal giant Weetabix during its latest financial year, according to new figures released by its US parent company. Read More… |
A new project aimed at harnessing quantum technology to enhance vehicle battery performance has been awarded by a University of Birmingham-led group. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | Work on the transformation of a neglected Staffordshire office building into 27 apartments is expected to be completed early in 2021, developer Key Land Capital has announced. Read More… |
A Black Country firm of insurance brokers has reported a rise in its revenue, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, and is creating new jobs. Read More… |
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