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Latest News | The proposed expansion of Lincoln Enterprise Park has secured the green light following an appeal. This is expected to pave the way for the creation of additonal jobs in the area.
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Khush Purewal, partner and head of corporate finance at KPMG in the Midlands, says the M&A market is booming. Whilst 2020 was an unusual year for most sectors, since the easing of lockdown restrictions, it’s fair to say that COVID-19 has accelerated a change in the market’s approach. Both in the Midlands and across the country we’re seeing deal activity moving at such pace that we’re a long way ahead of where we were last year, with more deals in the pipeline than ever.
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A Derbyshire company which develops systems that protect armoured vehicles from mine and IED blasts has passed its £100,000 crowdfunding target.
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Nottinghamshire-headquartered listed contractor nmcn has said that it is making progress on its work to secure a suitable financing package, with the business expecting to report pre-tax losses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Dreams, a bed retailer with locations across the UK, is to be acquired by Tempur Sealy International in a $475m deal.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into private equity giant CVC's acquisition of a stake in Six Nations Rugby.
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Dr Koushik Das Sarma, programme facilitator for the Small Business Leadership Programme (SBLP) at the University of Derby, explores how business resilience feeds into business strategy, and draws on some of the questions and feedback he has heard from SME leaders currently on the programme.
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Business confidence remained at a three-year high in the East Midlands during May and continued to rise in the West.
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Phil Barton from Partners& says it’s a well-known fact in the insurance industry that our first exposure to buying insurance is our first car. At that time of life, insurance is expensive and we don’t have the money (or frankly, the inclination) to make a prudent choice about what insurance we put in place – and that’s when our relationship with insurance is forged. Too often, we’re programmed to always look for the cheapest deal.
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Approval is set to be granted for the construction of up to 250 homes on the site of a farm in Nottinghamshire after the application was deferred from a previous planning committee meeting.
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The government has granted Derby £15m to support two major city centre projects.
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Churchill Retirement Living has acquired a 2.2-acre site in the Manor Park residential area of Nottingham, paving the way for a new development.
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The go-ahead has been tipped for a warehousing and showroom facility expected to create more than 60 jobs in Lincolnshire.
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Construction work has started on the next stage of a housing development north of Worksop.
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Katherine O'Donnell, GBSLEP growth hub account manager, has worked closely with many SMEs on the pilot of Peer Networks - a fully funded business growth programme for SMEs with more than five staff - with everyone she mentored having a "really positive experience". Growth Hubs across the West Midlands are now recruiting for round two of the programme and she is urging every ambitious business owner to grab the opportunity to join.
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UK car production experienced a rebound during April but remained short of 2019 levels, according to new figures.
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Member Exclusive News | A former deputy managing director of Toyota and High Sheriff of Derbyshire has joined textiles firm David Nieper Ltd.
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