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Thursday 9 December 2021

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TOP STORY

Listed information management software provider Ideagen has raised £103.5m to accelerate product investment and scale its global operations through further acquisitions.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Mark Wilcockson, from British Business Bank, looks at how MEIF is helping smaller businesses fulfill big ambitions in the Midlands.
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DEALS

CloudCall set to be acquired after £39.9m deal agreed
A proposed all-cash acquisition of CloudCall, which values the company at £39.9m, has been recommended to shareholders.
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A deal has been struck for a UK insurance group to be fully acquired by an international counterpart, with the agreement worth £685m.
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Tes Global, a UK-headquartered education technology services provider, is to be acquired by Onex Corporation from Providence Equity Partners. Tes' management team will also invest alongside Onex.
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McCain Foods is investing $55m (£42m) in a plant-based frozen food company to support its expansion.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Paul Edmeades, asset based lending director at Independent Growth Finance (IGF), explains why creativity, certainty of delivery and speed of execution remain key attributes when selecting a funding partner.
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Alexeis Garcia-Perez, professor of management information systems at Coventry University's Centre for Business in Society, considers the role that the people within a business can play to protect them from cyber-attacks.
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PROPERTY

Plans to transform the site of a former hospital to provide new residential facilities look set to be refused.
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The East Midlands Chamber has called for a public-private sector partnership to support the newly published vision to transform Nottingham city centre.
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Docuflow, a provider of workplace software and office infrastructure with a client base across the UK, has moved to Derby's Pride Park.
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The longstanding chief executive of housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is to step down.
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INSIDER FEATURE

In a day and age where huge corporations race to announce their own future constructs of a metaverse, Gowling WLG partner David Brennan takes a look at the ethical implications these new, parallel universes will have on society and how to ensure that such "worlds" are kept safe.
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Richard Harden, CEO of British manufacturing firm Stuart Turner, discusses how a private equity partnership is helping to realise his ambitions.
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BUSINESS

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed Plan B restrictions are to be introduced in England - including the return of working from home guidance, the introduction of vaccine passports and stricter rules on mask wearing - in a bid to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid variant.
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Frasers Group, the company behind Sports Direct and House of Fraser, has reported a surge in revenue and pre-tax profits for the first half of its financial year.
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A series of business wins has enabled Nottingham-based creative agency Warbox to expand its team ahead of schedule.
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IT service and software provider Retail Assist has welcomed a new chief financial officer.
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Northamptonshire-based Panther Logistics has been appointed as the sole delivery partner of an electric bike maker.
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MANUFACTURING

The chief executive of iconic shoe brand Dr Martens has hailed the company's performance for a first half in which it upped revenue and pre-tax profits.
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Northampton-headquartered transport technology company Cosworth has bolstered its executive team with the appointment of a managing director of performance electronics.
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OTHER NEWS

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

Heavy machinery moving company Joseph Merritt Group has recruited a new contracts manager.
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