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Wednesday 20 October 2021

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TOP STORY

A major industrial development aiming to create jobs in Wolverhampton has been proposed for a site formerly owned by manufacturing giant Rolls-Royce.
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INSIDER FEATURE

October marks European Cyber Security Month. Gowling WLG partner Sarah Riding looks at the cyber security risks for businesses working in procurement or supply management and how they can protect themselves against attacks.
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DEALS

Managed service provider Wavenet has expanded with the acquisition of an IT and security provider.
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Driving Finance 4 Business has unveiled a new ownership structure with chief executive David Pinnington and directors Melanie Johnson and Paul Atkinson taking the helm.
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A new partnership has been established between Breakthrough Energy Catalyst and the UK Government to drive investment into the next generation of clean energy technologies, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Bill Gates have announced. The partnership will mobilise £200m of private sector funding over ten years.
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The £7.1bn takeover of Morrisons by US private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has moved a step closer after the supermarket giant's shareholders voted in favour of the deal.
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INSIDER FEATURE

In the world of M&A, is Britain still Great? Paul Bevan, managing director at Breeze offers his advice.
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Rick Gray, regional director at Faithful+Gould, says more collaboration is needed to unlock the potential of MMC across the delivery, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
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PROPERTY

Birmingham-based building services specialist JS Wright has secured a contract valued at more than £9m to install the engineering infrastructure systems for the third and largest phase of one of London's biggest regeneration projects.
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Revenue has grown by 40 per cent and returned to more than £3bn in the latest results for listed housebuilder Bellway boosted by strong long-term housing market fundamentals.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Lyndon Simkin, executive director of Coventry University's Centre for Business in Society, says there needs to be a major shift in the perspectives of all stakeholders to drive the much-needed economic regeneration of town and city centres.
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Mohamed Esat from Dains LLP says insights from real-time, robust and reliable management information is the navigation tool for businesses to understand where they are on the journey and if they are on track to reach their destination.
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BUSINESS

Avara Foods has committed about £4.7m to a new facility in Wednesbury, bringing more than 150 jobs to the area.
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Burberry has appointed a new chief executive who will join from iconic Italian fashion house Versace.
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MANUFACTURING

iconsys has created 16 jobs ahead of the official launch of its new smart building in Telford.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Wolverhampton is making a concerted effort to become Britain's hub of sustainable and modern construction centre.
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OTHER NEWS

 

MEMBER NEWS

 

Office Principles has completed work on the new headquarters of a logistics software company in Bromsgrove.
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Property company Key Land Capital has been given the green light for a development of small industrial units near Birmingham city centre.
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