Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
| LRQA acquires ESG specialist | Birmingham-based LRQA, a Goldman Sachs Asset Management-backed provider of digitally enabled assurance services, has expanded with the acquisition of an ESG specialist.
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| UK financial services M&A volume hit five-year high in 2021 | The UK financial services industry announced 252 deals in 2021, up from 134 in 2020, representing the highest volume of deals in five years, according to EY's latest M&A analysis. The total disclosed deal value year on year however fell from £31.2bn 2020 to £25.8bn in 2021.
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| West Midlands faces slower economic recovery -EY | The West Midlands is expected to be one of the slowest regional economies to recover from the pandemic due to the impact of Covid-19 on the automotive and manufacturing sectors, according to EY's latest Regional Economic Forecast.
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