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Thursday 20 May 2021

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MBO completed at road safety training provider

The management team of a Telford-based driver risk management and road safety training provider has acquired Palatine Private Equity's shareholding in the company.
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Business Matters: Key differences between UK and EU trade mark practice

To help guide you through the UK trade mark application procedure, Chartered UK Trade Mark Attorney Sri Dhevi Santhana Dass explains the key differences between EU and UK trade mark practice.
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Deals

Takeover offer recommended to St Modwen shareholders

Terms have been agreed on an offer for St Modwen from investment giant Blackstone in a deal which values the property development and investment business at more than £1.2bn.
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Beech Tree sells telecommunications firm

Beech Tree Private Equity has agreed the sale of a Solihull-headquartered telecommunications firm to Macquarie Capital Principal Finance.
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Funding boost for teacher recruitment platform

A Stoke-on-Trent-based teacher recruitment platform has secured further funding from venture capital firm Midven through the Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
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Healthcare firm secures acquisition funding

A West Bromwich-based healthcare provider has been supported with £4.4m in acquisition funding by Leicestershire-headquartered alternative finance firm ThinCats.
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FireAngel raises almost £10m

FireAngel, a Coventry-based smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector manufacturer, has raised almost £10m through an open offer and conditional placing.
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Business Matters: Creative industries are an economic force that can help to power the recovery

Judith Mossman is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Arts and Humanities at Coventry University, a trustee of the Coventry City of Culture 2021 Trust and chair of the university’s City of Culture Steering Group. Ahead of speaking at the Insider forum ‘Culture and Creativity: Fuel for Recovery’, she looks at the role creative industries will have in the post-pandemic recovery and the future prosperity of the UK economy.
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Business

Creative sector “needs to become more independent from public funds”

The creative sector needs to learn to become more financially independent from public funding in the post-pandemic world, according to one of the sector’s best-known names.
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Home office to create more than 500 jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

The Home Office has revealed plans to create more than 500 jobs in Stoke-on-Trent as part of a new innovation centre.
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Mitchells & Butlers “well placed” despite losses

The chief executive of pubco giant Mitchells & Butlers, whose brands include Miller & Carter, All Bar One and Toby Carvery, has said the business is "well placed" despite reporting deepening losses in new half-year results.
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Begbies Traynor results to be ‘significant ahead’ of expectations

Begbies Traynor is expecting its full-year results to be "significantly ahead" of market expectations on the back of a strong financial performance.
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Business Matters: VAT One Stop Shop – New rules for B2C sales

Terri Bruce, director of indirect tax for SMEs and not for profits at Dains, looks at the new rules for B2C sales.
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Property

Green light for mixed-use scheme on power station site

A major mixed-use development aiming to provide new residential and commercial uses on the site of a former Telford power station has secured the green light.
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Purplebricks boss hails “strong performance”

The chief executive of online estate agency Purplebricks has hailed the company's "strong performance" in a new trading update.
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Work starts on £16m industrial scheme

Work has started on a £16m industrial scheme at Aston’s Advanced Manufacturing Hub in Birmingham.
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Director appointment at Acivico

Birmingham-based consultancy Acivico has appointed its first strategic property asset management director.
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UTB secures guarantee to support SME housebuilders

United Trust Bank (UTB) has secured an ENABLE Build guarantee to support SME housebuilders across the UK.
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Manufacturing

First quarter boost for UK HGV market

New heavy goods vehicle (HGV) registrations increased by 9.5 per cent in the first three months of 2021, according to new figures.
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Shropshire firm appointed to second build for Cats Protection

A Shropshire building firm has been appointed to complete its second build for the animal welfare charity Cats Protection.
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Dig Brew Co launches American-style craft beer

Birmingham’s Dig Brew Co brewery has launched its first American-style craft beer.
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