Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | The green light has been recommended for proposals to redevelop an office building in Birmingham to create a new hotel and student accommodation.
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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 Warwickshire-headquartered sustainable pet food brand is eyeing growth after passing its £560,000 crowdfunding target.
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Travis Perkins has agreed to sell its plumbing and heating business for a cash consideration of £325m.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a consultation into proposed remedies put forward to address competition concerns over the £6.8bn takeover of Asda.
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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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The parent company of skincare products maker Nivea's UK arm has described its performance for its latest financial year as "resilient" after reporting results impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Birmingham-based content marketing firm HDY Agency has been appointed by professional coffee machine manufacturer EVOCA Group UK.
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Birmingham-headuartered law firm Gateley Legal has expanded its operations with the opening of a site in Newcastle. The firm has also appointed a new partner to the office.
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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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Wolverhampton is aiming to become a major centre for modular building and could play a key role in meeting the government’s home-building target, an Insider event has heard.
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Plans for a £1bn transformation of the area around the iconic Custard Factory in Birmingham's Digbeth area have been recommended for approval after the application was deferred from a previous planning committee meeting.
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The Birmingham & Midland Institute has appointed Siddall Jones to sell two interconnected city centre office buildings to fund a major refurbishment of its headquarters.
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An industrial scheme on land formerly used by a car dealership group in Coventry has been tipped for the go-ahead.
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Stoke-On-Trent-headquartered Sandyford Properties has recruited three new members of staff to support its continued growth.
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Katherine O’Donnell, GBSLEP growth hub account manager, says as one of the GBSLEP Growth Hub’s specialist business advisers, 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 urges every ambitious business owner to grab the opportunity to join.
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Member Exclusive News | Bond Wolfe Auctions has been appointed as the official auctioneer for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council after a public tender process.
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New playground equipment has been chosen by children at a Leamington primary school after the final piece of funding was secured from a property development company.
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