Today's East Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Plans have been revealed to construct up to 1,600 new homes on a site in Leicestershire. Read More… |
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With people across the world remote working, Dr Yanguo Jing, associate dean at Coventry Business School, looks at how to do so effectively. Read More… |
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Leicester-headquartered Shoe Zone has secured a £15m loan to help it cope with the Covid-19 pandemic but admitted that there is "significantly more to be done" to protect its financial position. Read More… |
A Nottinghamshire-based engineering consultancy has received a six-figure investment to help it scale up, create new jobs and further train staff. Read More… |
Braveheart Investment Group has raised £275,000 through a placing to support its strategic investments. Read More… |
Pharmaceutical outsourcing partner Wasdell Group has acquired a packaging supplier serving the same sector. Read More… |
The video game developer behind Runescape has been acquired by asset management firm Macarthur Fortune Holding in a $530m deal. Read More… |
JD Wetherspoon has raised more than £140m in a share placing. The company also outlined its plans to start reopening pubs and hotels in late-June. Read More… |
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Derby County have announced that all of their first team players, football management, executives and non-furloughed staff have agreed to take wage deferrals as part of the club's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
Lincoln City have furloughed their first team and academy players because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
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Proposals for almost 20 new homes in Northamptonshire have been submitted. Read More… |
Specialist building products distributor SIG expects to have reopened the majority of its sites in the UK and Ireland by mid-May. Read More… |
An eight-acre former college site in Leicestershire with online permission for 70 new homes has been put on the market. Read More… |
National housebuilder Bellway is set to resume construction work on a phased basis after developing measures to ensure social distancing. Read More… |
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Derby-headquartered Rolls-Royce has ended its project to develop a hybrid-electric plane. Read More… |
The majority of manufacturing companies in the Midlands are expecting to be forced to cut jobs between now and October because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report. Read More… |
Revenue continued to decline at the company behind 2 Sisters Food Group because of it selling off a series of subsidiaries, it has been revealed. Read More… |
Car manufacturing in the UK slumped almost 40 per cent in March, according to new figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Read More… |
A Queen's Award-winning snack maker specialising in air-dried fruit and vegetable crisps has said a string of new products are on the horizon. Its founder also told Insider things are "slowly getting back on track" during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to a surge in online sales. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | A Nottingham-based provider of supermarket packaging has created a protective visor in just 24 hours, which it has said could be rolled out to medical staff on the coronavirus frontline. Read More… |
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