Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Pre-tax losses have been cut at a Warwickshire-headquartered company famous for its London black taxis in what the business described as a "challenging year".
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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 newly formed accountancy firm based in Walsall has made its first acquisition.
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Warwickshire-based Off Grid Energy has secured a £1.25m investment to scale-up its operations.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into private equity giant CVC's acquisition of a stake in Six Nations Rugby.
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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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Pre-tax profit has risen at West Bromwich Building Society despite the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new preliminary results.
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Business confidence remained at a three-year high in the East Midlands during May and continued to rise in the West.
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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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Plans for a £1bn transformation of the area around the iconic Custard Factory in Digbeth have been approved.
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The green light has been given to the proposed redevelopment of an office building to create a new hotel and student accommodation.
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Plans to transform vacant offices above the 02 Academy in Birmingham into an aparthotel have received the thumbs up.
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The proposed construction of a 14-storey apartment building in Birmingham has secured the go-ahead.
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Teesside-based Cleveland Containers has expanded with the launch of a new Midlands office.
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Towler Shaw Roberts has completed the sale of an industrial property in Willenhall.
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Katherine O'Donnell, GBSLEP growth hub account manager, 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 she is urging every ambitious business owner to grab the opportunity to join.
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UK car production experienced a rebound during April but remained short of 2019 levels, according to new figures.
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Member Exclusive News | Wasps have revealed a three-year agreement with Nuneaton-based gym design and equipment manufacturer IndigoFitness.
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Birmingham-based content marketing firm HDY Agency has been appointed by hospitality services and events management brand Sodexo.
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