Today's East Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Pre-tax profits dropped by more than £180m at Nottingham-headquartered Boots UK during its latest financial year, new documents have revealed. Read More… |
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In this blog, Professor Martin Freer, director of the Energy Research Accelerator and the Birmingham Energy Institute, suggests that one of the ways we can both restart the economy and fight climate change is by focusing on decarbonisation of heat. Read More… |
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Shares in Leicester-headquartered Topps Tiles have been snapped up by an Austrian investment management firm. Read More… |
A Lincolnshire energy and waste management consultancy has been able to bolster its cashflow and support staff salaries amid the coronavirus disruption after securing financial support from Lloyds Bank. Read More… |
The organiser of a business exhibition in Northamptonshire has acquired a counterpart in Leicester. Read More… |
The British Business Bank has approved six new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Read More… |
A law firm has been sold out of administration in a pre-pack deal which has saved more than 400 jobs and creates a group with 32 bases nationwide. Read More… |
The 130-year-old Trade Mark Owners Association has relaunched following an investor-backed management buyout. Read More… |
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Gary Harmer, sales director at Hikvision UK & Ireland, says innovative technological approaches like temperature screening will be crucial in enhancing confidence in workplace and public safety – but potential users need to be aware of issues around their implementation, and realistic in their expectations about performance. Read More… |
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Revenue increased and losses have been slashed at Nottingham-headquartered BioCity, a group which invests in and supports early stage bioscience and medical technology companies, new documents for its latest financial year have revealed. Read More… |
Pre-tax profits have taken a £10m hit at listed car retail giant Pendragon during the first quarter of the year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But chief executive Bill Berman said mitigating actions taken meant he was confident the business "will emerge in a strong position as the current restrictions ease". Read More… |
Listed law firm Knights expects its revenue and pre-tax profits to surge about 40 per cent when it unveils its full-year results. Read More… |
Nottingham-based security provider Octavian UK has appointed an experienced legal professional. Read More… |
Thwaites is working through its reopening plans as it looks to "prepare for an environment where restrictions will be in place". Read More… |
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Lincoln's House of Fraser is to be knocked down and replaced by a hotel and retail scheme after the plans were given the go-ahead. Read More… |
Proposals to create more than 500 jobs and build up to 140 new homes in Leicestershire have been backed. Read More… |
Almost £4m is to be provided by D2N2 to aid the Chesterfield Station masterplan. Read More… |
A former hospital in Melton Mowbray, which was first used as a workhouse, is to be transformed into a new residential development if the go-ahead is granted next week. Read More… |
Revised plans to build up to 120 homes on a site in Leicestershire have been voted down. Read More… |
A multimillion-pound combined production and office is set to be constructed at a business park in Northamptonshire. Read More… |
A plan to construct more than 50 homes in Mansfield has been voted through. Read More… |
An application for up to 35 new properties to be built in a Nottinghamshire town has been given the go-ahead. Read More… |
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Council leaders in Derby have pledged to do all they can to help those affected by Rolls-Royce's confirmation of its plans to cut at least 9,000 jobs. Read More… |
Loughborough University is to work on a £5.8m project to reduce the environmental impact of aviation and power-generating gas turbine engines. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | Lingerie retailer Bravissimo is relocating its store in Nottingham. Read More… |
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