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Friday 20 August 2021

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TOP STORY

Pre-tax profits increased at an automotive retail group during its latest financial year despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Here's a question: How similar is your business today to what it was 12 months ago? If it's anything like my business, I'm sure it's changed significantly. So why wouldn't your insurance programme change too? Phil Barton from Partners& offers his advice.
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DEALS

A group company of Derby-headquartered Smith Cooper has acquired a division of Cellular Solutions. The business also confirmed that it has joined global accounting network PKF International.
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The board of Morrisons has recommended a £7bn takeover offer from private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) to shareholders. Fortress Investment Group, which has also bid for the supermarket giant, said it was considering its options.
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High growth companies in the UK have raised £19bn in deals involving foreign investors in the last three years, according to a report from Barclays and Beauhurst.
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The business behind an app which connects the public to tradespeople has told Insider it is eyeing an initial public offering in which it expects to raise £8m to boost its global expansion plans.
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INSIDER FEATURE

Professor Jacqueline Cawston, co-director at Coventry University's Centre for Postdigital Cultures, discusses how businesses can gain a competitive edge with the use of immersive technologies.
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PROPERTY

A mixed-use employment development which has the potential to create almost 2,000 jobs in Lincolnshire has been recommended for approval ahead of a planning committee meeting next week.
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Nottinghamshire-based independent funeral director A.W. Lymn The Family Funeral Service has purchased a site in Clifton to expand its operations.
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BUSINESS

Revenues at Midlands' Premier League and Championship football clubs took a hit as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from Deloitte.
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M&S has enjoyed a strong start to the year but warned that there remains "substantial uncertainty" as to the continued strength of consumer demand.
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MANUFACTURING

Supply chain issues and recruitment challenges are slowing the recovery of SME manufacturers in the UK, according to a new report.
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OTHER NEWS

MEMBER NEWS

Leicester-headquartered property investment company Custodian REIT has acquired an industrial property for £1.9m.
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