Today's East Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Insider’s annual celebration of Midlands manufacturing has marked its tenth anniversary with a record number of entries. Read More… |
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As the impact of coronavirus takes hold, stress for the region’s workforce is at an all-time high, with concerns over job security and personal finances escalating, and those who can, working in isolation from home in line with the government’s social distancing instructions. With this and April’s UK Stress Awareness Month in mind, David McCormack, CEO of employee engagement innovators HIVE360, offers guidance on managing the mental health of employees who are working remotely. Read More… |
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The acquisition of a Nottinghamshire healthcare technology provider by a listed Australian business for more than £100m has completed. Read More… |
IPO activity has been "severely impacted" by the reduction in oil prices and the Covid-19 crisis, creating "the most turbulent market conditions since the financial crisis in 2008", according to EY. Read More… |
easyJet has borrowed from the Covid Corporate Financing Facility and drawn down on its revolving credit facility in order to increase its liquidity in the event of a prolonged grounding of the fleet. Read More… |
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Measures such as "limited" redundancies, salary freezes and "operational efficiencies" have been made at Nottinghamshire-headquartered listed software business Ideagen in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
Leicester City are to keep their response to the Covid-19 pandemic "under review". Read More… |
Department store chain Debenhams has filed a notice of intent to appoint administrators. Read More… |
Revenue jumped at Burton-upon-Trent-based Northbridge Industrial Services during its latest financial year while it also returned to making a pre-tax profit. Read More… |
The UK new car market slumped by 44.4 per cent in March, according to new figures. Read More… |
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Nottinghamshire County Council's highways and fleet management services firm is to move to a new warehouse. Read More… |
The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has called for more support to be given to UK construction firms following a steep decline in activity caused by Covid-19. Read More… |
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Leicestershire-headquartered brickmaker Ibstock is "actively progressing" plans to furlough a "significant proportion" of its employees after the shutdown of its manufacturing sites across the UK was completed. Read More… |
Shares in Rolls-Royce jumped almost 20 per cent after it revealed a range of measures to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic including cutting the salary of its global workforce by 10 per cent in 2020. The executive team's pay will be reduced by 20 per cent for the rest of the year. Read More… |
Silverstone-based F1 team Racing Point have furloughed some of their staff while their two drivers have taken a pay cut. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | An ecology consultancy has been appointed onto a framework of suppliers to Severn Trent Water and Hafren Dyfrdwy. Read More… |
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