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Thursday 9 July 2020

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Turnover surges past £100m at construction group

Turnover surged past the £100m mark at a construction group, which provides labour to the industry, during its latest financial year.
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Business Matters: Ambition will drive growth for West Midlands firms

Richard Whitwell, head of LDC in the Midlands, has said making predictions at any point in the economic cycle is difficult but doing so amidst the biggest public health emergency in living memory makes it almost impossible.
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Deals

Life sciences company sold in £18m deal

A life sciences tools company has been sold in a deal worth up to £18m.
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Multimillion-pound funding supports PPE maker

One of the last cold-forging manufacturers of male threaded fasteners in the UK has imported and supplied five million units of personal protection equipment (PPE) to customers after securing a £2.4m finance package from HSBC UK.
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Major shareholder ups Autins stake

A major shareholder in Warwickshire-headquartered supplier to the automotive industry Autins Group has increased its stake.
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New lenders accredited for pandemic support schemes

A number of new lenders have been accredited by the British Business Bank for the Coronavirus business loan schemes.
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Global investment firm takes Codemasters stake

A global investment firm has taken a stake worth more than 5 per cent in Warwickshire-headquartered video game maker Codemasters.
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Specialist engineering company confirms acquisition

A Derbyshire-based specialist engineering firm has formally announced the acquisition of a Burton-upon-Trent counterpart.
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Totalmobile expands with Software Enterprises takeover

Software Enterprises has been snapped up by Totalmobile.
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Business Matters: Restructuring

Mark Wilson, partner at Gateley, looks into how businesses will be restructuring.
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Business

Midlands business leaders react to ‘mini-budget’

Midlands business leaders have reacted to the Chancellor's plans to boost the economy as the UK emerges from the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Historic car retail group “positive” for 2020

A historic car retail group has said its outlook for 2020 is "positive" despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Record lockdown sales for spare parts distributor

A Birmingham appliance spare parts distributor has reported a record number of enquiries and sales during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Raft of promotions at Lodders

Lodders has made ten senior promotions across its private client, agriculture, family, dispute resolution and real estate teams. The move includes the firm’s first ever legal director appointments.
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Property

Student beds scheme earmarked for Birmingham site

Plans for more than student bedrooms earmarked for a Birmingham site have been submitted.
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Multimillion-pound investment to speed up regeneration scheme

A multimillion-pound investment has been made by the West Midlands Combined Authority to speed up the regeneration of a derelict industrial site close to the centre of Birmingham.
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AO World company takes major new base

Part of the AO World group of companies has taken a major base in Stafford.
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New letting for speculatively built scheme

A new letting has been completed at the speculatively built Blue Ribbon Park in Coventry.
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Manufacturing

Pandemic a “historic shock” for civil aviation - Rolls-Royce CEO

The chief executive of Rolls-Royce has said the Covid-19 pandemic has created a "historic shock" in the civil aviation sector which will "take several years to recover".
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Thousands of JLR supply chain jobs at risk

About 2,200 jobs within Jaguar Land Rover's manufacturing plant supply chain have been put at risk by DHL.
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Manufacturer buys new machines in £2m investment

A Hereford manufacturer has taken delivery of two new machines as part of a wider investment worth close to £2m.
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Large employers join apprenticeships scheme

A group of three large employers are helping the West Midlands region’s economy to recover from the Covid-19 shutdown by contributing more than £200,000 to fund apprenticeship training for SMEs.
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Local newspaper moves offices

A local newspeper has relocated premises in its home city.
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