Latest News | Up to 7,500 new homes across the West Midlands are to be built on former industrial land after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an extra £84m to expand the region’s brownfield regeneration programme. Read More… |
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Esther Gottschalk and Philip Cupitt from Marks & Clerk LLP say 3D printing, expected to be a $35.6bn industry by 2024, has a significant role to play in the production of goods. This was the case before the current Covid-19 crisis, but is likely to continue in spite of it. Read More… |
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A second-generation family business and one of the UK’s largest producers and suppliers of perennial plants has confirmed it has secured a £2.5m CBILS loan. Read More… |
The online business of menswear retailer TM Lewin & Sons has been acquired through a pre-pack administration, but the brand’s shops are reportedly closing with the loss of about 600 jobs. Read More… |
Shopping centre and retail park giant Hammerson has received approval for a boost of up to £300m to help it through the Covid-19 crisis. Read More… |
Lenders have approved £42.9bn to more than one million businesses so far through the three major UK Government-backed lending schemes, according to new figures. Read More… |
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Duncan Ward, CEO of Network Telecom, looks at the technology to consider ahead of returning to the office and the benefits it will offer a post-lockdown workforce. Read More… |
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Pre-tax losses at listed telematics and data supplier Trakm8, which is headquartered in Coleshill, were halved during its latest financial year, new figures have confirmed. Read More… |
Birmingham Airport has confirmed plans to make up to 250 redundancies because of the Covid-19 pandemic's impact. Read More… |
Barclays has appointed a new head of corporate banking in the Midlands. Read More… |
A Stafford-based IT provider has repaid 50 per cent of its furlough money back to HMRC. Read More… |
The group of companies behind two well-known furniture retail brands has called in administrators, with a deal agreed for part of the business saving about 1,900 jobs. Read More… |
Cineworld has pushed back the reopening of its UK cinemas to the end of the month. Read More… |
A Warwickshire civil engineering and construction company has appointed three new directors. Read More… |
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A 'luxury' rooftop restaurant could be created at a Digbeth hotel in a bid to help regenerate the area of Birmingham, according to new plans. Read More… |
The UK distributor for the world's largest truck loader crane manufacturer is set to move to a new headquarters in Warwick. Read More… |
A 20,000 sq ft factory/warehouse could be constructed in Kidderminster after a Redditch developer acquired the site after a "hotly contested bidding war". Read More… |
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Revenue and pre-tax profits increased at Redditch-headquartered electronics maker Solid State during its latest financial year. Read More… |
A Coventry-based smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector manufacturer has said its revenue for the first six months of 2020 is expected to be more than 70 per cent of its pre-Covid-19 budget performance. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | A Stoke-on-Trent supplier of paint, consumables and equipment has entered into a joint venture. Read More… |
A Coventry-based events management and security company, which works across the world, has won a major new contract in the city. Read More… |
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