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Latest News | Approval has been recommended for revised plans for a major accommodation development in the Selly Oak area of Birmingham which would have room for almost 1,200 students.
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Research has found that despite seeing the need for digital transformation, there is a lack of confidence among executives when it comes to leading digital transformation projects. Karin Simonsen from Vistage explains.
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Wolseley UK, a heating and plumbing distribution business, has been sold to a global private equity firm for more than £300m.
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A further £4m investment has been made by BGF in a Birmingham-based automotive components manufacturer.
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A Tamworth company has agreed to acquire a pair of businesses.
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THG has bought a Staffordshire-based nutrition product supplier, alongside another company, in a total deal worth almost £60m.
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Two lettings and estate agency businesses have merged in a £100m deal backed by private equity firm LDC.
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National World has acquired JPI Media Publishing for £10.2m.
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Business organisations have called for more support to help firms through the new lockdown in England introduced by the UK Government in an attempt to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases.
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Discount supermarket giant Aldi has posted its best ever Christmas sales, driven by strong growth in its online wine and special buy products.
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A new chief executive has been appointed by Solihull-headquartered Secure Trust Bank with immediate effect.
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Surging online sales at fashion giant Next compensated for almost all the losses from its stores during the run up to Christmas, new figures have revealed.
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Turnover at a pallet delivery services giant fell because of the impact of Covid-19 during its latest financial year, but its pre-tax profits increased, new documents have revealed.
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The deputy chairman of Coventry Building Society is to retire later this year.
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An acquisitive Telford-based waste management company was trading ahead of its prior year before the Covid-19 struck, new accounts have revealed.
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A building which would rise to almost 50 storeys and feature more than 450 apartments in the Digbeth area of Birmingham has been tipped for approval.
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Plans for 166 new apartments to be constructed in the Digbeth area of Birmingham have been submitted.
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A former Victorian warehouse could be extended and transformed into apartments if the go-ahead is granted later this week.
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Almost 80 apartments could be created on the edge of Digbeth if the green light is granted at an upcoming meeting.
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Approval has been recommended for a near 80-acre solar park to be constructed in Worcestershire.
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Plans to build 33 affordable homes on the site of a Ministry of Defence storage facility in Worcestershire have been backed.
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An industrial warehouse in Coventry leased to a support services company has been bought.
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Sales are expected to fall by more than a fifth at a Rugby-headquartered manufacturer that operates in the aerospace industry for its financial year in 2020.
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The Racing Point F1 team have been rebranded as Aston Martin with the luxury car maker's name poised to return to competing in Grand Prix for the first time in six decades.
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Burton-upon-Trent-headquartered pharmaceutical and services company Clinigen Group has appointed a new chief operating officer.
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The UK arm of a family-owned polymer business which works in the construction industry as well as an automotive supplier has said it expects to see a "significant downturn" in its turnover followed by a recovery in volumes when it finalises its 2020 accounts.
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Shares in Walsall-based specialist castings and engineering group Chamberlin have been suspended after it failed to publish its annual accounts on time.
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A manufacturing division of Solid State has secured a £2.2m contract to supply in excess of 1,000 computer systems.
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Member Exclusive News | A Stoke-on-Trent-based B2B marketing agency has made a new PR appointment.
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Coventry City FC have supported the campaign for Coventry Bees Speedway to return to Brandon Stadium.
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