Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | A Warwickshire-headquartered investment firm's asset under management surged by 58 per cent to about £800m during its latest financial year. Read More… |
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Lucy Cheatham, head of marketing at HIVE360, looks at how offices will need to prepare after lockdown. Read More… |
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Mid-market private equity firm LDC said there were signs transaction activity had started to rebound as more companies looked beyond the impact of the pandemic to long-term growth and diversification strategies. In a half-year update, the firm announced it had backed a total of 18 investments in the first half of 2020. Read More… | More than £300m allocated to local authorities to support businesses has yet to be handed out, according to new figures. Read More… |
A public affairs consultancy has been acquired and relaunched by BECG (Built Environment Communications Group). Read More… |
ThinCats is opening up Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) loans to new customers introduced through business finance intermediaries. Read More… |
A retail investment company has reduced its holdings in Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered listed homewares maker Portmeirion. Read More… |
Creative Support has secured a £25m refinancing deal in a move which provides it with a solid platform for long-term security and growth. Read More… |
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Tom Hopson, associate director of Encore Estate Mangement, talks about the importance of the removal and replacement of ACM cladding and the government's new Building Safety Programme. Read More… |
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Half of the employees at Birmingham's Town Hall and Symphony Hall are at risk of redundancy because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been announced. Read More… |
More than 150 jobs are to be created in the West Midlands creative industries after a company was selected as the host broadcaster to deliver coverage of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Read More… |
The Midlands is set to have one of the world’s top ten best-connected sites, with the potential to create 70,000 jobs and bring some £6bn a year to the regional economy. Read More… |
Championship club Coventry Rugby have announced a series of redundancies because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and RFU funding cuts. Read More… |
An academic at Birmingham City University has said Manchester City's two-year ban from European football being overturned is a multimillion-pound blow to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Read More… |
A waste management company has retained a pair of three-year contracts with engine manufacturing world leader Cummins and pharmaceutical industry giant Recipharm. Read More… |
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A new Lidl supermarket could be constructed in Staffordshire if the go-ahead is granted next week. Read More… |
A former pub in Coventry could be knocked down to make way for a new apartment development, according to newly published plans. Read More… |
A city council is seeking a development partner to transform the site of a swimming pool into a new 50-home scheme. Read More… |
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Revenue increased by almost £70m at the UK arm of Peugeot during its latest financial year, with the company's pre-tax profits also rising. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | A new group managing director has been hired by a Stoke-on-Trent-based property company Read More… |
A Birmingham-based interior design company has made two senior hires. Read More… |
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