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Manufacturing Week
Monday 8 February 2021

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Bolton manufacturer has ‘strong plan’ for profitable growth

A Bolton-headquartered heating element manufacturer has a strong plan for profitable growth, its managing director has told Insider, on the back of completing the takeover of a rail industry specialist.
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Business Matters: Made Smarter: Two years on – Join us to celebrate UK manufacturing and get involved

Alain Dilworth, programme manager at Made Smarter, says over the last two years, the Made Smarter Adoption Pilot has been able to make a real impact to manufacturing across the North West. During my time as Programme Manager I have witnessed so many transformational, innovative and exciting projects take place and seen first-hand the real difference this has made to some of our clients and their employees.
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Made Smarter lines up digital tech conference

Made Smarter is to host a virtual conference to show manufacturers how to leverage and fast-track digital technology and tools for a year of recovery, growth and resilience.
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Weetabix serves up sales and profits surge

Sales and profits surged at Weetabix during the first quarter of its US parent company's financial year, new figures have revealed.
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January boost for LCV market

The number of new vans being registered in the UK increased in January, according to new figures.
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Deals

Boohoo to acquire trio of well-known brands

Boohoo has struck a deal to acquire the Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis brands out of administration in a deal worth £25.2m.
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Begbies Traynor acquires London firm

Begbies Traynor has bought a London-based firm of chartered surveyors.
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Arrow Global approached about possible offer

TDR Capital has approached Manchester-headquartered Arrow Global about a possible all-cash offer to purchase the debt purchase and management business.
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RPG to be joined by Crawfords

Manchester-based accountancy firm Royce Peeling Green (RPG) is to be joined by Crawfords Chartered Accountants after the pair struck a deal.
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IPSL acquires risk management consultancy

Cheshire-based asset management company Imagile Professional Services (IPSL) has acquired a specialist compliance and risk management consultancy.
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Business Matters: Stock exchange trends and expectations for 2021

Carolyn Gelling, from The International Stock Exchange Group, says as we remain in the grips of the Covid-19 pandemic, ‘twenty-twenty-one’ looks likely to be another year that will remain etched on our memories. It has certainly been a profound start to a new decade thus far, and after the events of 2020, what have we noticed in terms of new stock exchange listing trends and what do we anticipate for this current calendar year?
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Business

Greater Manchester councils to weigh up Places for Everyone plans

Nine councils across Greater Manchester are set to have their say on plans to bring forward an ambitious joint development strategy for the city region.
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North West promotions for Avison Young

Avison Young has announced a number of promotions across its North West offices.
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St Helens firms a ‘long way’ from normality

Companies across St Helens are "still a long way from business as usual", according to new data.
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UK business borrowing set to top £60bn by end of 2021 - EY

Borrowing by UK businesses is set to hit £60bn by the end of 2021, according to research from EY.
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Spate of promotions at Azets

Accountancy and business advisory firm Azets has made a number of promotions.
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Business Matters: The IR35 legislation

The IR35 legislation – named for the title of the press release from the Inland Revenue (now HMRC) that foreshadowed its introduction – has been with us since April 2000. Lucy Flynn, employment lawyer with Beyond Corporate, takes a closer look.
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Property

Plans in for second phase of AVIATOR

Redsun Projects has submitted an application for the second phase of development at AVIATOR in Ellesmere Port.
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Miller Homes set to advance Knowsley plans

Miller Homes' plans to develop a site in Knowsley could soon advance.
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Halton Housing completes on long-standing Widnes scheme

A final handover has brought an end to Halton Housing's six-year regeneration programme in in Widnes.
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Private consortium acquires South Lakes Safari Zoo freehold

A consortium of private investors has acquired the freehold investment of South Lakes Safari Zoo.
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Ellesmere Port plant backed by £14m investment

The company behind plans to build a waste-to-energy plant at Ellesmere Port has secured a £14m investment for the project.
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Unanimous approval for Liverpool hotel plans

Revised plans to a hotel development in Liverpool have been unanimously backed.
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Approval for latest New Bailey building

A 115,000 sq ft office building designed to "set the benchmark for sustainable commercial development" has been given the green light for a site in Salford.
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Business Matters: Workforce Transformation - places, people and purpose

In our previous blog you heard from my colleague Richard Bray who talked about the drivers of change and traits of successful transformation. Here, Carolyn Hicks from Deloitte, will focus on Workforce Transformation.
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