Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | A long-established Caterpillar machine and engine dealer has described its financial results as "credible" after a year impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
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The last 18 months have tested business resilience to its limits. As companies look to emerge from the pandemic and start to adapt to a new environment, many are now making the shift from response to recovery and re-imagination. Keith Rose, director of business development (Midlands and South West) at Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending, looks at how businesses are currently focusing on re-building their competitive advantage. Read More… |
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Legal technology firm Access Legal, part of Loughborough-based The Access Group, has acquired Wolverhampton cloud IT services provider Oosha. Read More… |
A hyperlocal delivery service has closed its crowdfunding campaign after raising almost £600,000. Read More… |
Daventry-headquartered health and safety firm Ensafe Consultants has snapped up a Burton-on-Trent-based environmental specialist. Read More… |
Palatine Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in a Manchester-headquartered digital transformation and customer experience specialist – whose clients include 10 Downing Street and the Bank of England – in a move providing an exit for YFM. Read More… |
Tigerbond has completed the management buyout (MBO) of Beattie Communications. Read More… |
Altice UK has acquired a 12.1 per cent stake in BT Group. Read More… |
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Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been recommended to support the development of a new gaming hub project which aims to create additional employment opportunities in the city. Read More… |
A new round of grant-funding has been made available to develop new projects during Coventry UK City of Culture 2021. Read More… |
Hitachi Capital (UK) has hailed strong full-year financial results despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
Prominent recommerce website musicMagpie has been buoyed by strong half-year underlying profitability as it begins life as a listed company. Read More… |
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Public affairs agency BECG has relocated its Birmingham office as part of plans for further growth. Read More… |
A private investor has snapped up a Walsall office building for an undisclosed sum. Read More… |
FigFlex Offices has launched in Coventry with the region’s first location now open at Friars House. Read More… |
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Burton-on-Trent-based Parker Technical Services, part of the Edwin James Group, has appointed has made a fresh appointment for its newly created regional director role. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | BT has tripled broadband speeds for almost 8,500 micro-businesses in Birmingham as it launches a new unit to serve the country’s smallest firms and start-ups. Read More… |
Sutton Coldfield-based property consultancy Burley Browne has promoted an industrial agency specialist to associate director. Read More… |
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