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West Midlands Wednesday 19 August 2020 Send a Story Subscribe Membership Advertise Contact Latest News Top Story Goodyear accelerates back into the black The Birmingham-headquartered UK arm of tyre giant Goodyear accelerated back into the black during its latest financial year, new documents have confirmed. Read More… Insider Feature Business Matters: Redundancy and Covid-19: Five pitfalls to avoid… Lucy Twomey, HR and legal adviser at Make UK, says as businesses consider how to survive the economic impact of Covid-19, the stark reality is that, for many, redundancies are now unavoidable. Managing a redundancy procedure can be challenging in normal circumstances but Covid-19 has added new complexity. Read More… Deals Funding secured to make electric vehicle audio systems Environmentally friendly audio systems are to be made for electric vehicles by a university and one of its spin-outs after a grant was secured from Innovate UK. Read More… Wesleyan Bank provides £1m boost Birmingham-based Wesleyan Bank has provided a £1m boost to an asset finance company. Read More… Five-figure grant for data science company A Solihull-based data science company has won a five-figure grant to increase the coverage of its NHS automated compliance management software. Read More… UK Government-backed Covid-19 lending for more than 1.23 million businesses More than 1.23 million UK businesses have now been supported by lenders through government-backed coronavirus lending schemes, according to new figures. Read More… More than 10,000 SME owners apply for Business Boost grant More than 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners have applied for Simply's Business Boost grant in a bid to secure support during the pandemic. Read More… Business Revenue passes £100m at Air Liquide’s UK arm The UK arm of French-owned Air Liquide increased its revenue to more than £100m during its latest financial year. Read More… Pizza Express to close more restaurants under CVA proposals Pizza Express has confirmed that more than 70 of its restaurants are to close permanently, affecting 1,100 jobs. Read More… National Express CEO’s departure date set Birmingham-headquartered National Express has confirmed its out-going chief executive will leave the listed business earlier than previously announced. Read More… North America deal for med-tech start-up A Birmingham medical technology start-up has signed a North American distribution deal. Read More… Drive Energi agrees Greene King deal Drive Energi has struck a 20-year deal with pub giant Greene King. Read More… Asda boosts online capacity as sales grow Like-for-like sales have grown at Asda with the supermarket giant also boosting online capacity in response to a "structural shift in customer behaviours" following the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… Property Vote set for £17m Friargate funding boost Funding worth £17m to support the development of a second office building at Coventry's Friargate scheme is set to be approved. The plans would help create 700 jobs. Read More… Environmental focus set for residential property post-Covid - expert There will be a bigger focus on the environment and wellbeing in residential development post-Covid, a senior director of a leading social housing provider has said. Read More… Major speculative industrial scheme completed A speculative industrial development in Shropshire with more than 70,000 sq ft of space has been completed. Read More… Companies sign up to business park space A supplier of eco-friendly packaging and a distribution business have signed up to take space at a St Modwen business park in Worcester. Read More… Manufacturing Profits rise at fruit and veg grower Pre-tax profits increased at a West Midlands producer and supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables during its latest financial year. Read More… Full-year profit expectations rise at Luceco Telford-based LED lighting maker Luceco has increased its adjusted operating profit expectations for its current financial year. Read More… Tile and brick maker’s results impacted by demerger and pandemic The full-year results at the company behind a tile and brick maker founded in 1805 dipped during its latest financial year following a demerger and the impact of Covid-19. Read More… Other News Midlands Top 500 Companies Database - contact the region’s top decision makers Member Exclusive News New hires for marketing agency A Stoke-on-Trent marketing agency has announced two new appointments from JCB. Read More… Sofas & Stuff to open Birmingham showroom Sofas & Stuff is to open a new Birmingham showroom this weekend. 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