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Latest News | A former speedway could be transformed into an £16.8m industrial and warehouse scheme which would create hundreds of jobs, if the go-ahead is granted next week.
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In this blog, Professor Martin Freer, director of the Energy Research Accelerator and the Birmingham Energy Institute, suggests that one of the ways we can both restart the economy and fight climate change is by focusing on decarbonisation of heat.
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Insider wants the Midlands’ professionals to choose the region’s very best M&A transactions, people and organisations for the 2020 Midlands Dealmaker Awards.
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An investment management business has acquired a stake in Solihull-headquartered online estate agency, Purplebricks.
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The restaurant business owned by the founder of Birmingham-headquartered food giant 2 Sisters is to save 900 jobs at Carluccio's, according to reports.
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A Wednesbury-based provider of Upfront Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAVs) has received a six-figure loan to support it through the current pandemic.
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A Birmingham-based corporate partner at DWF advised on a Dublin-headquartered technical and creative services provider to the global video games industry securing £100m by way of a placing.
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Coventry University has received a £25,000 funding boost from Santander to help support student-ran businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Gary Harmer, sales director at Hikvision UK & Ireland, says innovative technological approaches like temperature screening will be crucial in enhancing confidence in workplace and public safety – but potential users need to be aware of issues around their implementation, and realistic in their expectations about performance.
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Revenue surged further past the £1bn mark at Walsall-headquartered HomeServe during its latest financial year, new figures have confirmed.
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Coventry-headquartered Severn Trent has put out a clean water contract worth almost £500m to tender.
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With more than £2bn of grants for small businesses left unclaimed, the government has announced a further £617m available to local authorities to distribute to those "out of scope of the original scheme".
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Accountancy and business advisory firm Baldwins is partnering with universities and commercial enterprises on a new national innovation centre to support the UK's rural economy.
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Vital freight routes into, out of and around the UK are set to benefit from a £35m scheme designed to help ensure critical goods – such as food and medical supplies – can move freely.
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Topps Tiles slipped to a half-year loss because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures have shown.
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Plans by the new owner of the Mailbox in Birmingham city centre to revitalise the shopping and leisure destination have been backed.
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A move to sell a collection of three prominent buildings in Birmingham city centre, including a pair of grade II-listed properties, could be approved next week.
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Detailed plans have been submitted for next phase of Smithfield project as the hotel and apartments near completion at the Stoke-on-Trent site.
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Construction has started on the University of Birmingham's new renewable energy research and innovation centre.
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Avison Young has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to lead a large-scale review of its commercial investment property portfolio.
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Solihull-headquartered Paragon Bank has provided an £11.8m funding package to EquaGroup to assist with the acquisition of a site known as Ironbridge House in Hanwell, London, and its subsequent conversion into 57 residential apartments.
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Redditch-headquartered GKN Aerospace has signed on to help develop the world's first all-electric commuter aircraft designed from scratch.
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A German battery company which can trace its roots back more than 90 years has appointed a new general manager of its UK operations, headquartered in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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Member Exclusive News | Warwickshire-based Purity Brewing Company has agreed a new three-year contract to continue supplying real ale to Wasps Rugby fans.
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A Stratford-upon-Avon recruitment company has signed a two-year deal with a technology specialist to source employees in the emerging battery powered aerospace industry.
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