Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Pre-tax losses totalled £121m at Birmingham-headquartered pubco giant Mitchells & Butlers, whose brands include Miller & Carter, All Bar One and Toby Carvery, during the first half of its financial year, because of the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Esther Gottschalk and Philip Cupitt from Marks & Clerk LLP say 3D printing, expected to be a $35.6bn industry by 2024, has a significant role to play in the production of goods. This was the case before the current Covid-19 crisis, but is likely to continue in spite of it.
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Birmingham-based Glancy Nicholls Architects has made four internal senior promotions as part of a growth capital fund raise and shareholder realignment.
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An LDC-backed company has acquired a business telecoms provider for an undisclosed sum.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially launched a merger inquiry into the proposed £178m deal between building materials giant Breedon and CEMEX UK.
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The British Business Bank has approved six new lenders for accreditation under its Coronavirus Business Loan Schemes.
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Duncan Ward, CEO of Network Telecom, looks at the technology to consider ahead of returning to the office and the benefits it will offer a post-lockdown workforce.
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Many businesses are using the pandemic and lockdown to take a radical look at how they operate and change in a drive to stay relevant, an online Insider forum has heard.
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Solihull-headquartered IM Properties (IMP) has revealed a writedown of its retail assets has reduced pre-tax profit from £61m to just under £24m.
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Warwick-headquartered technology giant telent has appointed a new chief executive.
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National consultancy Pegasus Group has announced a series of director level internal promotions across its Derbyshire and Birmingham offices.
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Virgin Money is set to resume the programme of store closures and job cuts put on hold following the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Primark owner Associated British Food has outlined its profit expectations for its latest financial year in a summary of "significant trading developments" throughout the coronavirus crisis.
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More than 230 new homes could be constructed in Sandwell after the plans were recommended for the go-ahead.
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The green light has been given for a five-storey, mixed-use building in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.
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An industrial unit in Leamington Spa is to be knocked down to make way for a job-creating care home.
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A fresh bid to transform vacant offices in Birmingham into new homes has been rejected.
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A care home could be constructed in Stratford-upon-Avon after the plans were recommended for approval.
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JCB has developed the construction industry’s first-ever hydrogen-powered excavator, the company announced today.
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International aerospace and defence engineering company Meggitt has revealed that its organic revenue for the second quarter of its financial year will be about 30 per cent lower because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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INEOS Automotive has revealed the exterior design of the Grenadier, the company's 4x4 vehicle.
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Member Exclusive News | The biggest piece of infrastructure in the Coventry Station Masterplan is underway, marking a major milestone in the £82m project.
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The first tenant of a transformed town centre scheme in Hereford has been unveiled.
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