Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | A masterplan for the HS2 Interchange Station has been launched, aiming to boost the regional economy by £1bn, create and support up to 27,000 jobs as well as thousands of homes and six million sq ft of commercial space. Read More… |
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Lucy Cheatham, head of marketing at HIVE360, looks at how offices will need to prepare after lockdown. Read More… |
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A Worcestershire-based building supplies company has secured a significant investment and revealed plans to create 30 jobs. Read More… |
A London investment firm has more than halved its significant stake in Birmingham-headquartered National Express. Read More… |
Details have been revealed about the funding for the acquisition of East End Wholesale Stores. Read More… |
Next is on pole position to acquire the British operations of Victoria's Secret. Read More… |
Assetz Capital is nearing the £750,000 mark on its Seedrs campaign. Read More… |
The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that Hunter Douglas' acquisition of counterpart 247 Home Furnishings raises competition concerns. Read More… |
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Tom Hopson, associate director of Encore Estate Mangement, talks about the importance of the removal and replacement of ACM cladding and the government's new Building Safety Programme. Read More… |
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More than 1,600 jobs are set to be cut at a national casino chain, which is headquartered in Birmingham, because of the Covid-19 pandemic's impact on the business. Read More… |
A new group chief financial officer has been appointed by a Worcestershire-based cruise holiday company. Read More… |
Property consultancy Fisher German has won a contract to act as land agents on one of the largest strategic water infrastructure projects in the UK. Read More… |
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Almost 500 student bedrooms are to be created in Coventry after plans for two towers which would rise to between 12 and 14 storeys were voted through. Read More… |
A development which will contain more than 200 apartments on a site in Birmingham's Gun Quarter has been approved. Read More… |
Approval has been granted to build a total of 131 apartments in the Digbeth area of Birmingham. Read More… |
Café and restaurant bar operator Loungers has confirmed that one of its Birmingham sites will not reopen after its temporary closure due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Read More… |
Birmingham-based mechanical and electrical services specialist J S Wright has secured an £8m-plus contract to fit out homes at a new neighbourhood at Bermondsey in London. Read More… |
Castleforge Partners has reached final close of its third commercial real estate fund at more than £270m. Read More… |
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A major engine manufacturing milestone has been passed by Jaguar Land Rover. Read More… |
Dräger is to set up a production facility in the UK to make respiratory masks in response to an order from the British government. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | A Birmingham communications agency has hired a former local enterprise partnership chief executive as a senior adviser. The company has also announced a rebrand. Read More… |
Walsall FC have partnered with an energy consultancy for the next three years. Read More… |
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