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Monday 18 May 2020

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Midlands Residential Property Awards shortlists revealed

The shortlists for the Midlands Residential Property Awards have been revealed, with more than 140 businesses and schemes being highlighted.
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Business Matters: Relighting the economy with heat

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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Deals

US PE firm acquires horticulture giant

A Lincolnshire-headquartered business which is one of the largest flower and cannabis producers in the UK has been acquired by a US-based private equity fund.
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L&G appointed to deploy health-tech funding

Legal & General has been appointed to deploy £6m of grant funding to early stage companies looking to 'make a difference' in the healthy ageing market.
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Ask the expert: Can a temperature screening system help with staff and customer confidence?

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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Business

Interim CFO joins Staffline’s board

Nottingham-headquartered recruitment and training group Staffline has appointed its interim chief financial officer to its board.
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Ryanair set for “difficult” year despite €1bn profit

Pre-tax profit has grown to more than €1bn at Ryanair but the budget airline is expecting a "difficult" 2020/21 with passenger number set to fall significantly following the Covid-19 outbreak.
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Intu draws up standstill proposals

Intu is looking to implement standstill arrangements in a bid to ride out the on going pandemic after warning it could breach its debt commitments.
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Property

Work starts on £5m Pioneer Park extension

Work has begun on the next phase of development at Leicester’s Pioneer Park.
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Bid for more than 50 homes tipped for green light

A bid to construct more than 50 homes in Mansfield has been recommended to be approved today.
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Refusal for 55-home bid

A bid to construct up to 55 new homes in Northamptonshire has been voted down.
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Thumbs up expected for new homes scheme

An application for up to 35 new properties to be constructed in a Nottinghamshire town has been tipped for the go-ahead.
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Inland to reopen marketing suites

Housebuilder and brownfield developer Inland Homes is to reopen is marketing suites this week.
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Manufacturing

JCB reveals plans to cut 950 jobs

Up to 950 jobs have been put at risk at JCB after demand for its machines fell by half as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. Workers at the company's Derbyshire plant could be impacted by the planned cuts.
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Brickmaker to restart operations

Leicestershire-headquartered brick maker Ibstock is to restart operations at about one third of its manufacturing sites.
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Lincs firm agrees deal with Chinese robotics maker

A Chinese robotics manufacturer has signed a deal with a counterpart based on the outskirts of Lincoln.
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Air IT extends Notts deal

Air IT has extended its support to Nottingham Rugby by sponsoring the Green and Whites into next season.
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