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Thursday 21 May 2020

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Pre-tax profits continue to slide at Boots

Pre-tax profits dropped by more than £180m at Nottingham-headquartered Boots UK during its latest financial year, new documents have revealed.
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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

Austrian investment firm snaps up Topps Tiles stake

Shares in Leicester-headquartered Topps Tiles have been snapped up by an Austrian investment management firm.
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Bank backing for energy and waste management consultancy

A Lincolnshire energy and waste management consultancy has been able to bolster its cashflow and support staff salaries amid the coronavirus disruption after securing financial support from Lloyds Bank.
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Business expo changes hands

The organiser of a business exhibition in Northamptonshire has acquired a counterpart in Leicester.
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New lenders approved under CBILS

The British Business Bank has approved six new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
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Law firm pre-pack creates £45m-turnover group

A law firm has been sold out of administration in a pre-pack deal which has saved more than 400 jobs and creates a group with 32 bases nationwide.
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Buyout marks new era for Trade Mark Owners Association

The 130-year-old Trade Mark Owners Association has relaunched following an investor-backed management buyout.
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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

Revenue rises as losses slashed at BioCity

Revenue increased and losses have been slashed at Nottingham-headquartered BioCity, a group which invests in and supports early stage bioscience and medical technology companies, new documents for its latest financial year have revealed.
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Pandemic hits Pendragon’s Q1 earnings

Pre-tax profits have taken a £10m hit at listed car retail giant Pendragon during the first quarter of the year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But chief executive Bill Berman said mitigating actions taken meant he was confident the business "will emerge in a strong position as the current restrictions ease".
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Revenue and profits set to surge at listed law firm

Listed law firm Knights expects its revenue and pre-tax profits to surge about 40 per cent when it unveils its full-year results.
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Experienced legal professional joins Octavian UK

Nottingham-based security provider Octavian UK has appointed an experienced legal professional.
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Thwaites starts to ‘work through’ reopening plans

Thwaites is working through its reopening plans as it looks to "prepare for an environment where restrictions will be in place".
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Property

Hotel planned for House of Fraser site approved

Lincoln's House of Fraser is to be knocked down and replaced by a hotel and retail scheme after the plans were given the go-ahead.
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Major mixed-use plans gets council backing

Proposals to create more than 500 jobs and build up to 140 new homes in Leicestershire have been backed.
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D2N2 to provide £4m towards station masterplan

Almost £4m is to be provided by D2N2 to aid the Chesterfield Station masterplan.
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Vote set on old hospital and workhouse plans

A former hospital in Melton Mowbray, which was first used as a workhouse, is to be transformed into a new residential development if the go-ahead is granted next week.
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Refusal for revised plans for 120 homes

Revised plans to build up to 120 homes on a site in Leicestershire have been voted down.
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Multimillion-pound employment scheme set for business park

A multimillion-pound combined production and office is set to be constructed at a business park in Northamptonshire.
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Plan for more than 50 homes approved

A plan to construct more than 50 homes in Mansfield has been voted through.
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Green light for up to 35 houses

An application for up to 35 new properties to be built in a Nottinghamshire town has been given the go-ahead.
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Manufacturing

Council leaders vow to support Rolls-Royce staff

Council leaders in Derby have pledged to do all they can to help those affected by Rolls-Royce's confirmation of its plans to cut at least 9,000 jobs.
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University to help reduce environmental impact of aeroplane engines

Loughborough University is to work on a £5.8m project to reduce the environmental impact of aviation and power-generating gas turbine engines.
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Lingerie retailer relocating Notts store

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