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Latest News | 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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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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A US-based investment giant has taken a stake in Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered ceramics maker which can trace its roots back to the late 1700s.
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More than £800,000 has been raised by a company whose app is replacing pagers in NHS hospitals after its extended crowdfunding campaign came to an end.
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The British Business Bank has approved six new lenders for accreditation under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
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A team of corporate and commercial corporate specialists in the Birmingham office at Mills & Reeve has helpt to complete an international deal.
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The 130-year-old Trade Mark Owners Association has relaunched following an investor-backed management buyout.
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The Eddie Stobart and Stobart trademarks and designs have been sold to Eddie Stobart Logistics for £10m.
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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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Pre-tax profits dropped by more than £180m at Boots UK during its latest financial year, new documents have revealed.
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Lending balance at Secure Trust Bank Commercial Finance increased past the £250m mark during its latest financial year.
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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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Pets at Home's group revenues have passed £1bn for the first time while pre-tax profits have soared. However, the company noted that almost all of the demand witnessed in the closing weeks of the year has unwound.
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Plans have been submitted for a new railway station to be opened in south Birmingham.
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A Queen's Award-winning company which manufactures custom prototypes and on-demand production parts has begun work on a £10.5m investment that will increase its 3D printing capability by 50 per cent.
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Staffordshire University's plans to create a centre to work alongside local businesses to provide innovation support to the ceramics industry and other manufacturing areas have been approved.
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A Birmingham pub could be transformed into retail units and apartments, according to new proposals.
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A plan to build a 70-bed care home in Worcestershire has been voted down.
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An office development in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham has been let before it has been completed to a company which helped to secure the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Sales at Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations division surged 64 per cent during its latest financial year, new figures have shown.
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A Kingswinford adjustable bed manufacturer has reported a steady set of results for its latest financial year.
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Turnover and pre-tax profits rose at Warwickshire-headquartered dumper truck maker Thwaites during its latest financial year, according to newly filed documents.
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Member Exclusive News | Law firm Clarke Willmott has announced a senior promotion at its Birmingham office.
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A Bromsgrove-headquartered business telecoms systems firm has announced the appointment of a new head of sales.
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