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Thursday 2 April 2020

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The Hut Group makes £10m pledge

The Hut Group has outlined details of a £10m aid package to support vulnerable communities, key workers and emergency services across Manchester, the UK and its international markets. The company has also handed both of its city centre hotels over to the NHS and GM Police for the coming months.
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Business Matters: Extraordinary times, extraordinary measures

Sara Barrett, a partner at Mills & Reeve, looks into the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
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Deals

Quantuma buys Manchester firm after NW growth

Quantuma has acquired a Manchester-based specialist insolvency and advisory firm on the back of strong North West growth.
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Revised takeover of financial services firm completes

The multimillion-pound takeover of a financial services technology company by an Australian business has completed for a discount on the original purchase price.
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Auto Trader to bring in £186m

Auto Trader has completed a placing, with the company set to raise about £186m.
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Details emerge on job-saving deal

Further details on the takeover of a Lancashire engineering company have been revealed, with the deal saving 21 jobs.
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EY acquires R&D tax relief specialist

Professional services giant EY has acquired an R&D independent tax consultancy which specialises in supporting companies accessing R&D tax relief through the small to medium size enterprises (SME) scheme.
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Business Matters: Economic uncertainty and divorce

Economic uncertainty can have a significant impact on the fortunes of many firms. Fiona Wood, partner at McAlister Family Law, examines the issues around divorce and businesses in challenging times.
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Business

Business secretary calls on banks to support crisis-hit firms

Business secretary Alok Sharma has said it is 'completely unacceptable' if banks are 'unfairly refusing funds to good companies in financial difficulties' amid criticism of the industry and concern about the ability of firms to survive the current shutdown in place to tackle the coronavirus. The Chancellor is set to come forward with additional measures to help small businesses trying to access support.
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Greater Manchester jobs initiative launched

A new initiative designed to help businesses respond to the unprecedented shift in the jobs market as a result of coronavirus has been launched by the Growth Company in partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
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Liverpool firms urged to apply for Covid-19 support grants

Liverpool City Council has opened applications for the city's businesses to apply for a Covid-19 support grant.
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Holiday company vows to come back ‘stronger than ever’

A holiday company has vowed to come back stronger than ever – with assistance from Lloyds Bank – after cancelling its upcoming trips.
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B&M to temporarily close almost 50 stores

B&M is to temporarily close almost 50 stores amid the ongoing pandemic.
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Compassionate Care to create more than 50 roles

Compassionate Care is creating more than 50 roles to meet the urgent need for in-home services across Trafford.
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Mindset: Opening doors

Liverpool recruitment consultancy Advocate Group has expanded into Manchester and is going international, but director Chris Dickenson is wary of overstretching.
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Property

Plans in for £350m Manchester arena

Plans to build the UK's largest arena at Manchester's Etihad Campus, in a move which would support 4,500 jobs, have been submitted.
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U+I agrees Harwell Campus stake sale

Regeneration developer U+I has exchanged on the sale of its holding in Harwell Campus – a science and technology campus in Oxfordshire – in a deal worth more than £40m.
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Strong year for JV North consortium

Members of the JV North consortium have built the equivalent of almost four homes every working day over the past year.
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Brabners strengthens NW real estate team

Brabners has moved to further strengthen its real estate offering with the appointment of a new sector lead for the North West.
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Altin Homes submits garden centre redevelopment plans

Altin Homes has submitted plans for the redevelopment of a former garden centre on the A50 at Allostock.
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Davis Blank Furniss has grown its private client team.
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Pixel Kicks secures latest brief

Manchester-based Pixel Kicks has secured a brief with the Nanomedicine Lab.
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