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Friday 18 January 2019

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Thumbs-up for 800-home scheme

A £100m development featuring 800 homes in the West Midlands, which could create 1,550 jobs, has been given the thumbs up.
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Insider Feature
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Business Matters: Entrepreneurs – the fight to fund growth

Neil Meredith, partner at EY, explains the funding challenges faced by entrepreneurs as they fight to achieve their growth ambitions.
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Deals

Counterpart deal for insurance and financial group

An insurance and financial group has acquired a counterpart based in Staffordshire.
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Latest acquisition for print supplier

Specialist print supplier Hague Group has acquired a West Midlands-based print management business.
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Government indicated it would not intervene in media merger

The government will not intervene in the sale of Johnston Press after it entered administration last year, according to newly published correspondence.
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Business Matters: Five ways to make your office a better place in 2019

It’s only two weeks into 2019 and the business world is already moving quickly, especially in the Midlands. Overbury's Andrew Wood looks at five ways to make your office a better place for you and your employees in the year ahead.
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Business

Commonwealth Games committee names CEO

A chief executive of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has been named.
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Ofgem orders customer accounts sale to be stopped

Industry regulator Ofgem has ordered the sale of about 30,000 accounts of energy customers to a Birmingham company after a counterpart ceased trading earlier month to be stopped.
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Deputy chairman leaves Patisserie Valerie owner

The deputy chairman of the Birmingham-headquartered listed company behind Patisserie Valerie has resigned with immediate effect.
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Turnover target set as major appointment announced

The man behind two drainage businesses with multimillion-pound turnovers has joined a Birmingham-headquartered company to help with its expansion plans.
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Logistics business wins major contract

A Japanese logistics business has won a contract with Telford-based AGA Rangemaster.
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Revenues slip as BrightHouse remains in the red

Revenues have slipped by more than £35m at BrightHouse due to stricter credit criteria, newly filed accounts have revealed. Chairman Henry Staunton said while the company had faced "many challenges" during the period it "overcame some significant hurdles on its journey back towards growth".
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Buckfast distributor grows but warns on uncertainty

Turnover and profits have grown at the UK distributor of Buckfast Tonic Wine, although the business warned profits will continue to be affected by sterling's weakened exchange rate with the Euro following the Brexit vote.
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£20m creative industries funding awarded

Worcester is set to receive a share of £20m of new creative industries funding that could support the creation of more than 1,300 jobs.
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Property

Green light for £200m apartment and 27-storey tower plans

A project worth more than £200m to create 770 apartments in Birmingham city centre, including a 27-storey tower, has been approved.
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Go-ahead for historic brewery’s pub and theatre plans

The go-ahead has been given for a Shropshire brewery, which can trace its roots back to the 18th century and sells beer first made by Augustinian monks, to build a new pub and theatre in the county.
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New vote set for major mixed-use scheme

A new vote is set to be held on phased plans to transform an industrial site in Solihull into almost 600 homes and a range of car dealerships after councillors voted to delay making a final decision on the application.
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Warehouse snapped up for £1.5m

A Wolverhampton warehouse has been snapped up by an engineering company for £1.5m.
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Green light tipped for new Lidl

A new Lidi supermarket could be constructed in Staffordshire after plans were recommended for approval.
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Delay for Aldi’s plan for closed Staples store

A final decision on whether to transform a former Staples store in West Bromwich into an Aldi supermarket has been delayed.
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New board member for accountancy firm

A Warwickshire-based accountancy firm has promoted a corporate finance specialist to its board of directors.
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New owners for prominent city venue

A prominent Worcester bar and restaurant has been taken over by new owners.
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