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Wednesday 25 November 2020

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Toyota’s UK arm returns profit as turnover nears €3bn

Turnover accelerated to almost €3bn at the Derbyshire-headquartered UK arm of car manufacturing giant Toyota during its latest financial year while it also returned to making a pre-tax profit.
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Business Matters: Real estate and construction - how do we build growth from here?

Ray Abercromby, tax partner at the Birmingham office of Smith & Williamson, offers some practical actions to consider to drive business growth in challenging times.
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Deals

LDC exits logistics business after US deal

A near £60m-turnover logistics business has been acquired by US counterpart, providing an exit for LDC.
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Accrol Group completes £41.8m takeover

Independent tissue converter Accrol Group has completed its £41.8m takeover of a Leicester counterpart.
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£594m deal recommended to GoGo Group shareholders

Terms have been agreed on a recommended takeover offer for GoGo Group in a deal which values the operator of price comparison website GoCompare.com at almost £600m.
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Garages group secures six-figure pandemic boost

A group which runs car garages across the UK has secured a £750,000 loan from HSBC UK through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
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Recruiter secures £20m package

A £73m-turnover recruitment agency that provides temporary skilled workers to a range of sectors has secured a £20m invoice finance facility and full transactional banking services from Santander UK.
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Residential care provider sold to specialist group

The operations of a Chesterfield-headquartered residential care provider have been sold to a specialist healthcare group.
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Food industry equipment firm snapped up

A company, which processes equipment to the food industry, has been sold to a German multi-national business. The Midlands team of BDO advised on the deal.
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Business Matters: Extraordinary times provide a catalyst for change

The Covid-19 pandemic was unforeseen, unexpected and unwanted, but has been the catalyst for businesses, people and economies to adapt to survive, which says much about the resolve of the region’s business community, according to Graham Spalding, partner in the Corporate and Commercial practice of regional law firm Lodders.
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Business

Results surge expected at newly listed firm

Revenue and EBITDA at a newly listed diagnostics company, which has been conducting thousands of daily Covid-19 tests, is set to surge for its current financial year.
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Pre-tax profits rise at Queen’s Award winner

Pre-tax profits rose at a Queen's Award-winning Nottingham company behind a global portfolio of business messaging brands during its latest financial year.
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Pandemic stunts growth at historic family firm

The Covid-19 pandemic stunted the growth of a family-run digital and print marketing company in Nottinghamshire, which started life as a Victorian bookshop in the mid-1800s, towards the end of its most recent financial year, new documents have revealed.
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Isolation concerns raised by business academic

Too many directors are struggling in isolation because of lockdown, affecting their ability to look at how they should be positioning their businesses, according to a key panellist at Insider’s forum on the issue.
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Stable results for historic logistics giant

A stable set of results have been reported by a logistics giant which has been trading for 150 years.
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New hires for corporate finance boutique

A corporate finance boutique based on the edge of Stamford has made two technology-focused apointments.
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Business and job support hub set for Rushden Lakes

A new business and job support hub is set to launch at Rushden Lakes in Northamptonshire.
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Property

Student flats plans in for Leicester

Proposals for a new student accommodation scheme in Leicester have been published.
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Masterplan required for 4,000-homes site

Developers considering planning applications for 4,000 homes and employment on land in Nottinghamshire are being required to agree a masterplan for the whole site with the council.
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Detailed plans approved for office building

Detailed planning consent has been secured for a new office building at East Midlands Distribution Centre in Castle Donington.
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Work starts on £65m schools project

Work has started to build three new schools in Leicester and Derby.
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Land earmarked for more than 200 homes sold

Harworth Group has sold a 16-acre parcel of land to Barratt David Wilson at its Thoresby Vale development in Nottinghamshire. The site is earmarked for 219 new homes. 
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Deals agreed for £30m mixed-use scheme

Deals have been agreed for four nationwide operators to open new premises at a £30m mixed-use scheme in Nottingham.
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Manufacturing

Turnover nears £50m at coffee supplier

Turnover at the parent company of one of the largest coffee suppliers in the UK, which is headquartered in Lincolnshire, grew to almost £50m during its most recent financial year.
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Uni secures almost £1m to help tackle waste plastic

About £1m has been awarded to Loughborough University to help tackle waste plastic in the UK.
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Double Queen’s Award winner joins MAKE UK

A double Queen's Award-winning Nottingham technology company has joined manufacturers' organisation MAKE UK.
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Alumasc board member to step down

A board member of the Alumasc Group, the Kettering-based supplier of building products and systems, is to stand down at the end of the year.
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