Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Turnover edged closer to the £150m mark at Birmingham-headquartered Palletline during its latest financial year, newly filed accounts have revealed.
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As the impact of coronavirus takes hold, stress for the region’s workforce is at an all-time high, with concerns over job security and personal finances escalating, and those who can, working in isolation from home in line with the government’s social distancing instructions. With this and April’s UK Stress Awareness Month in mind, David McCormack, CEO of employee engagement innovators HIVE360, offers guidance on managing the mental health of employees who are working remotely.
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A Warwickshire company whose app is replacing pagers in NHS hospitals has passed its £500,000 fundraising target.
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YFM Equity Partners has closed its latest buyout fund raising £80m to invest in UK businesses.
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Security giant G4S has now completed and received just more than half of the proceeds anticipated from the sale of its conventional cash businesses to The Brink's Company.
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Business have been urged to make use of the British Business Bank's Start Up Loans programme for support during the coronavirus outbreak.
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The Prince’s Trust and NatWest have launched a £5m fund to support young entrepreneurs across the UK to keep their businesses afloat during the coronavirus crisis.
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Revenue at Solihull-based motor finance lender S&U increased to almost £90m during its latest financial year.
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Household repairs giant HomeServe, which is headquartered in Walsall, has confirmed it is currently not planning to furlough or make redundant any of its staff over the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Businesses could help boost the UK's resilience to the long-term impact of the coronavirus outbreak and similar situations in the future as part of a £20m funding initiative.
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The UK new light commercial vehicle (LCV) market slumped by more than 50 per cent last month, new figures have shown.
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An arts centre in Worcestershire has ceased trading after being forced to close its doors because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Plans have been submitted for more than 400 homes to be constructed to the north of Coventry.
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Birmingham-headquartered Real Estate Investors has confirmed it will propose a final dividend payment despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A historic Midlands contractor incurred pre-tax losses of almost £6m during its latest financial period, despite turnover passing £140m, newly filed accounts have confirmed.
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An affordable homes provider has bought a former Staffordshire nightclub and dance hall site for residential redevelopment.
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Property businesses are making major investments in technology to counter the impact of the coronavirus, a prominent agent has told Insider.
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Vistry Partnerships, part of Vistry Group, has exchanged contracts with Homes England on a portfolio of six developments that will provide more than 570 new homes across the country.
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Property asset management business Moorgarth has launched a new £100m fund to support community-based retail and leisure projects across the UK.
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Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered Churchill China has hailed 2019 as a "very successful year" in which it "reinforced the substantial progress made in developing and implementing long term growth strategies".
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Turnover remained flat at a packaging company which has its UK headquarters in Telford during its latest financial year, new accounts have confirmed.
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Member Exclusive News | Warwickshire-headquartered listed video game developer Codemasters has added a senior Virgin executive to its board.
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Construction company Stepnell has provided University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in a bid to support key workers on the front line of the Covid-19 crisis.
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