Today's West Midlands business news from Insider |
Latest News | Turnover at the parent company of private equity-backed sk:n Group increased during its latest financial year, but its pre-tax losses widened, according to new figures for the Birmingham-headquartered business. Read More… |
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Ray Harris, MEIF principal at Foresight Group LLP, offers a helpful guide for management teams of SMEs looking for equity investment post pandemic. Read More… |
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A deal which saw a Birmingham-based developer of sustainable and reusable batteries receive a £2m equity investment from BGF and Mercia Asset Management has been named Insider's Deal of the Month for July. Read More… |
Simply has been accredited to lend under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) by the British Business Bank. Read More… |
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Law firm Bevan Brittan has promoted two new partners at its Birmingham office. They are among five promotions from the firm’s base in Edmund Street. Read More… |
A number of concerns have been raised about the funerals industry by the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA). Read More… |
Topps Tiles has said it now expects to report "modest" pre-tax profits for its current financial year which has been impacted heavily by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More… |
Private equity-backed Bistrot Pierre is expecting to return to pre-Covid levels of profitability by 2024 and open a new site every year from 2023, according to a new document. The value of the pre-pack deal to buy the restaurant chain out of administration last month has also been published for the first time. Read More… |
Cera Care is recruiting, retraining and deploying new staff from industries that have suffered mass redundancies due to the ongoing pandemic, creating 10,000 jobs. Read More… |
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The go-ahead has been recommended to transform a grade II*-listed building in Solihull with links to the founder of Birds Custard into a care home and new apartments. Read More… |
A packaging business has signed up to move to a St Modwen business park in Staffordshire. Read More… |
Worcester-headquartered Mainstay Residential has been appointed to manage the Kenilworth Court development in Edgbaston. Read More… |
IM Properties has joined with a global tech business to create a regional testbed for a new energy-saving streetlight system at Blythe Valley Park in Solihull. Read More… |
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Revenue at a listed engineering group headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, which was established in 1883, increased to more than £140m during its latest financial year. Read More… |
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Member Exclusive News | Redditch-headquartered Halfords has appointed the former chief financial officer of InterContinental Hotels to its board. Read More… |
A Worcestershire-based motor and agricultural salvage company has become the main partner and front-of-shirt sponsor for Worcester Warriors. Read More… |
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