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Tuesday 10 November 2020

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Turnover rises at plant-based food and drink maker

Turnover increased to almost £230m at the UK arm of plant-based food and drink maker Alpro during its latest financial year, new documents have revealed.
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Business Matters: Work effectively from anywhere with a unified communications solution

Duncan Ward, CEO of Network Telecom, looks at the ways in which businesses can prepare to work from anywhere with a unified communications solution.
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Deals

Pork pie producer snapped up by new backer

Savoury pastry producer Addo Food Group has been acquired by PAI Partners in a deal which provides an exit for private equity firm LDC.
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LA firm further increases Rolls-Royce investment

An LA-based investor has further increased its stake in Derby-headquartered engineering giant Rolls-Royce.
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Fletchers Waste Management acquires skip hire business

Sheffield-based Fletchers Waste Management has acquired a Nottinghamshire skip hire company.
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Tech firm valued at £90m after MBO

Private equity firm LDC has exited a cloud services technology company in a management buyout (MBO) which values it at £90m.
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Howes Percival works on trans-Atlantic deal

The Northampton office of Howes Percival acted on a transaction which saw a US company acquire a London-based compliance technology business.
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Investment firm further ups Staffline stake

A Leicestershire-based investment firm has further upped its stake in Nottingham-headquartered recruitment company Staffline.
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OakNorth targets further lending during pandemic and beyond

OakNorth Bank is still "very active" when it comes to providing financial support to companies in the ongoing pandemic and beyond, a senior debt finance director has told Insider. It comes after government-backed initiatives such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) were extended as the second English lockdown gets underway.
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Business Matters: Building business resilience - How business operations can thrive in uncertain times

Many businesses were forced to adapt and adopt new processes in a rush as the pandemic hit. SafetyCulture’s Dan Joyce explores how we can build on those hasty foundations and optimise for safer, more productive and successful companies in 2021.
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Business

Shares surge after Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough

Shares in Midlands companies including Rolls-Royce, National Express and Marston's jumped after Pfizer and BioNTech announced positive efficacy results from the third phase, late-stage study of their potential Covid-19 vaccine, which was found to be more than 90 per cent effective.
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5G tech set to help businesses develop resilience

Businesses need to look seriously at adopting 5G technology now to help build resilience helping get through the current crisis, according to an expert on the hyper-fast mobile technology.
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PE-backed financial businesses group formed

A number of financial businesses in Leicestershire and Worcestershire have combined to form a new private equity-backed group.
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Cost-cutting railway fleet agreement signed

An agreement has been signed between West Midlands Trains and Derby-headquartered Porterbrook aiming to reduce costs and improve the reliability of the train operator’s Class 172 fleet.
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Property

Green light tipped for up to 200 homes

The go-ahead has been recommended to build up to 200 new homes in Nottinghamshire.
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All three units let at Panattoni Park Nottingham

All three commercial units at Panattoni Park Nottingham have now been leased. 
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Formal plans in to expand enterprise park

A formal application has now been submitted to expand a Lincolnshire enterprise park.
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Go-ahead for almost 90 homes

Proposals to construct almost 90 homes on the edge of a Lincolnshire town have been voted through.
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Solar farm plans revealed

A solar farm has been earmarked for 182 acres across two parcels of land in Leicestershire, according to new documents.
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Plans for 190 new homes refused

Proposals to construct up to 190 homes in Leicestershire have been refused.
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Manufacturing

Rolls-Royce signs nuclear deal with US giant

Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding regarding nuclear power stations with an American energy giant.
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PE-backed engineering group reports results rise

A private equity-backed engineering group which has operations in Burton-upon-Trent, has reported a rise in turnover and EBITDA for its latest financial year.
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Cycling products sales surge eight fold at sports clothes maker

Sales of cycling products have surged by more than 800 per cent at a Derby-based company that manufactures high performance garments for triathletes, including Olympic champions, so far this year.
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Businesses take space at Albion Gateway

A specialist door manufacturer and family-run car dealership has agreed to take space at St Modwen's Albion Gateway site in Burton-upon-Trent.
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