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Wednesday 16 December 2020

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Wickes and Toolstation to hand back £50m

Wickes and Toolstation are to return about £50m in furlough money to the government, owner Northampton-headquartered Travis Perkins has confirmed.
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Business Matters: The power of peer-to-peer support and how Peer Networks can help SMEs thrive

When it comes to talking through the challenges you face in business, working with like-minded business leaders can be an effective way to share knowledge and find solutions.
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Deals

Software group acquires counterpart

A software company, which recently received the keys for its new £22m headquarters in Loughborough, has acquired a counterpart based in Borehamwood.
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Derby County sale “on track”

A deal for a company owned by a senior member of the Abu Dhabi royal family to acquire Derby County FC is "on track" and eyed to be completed "before Christmas".
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LV= to be acquired in £530m deal

Savings, retirement and protection group LV= is set to be acquired by global private equity firm Bain Capital in a £530m deal.
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Business Matters: Not just an isolated success – how to lead a business from surviving to thriving in a pandemic

Dr Koushik Das Sarma, programme facilitator for the Small Business Leadership Programme at the University of Derby, explores how SME leaders are coping with the effects of the virus on business and the vital support needed to help them get ahead of Covid-19 and ahead of the curve.
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Business

Funding boost for centre of excellence project

A project to create a new centre of excellence focusing on modern construction and digital technologies in Derbyshire has received a £500,000 boost.
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FRP grows first half revenue and profit

FRP Advisory Group has grown revenues and profits in the first half of its financial year.
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Bounce Back Loan Scheme criticised by Public Accounts Committee

The Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) has been criticised in a report from Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
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Property

Go-ahead recommended for almost 450 new homes

The go-ahead has been recommended for the construction of almost 450 homes on the edge of Grantham.
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Pendragon to sell JLR dealership in California for almost £12m

Nottingham-headquartered car retail giant Pendragon has agreed to dispose of its Jaguar and Land Rover dealership located in Santa Monica, California, for £11.8m.
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Triple acquisition for Urban Logistics

Property investor Urban Logistics has made three acquisitions - in Huntingdon, Northampton and Fareham - in a £22.9m deal.
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Manufacturing

Rolls-Royce and Saab to research fibre-optic sensing tech

Derby-headquartered Rolls-Royce and car manufacturing giant Saab are undertaking a joint research programme into fibre-optic sensing technologies for aerospace propulsion systems.
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Sales and profits rise at food giant

Like-for-like sales and EBITDA rose at the parent company of 2 Sisters Food Group during its latest financial year, new figures have revealed.
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New board members for Staffline

Nottingham-headquartered recruitment and training group Staffline has appointed two new board members.
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