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Thursday, December 3, 2020
- News
Disability-related tribunal cases increased 133% over past five years
Disability-related tribunal cases have increased 133% over the past five years, making it the second most prevalent type of workplace discrimination, new research shows. Through...Plans for Mansfield to become university town outlined
Plans have been outlined to transform Mansfield into a university town as part of ambitious proposals to revitalise the area. Provision of student accommodation to...16% of East Midlands businesses have made changes to their supply chain ahead of EU exit
British businesses are creating a new trading footprint around the world, according to a new report, A New World for Global British Business, by...New research shows 7 in 10 Midlands’ business leaders confident of returning to growth in 2021
Seven out of 10 (69 per cent) Midlands’ business leaders are confident of returning to pre-pandemic levels of growth in 2021 according to a...More Midlands workers furloughed than any other UK region’s except London
The ongoing importance of Government support for business during the pandemic has again been underlined in figures showing that more workers in the Midlands...
- Property
Georgian building given new lease of life following £500,000 investment
A Georgian building in the heart of Castle Donington in Leicestershire has been given a new lease of life after a £500,000 investment and...Plans submitted to transform Grade II listed buildings into student accommodation
Plans to convert historic buildings in Nottingham City Centre have been submitted to the City Council. The proposals for 112-128 Derby Road involve the conversion...Plans for 98-home development in Pilsley approved
Forge New Homes has received approval to move forward with plans for a 98-home development in Pilsley, North East Derbyshire. The group, a partnership between...Plans for mixed-use scheme at Sherwood Library progress as contracts signed with developer
Plans for a new Sherwood Library have been revealed now contracts have been signed with a developer, which will see the whole site redeveloped. The...19-acre Castle Donington site sold to local housing developer
Clowes Developments has sold a 19-acre Castle Donington site to local housing developer, William Davis Homes for an undisclosed sum. The 183 housing plots form...
- Finance
Breedon completes £12.2m deal with Tillicoultry Quarries
Breedon's deal to dispose of certain assets to Tillicoultry Quarries Limited for £12.2m has completed, allowing the company to progress its £178m CEMEX acquisition. Following...Newark-based managed service provider snaps up AWS consulting firm
Newark-based Timico has acquired Arcus Cloud Services Limited (ACS), the Amazon Web Services (AWS) advanced consulting firm, representing a further step towards Timico becoming...Pension pool invests £40m in Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant
Leeds-based Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (Border to Coast), one of the largest UK pension pools, has invested £40m in Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant,...The Access Group acquires career development platform provider
Loughborough-headquartered The Access Group has acquired Abintegro Limited, a privately-owned London-based company known for its career development and digital learning technologies. Abintegro will join the...Topps Tiles slips to a loss in “year of challenge and change”
Leicestershire’s Topps Tiles Plc, the tile specialist, has posted a pre-tax loss of £9.8m for the 52 weeks ended 26 September 2020. This is in comparison...
- Manufacturing
Rolls-Royce acquires supplier of ship control systems
Derby's Rolls-Royce has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts. Representatives of Rolls-Royce's...Manufacturing demand slumps as activity remains weak
Manufacturing output volumes in the three months to November fell at their slowest pace since September 2019, but the pipeline for activity – including...Manufacturers looking to ‘reshore’ activity to UK against a backdrop of COVID-19 caution
A significant proportion of manufacturers are looking to ‘reshore’ activity to the UK against a backdrop of COVID-19 uncertainty and a shift in investor...UK manufacturing put centre stage as political heavy hitters join the new Advisory Board of the Institute for Prosperity
A cross-party group of political heavyweights have joined forces to campaign for a new, manufacturing-led economic agenda that supports left-behind regions across the UK. Described...£1m tax break extended to stimulate investment in UK manufacturing
A £1 million tax break to stimulate investment in UK manufacturing, to support business confidence, is to be extended, HM Treasury has announced. Businesses, including...
- Appointments
Leicester tech agency Outform expands into Amsterdam
Retail innovation agency Outform is bolstering its EMEA footprint with a new office in Amsterdam, led by Ton Kooijman. Kooijman takes on the role of...Derby accountancy and business advice company welcomes fourth new team member
A Derby accountancy and business advice company has recruited its fourth new team member in less than 12 months. Vibrant Accountancy, based on Duffield Road,...IoD appoints trio of Ambassadors in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
The Institute of Directors has appointed a trio of Ambassadors to its Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire team. Peter Wingrove joins as Mental Health and Wellbeing Ambassador,...Gallagher appoints Gareth Parry-Jones to lead the Midlands
Insurance, risk management and consulting firm Gallagher has appointed Gareth Parry-Jones Regional Managing Director of the Midlands. In his new role, Gareth is responsible for...Pegasus Funding hires tech experts as start-up inquiries soar
Rutland-based Pegasus Funding has appointed two technology-focused funding experts to its team of business funding specialists due to a spike in demand for tech...
- Advice
How Salesforce Administrator Certification can help you get a better job?
A Salesforce Admin is a skilled professional who works with stakeholders to help them tailor the Salesforce platform's apps in accordance with their business...Prioritise jobs, training for young to drive UK-wide recovery – CBI
The CBI has laid out a health-first recovery plan that it said would help secure a jobs-rich, fair and sustainable future for the UK...Covid-19 and business owners – guidance on Job Retention Scheme
All UK businesses will be able to apply for assistance to support paying part of their employees’ salary for those employees that would have...With 2021 looming, what’s in store for trade?
The end of January brought with it the end of the UK’s member ship in the European Union. Last month, the government began setting...2020 vision: Fiona Duncan-Steer, founder of RSViP Business Networking Agency
Fiona Duncan-Steer, founder of RSViP Business Networking Agency, talks goal setting and vision boards. It’s a brand-new year ladies and gentlemen, a brand-new year. Now we’ve...
- Out Of Office
Christmas ‘Treecycling’ scheme launched to support hospice
Ward, the Midlands-based metal recycling and waste management specialist, has once again partnered with Treetops Hospice Care and Maple Tree Care tree surgeons to...Government reveals plans to transform training and skills system in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
The government has announced plans to transform the training and skills system in Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire in a bid to make it...Christmas comes early for Derbyshire architectural firm as its celebrates prestigious award win
A Sandiacre-based architectural design start-up is celebrating Christmas early this year after being named ‘Architecture Company of the Year 2020’. The Practical Planning Company earned...Developer launches charitable giving initiative
Prologis, the developer of industrial logistics parks, with many in the East Midlands, is launching a pan-European charitable giving initiative which will see the...New Friends of the Fox business club gets seal of approval from Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire
A new business club for supporters of the Leicester Children’s Hospital Appeal has launched with the endorsement of Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire. Launched by...
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