Thursday, November 26, 2020
- News
Business and job support hub opens at Rushden Lakes
The Crown Estate is supporting East Northamptonshire Council with the opening of a new one-stop shop for businesses and job seekers at Rushden Lakes. The...Retail sales expected to stabilise as restrictions ease
Retail sales volumes fell in the year to November, but online sales rose at the fastest pace in two years according to the latest...Loughborough awarded £1m to research plastic packaging alternatives
Loughborough University has been awarded around £1m to help tackle waste plastic in the UK. The Perpetual Plastic for Food to Go project (PPFTG) will develop, prototype,...Prime minister reveals Covid Winter Plan
Tightened regional coronavirus restrictions are being introduced when England’s lockdown ends on 2 December, and will remain in place until the spring, prime minister...Adzooma and Revolut Business launch industry first
Revolut, the growing UK technology company, and international online advertising platform, Adzooma, have announced they will be providing Revolut Business customers with an advertising...
- Property
BAM starts work on three new East Midlands schools
BAM Construction has commenced work on three new schools in the East Midlands, having been appointed to the schemes by the Department for Education...Housebuilder acquires 16-acre land parcel at Nottinghamshire development
Harworth Group plc, a regenerator of land and property for development and investment, has sold a 16-acre parcel of land to Barratt David Wilson...Four national businesses sign up to £30m mixed-use scheme in Nottingham
Four nationwide operators have signed contracts to open new premises at a £30 million mixed-use scheme in Nottingham. Gedling Borough Council has granted planning permission...10,000 sq ft office development takes step forward in Castle Donington
Clowes Developments’ Paul Shanley has achieved a detailed planning consent for a 10,000 sq ft two storey office block at EMDC, Castle Donington. The build...Global insurance data and technology business moves into new Nottingham home
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a provider of data, analytics and technology to insurance providers in the UK and Ireland, has moved into the newly regenerated...
- Finance
Accrol completes £41.8m acquisition of Leicester Tissue Company
Accrol Group has completed the £41.8m acquisition of Leicester Tissue Company (LTC), in a deal led by Zeus Capital. Zeus Capital acted as Nominated Adviser...Coronavirus testing sees revenues rise at Nottingham laboratory services firm
Revenues at Nottingham-based SourceBio International, the provider of integrated laboratory services and products, have risen as a result of Coronavirus testing. Since May 2020, SourceBio...Fundraising campaign sees PALLITE® raise £1.1m
Northamptonshire-based PALLITE®, a designer and manufacturer of sustainable, paper honeycomb board packaging products used in the logistics industry, has raised over £1.1million on Crowdcube. PALLITE®...Private equity firm backs Nottingham investigation software specialist’s MBO
Private equity firm NorthEdge has backed the primary management buyout of Altia-ABM, a specialist investigation and covert operation software business. Nottingham and Glasgow based Altia-ABM...Northampton’s Panther Logistics acquired by US firm
Northampton-based Panther Logistics has been acquired by US-based AIT Worldwide Logistics, a global transportation management leader. The acquisition follows a year in which Panther has...
- Manufacturing
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...University of Nottingham supports Rolls-Royce project to accelerate future aerospace technologies
University of Nottingham researchers have joined a new, three-year Rolls-Royce-led project - backed by the ATI Programme - to make future aerospace servicing technologies...
- Appointments
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...Breedon appoints CFO designate
Breedon, the Leicestershire-based construction materials group, has appointed James Brotherton to the executive management team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) designate. James was CFO of...East Midlands law firm expands team with triple hire
Grantham-based JMP Solicitors is growing its team with a trio of new hires – as Andrea Bingham joins as a private client solicitor, Mikaela...
- 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
A very unconventional Christmas gift list, but perhaps right for the moment: by James Pinchbeck of Streets Chartered Accountants
James Pinchbeck, Partner at Streets Chartered Accountants, presents gift ideas for business people and employees in the post-Covid world. With Christmas seemingly the only certainty...Newark secures funding for four-year High Street Heritage Action Zone project
Newark has been awarded funding of £275,000 from Historic England for its High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) programme to restore and unlock its...Nottingham Business School to deliver Carbon Literacy Training to students from across the globe
Nottingham Business School (NBS) is to deliver its Carbon Literacy Training to students from across the world as it joins the Global University Climate...Derby to house temporary COVID-19 vaccination centre
Derby Arena is being considered as a temporary COVID-19 vaccination centre. It was announced last week that initial results indicated that the first effective coronavirus vaccine has...Midlands Engine showcases £12bn of investment opportunities
From 24th to 26th November, investors will gather for the Midlands UK Forum for Growth, showcasing £12 billion of investment opportunities across housing, transport,...
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