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FHP crowns big shed letting

Stoke-on-Trent city-centre bus station to take shape

Record land deal for Stratford

Development partner sought for regeneration zone

Grouse Developments flies into Coltex House

Ivygrove secures BemroseBooth premises for £3m

Paul Fabrications power up with 20,000 sq ft expansion

Dave’s acquisition thirst quenched

Work starts on £3m Ricoh Arena expansion

Cobra snapped up by Recipharm

Walsall office scheme gets the all clear

It's a Wrap for Baco

Peacock on target at Bourne carehome

Travis Perkins reports steady year

S and P Coil heats up with relocation

Scape Systems deal shows “slowly improving” market

No siesta for Wakemans

Tolent powers up for Staythorpe contract

Deal signed for Birmingham health centre

CfE investment for Monumental

Coining it in

Conventional wisdom

Strategies for success

GVA teams up with Inenco

Weatherite secures cool investment

Work starts on Corby business centre

Ashtenne concludes disposal programme with £31.5m sale

£20.8m boost for North Northants

Bigwood ends year on a high

EBNS wins plaudits

Cobbetts advises on Welsh homes deal

Walsall plans on track says WRC

Start for Bournville College scheme

PwC asked to resign as Cattles auditor

Dudley scheme underway

Cobbetts advises RSM Bentley Jennison on merger

Industrial strength for Hortons

Chamber seeks Cadbury takeover pledge

St Mods gets Long Marston approval

Euro Garages drives filling station deals

Tenon makes £76.3m bid for RSM Bentley Jennison

Leicester accountancy firm expands

NG Bailey signs Solihull College deal

William Davis completes Beacon Centre

Drive time in Staffs

Saco and Orega sign exclusive deal

EIC scores £1m hat-trick

Dains has six appeal

Avon calling for Guerbet

Smith partnership expands commercial team

Cash-back incentive for Nottingham offices

Recliner World doubles up

Happy camping for Hawkins Hatton

House-buying surge predicted

Closures opens in Mansfield

Carillion moves up the rankings

Stoke Waterside scheme moves ahead

Modec US deal signed and sealed

Centre 500 sold on

Iconic new home for Nottingham Business School

JLL gets Royal Mail post

Blueprint sees Phoenix sales rise

Oakhill to drive former car dealership site

Gourmet Personnel gobbles up funding deal

Fantastic plastic deal for HL

Geldards advises on Pearson's Hull transfer

Bassi obtains Asha franchise rights

Heb gets Gorgeous

Derwent Living wins complex award

Amey launches its design hub

New Birmingham library green lighted

Roundhouse is runner-up in national awards

Staffordshire property market on up

Wragge acts on $200m housing deal

Evans ExCeLs

Apteco moves into new HQ

New Street Gateway plans submitted

UPP signs £115m University of Nottingham deal

Bruntwood signs three for McLaren

Pointer to the future at Co-op Bank

Central Library immune from listing

Topaz proves to be Bromsgrove jewel

Development potential

Johal adds bite

Rich list - Wealth check

Camp Hill’s multimillion development is go

Sofa so good for PF

Birmingham investment market good value, says DTZ

Pro-face commits to Coventry

Redevelopment on former Yates's site

Absolute gets new owners

Every little helps for Johnson Fellows

Shepherd wins Bournville contract

Equipoint goes down the service route

Pera set for facelift

One Snowhill to be sold for record sum

BAM gets Wolves bus station gig

St Mods buys big in Donny

ScriptSwitch sold to United Health

Jaguar site becomes Lyons Park

Prospect targets Midlands market

JS Wright on big London scheme

Geldards is MBI King

Derby sees largest property deal in decade

Phoenix rises in Leicester

RRBS backs care-homes expansion

Drivers Jonas numbers down

PWC reveals deals recipe

Polish business backed in Derby

RICS fears for Midlands housing market

JQ designers head for Edgbaston

Rolls-Royce signs contracts worth $2bn

Belgrade Plaza winning plaudits

Distressed businesses account for one in five deals, says R3

Jones Lang LaSalle sees churn continuing in Brum

DLA sees green leases surge

Worcester BID expected to boost office market

Property Awards 2009: The Shortlist

Chamber moves on to NG2

Child’s play for NMB

Birmingham new-homes market showing signs of life

Bags of cash for Jutexpo

Shared-equity schemes a hit with house buyers

Midlands manufacturer seals new financial deal

Finger lickin’ deal for SCCF

Sheppard Robson gets planning permission for Coventry Academy

Benoy honoured in China

High Carr Networkcentre adds two more

Barteak on a roll with Barloworld letting

Expansion prompts Elite move

MBO of local financial advisory firm completed

NMB wins £3m Pera contract

Cadbury rejects latest Kraft offer

Wilson moves onto Heath Hill

Severn Trent building tops out in Coventry

Suffield steps down at BNP Paribas

A taste of Eden lands in Solihull

Opal calls up UK Telco

Turning Point invests in natural remedy

Martineau on track with MCR deal

Urban Living helps to turn Cygnet into a swan

City Spirit St Paul’s lobbies on empty rates

Surge in lettings at Innovation Centre

Catapult and Orbis power up battery manufacturer

Blacks announces CVA proposal

Hotel plans to help revitalise shopping centre

DeVirgo prepares to submit Grange Park planning application

Finesse Group secures pension-trust funding

Bees back in business

Jayplas to create 50 jobs in Corby

Game, set and match to Expo Flora and EFG Europe

Areva redevelopment gets the green light

Large Lincoln factory changes hands

HCA splashes the cash for Walsall waterfront

Yorkshire boosts Midlands borrowing

Barclays funds care-home expansion

St Philips Point secures 17,000 sq ft of new lettings

Eastside park gains momentum

Sandcity offloads four stores

TSI expands with Higgs’ help

Santander snaps up Liquidity

Urbo seeks go-ahead for £300m Chesterfield Waterside Project

Lioncourt roars after fundraising round

Year’s largest distribution deal lands in Midlands

Jobs saved after Simms and Wood MBO

Carillion goes nuclear

Work starts to transform leisure centre

Plans for 200m Regal Tower submitted

Westfield opens £24m foodcourt at Merry Hill

Browne Jacobson at the double

Derwent Living enters London market

Evans off to a flyer

BAM signs Shelton NHS deal

Chek Whyte sells Ilkeston Town

CALA secures land for £5.5m housing development

Majority of private equity firms change focus

Oliver’s land army

Reconcilable differences

It’s all gone quiet over there

Parkridge wins top property award

Orbis buys into autism business

Hagley Road switch for OCLC

Work begins at the Retford Enterprise Centre

Commercial break for King Sturge

BSC casts net

Access to growth at Surespan

Five alive at Evenacre

Deal is the perfect ingredient for Regency

Coltham goes shopping

Edgbaston’s office market isn’t feeling blue

BDP to design Telford & Wrekin Academy

Stagecoach makes National Express bid

Midven's successful exit strategy

One Derby decision deferred

East Midlands mansion makes the grade

Programme launched to turn investors into angels

Birmingham home to first GP merger

New funding for Allinea

Facelift for Hospital Group

BJ sees return to ABL

Ridgway secures new funding package

REI close to going private

RBS funds Megaclose scheme

Pitchcare forms strategic alliance with ALS

Wolves aerospace company bought for £56m

Blues takeover ever closer

£35m food sector deal for Lloyds TSB

CFS grows through acquisitions

Microlease strengthens European lead in aerospace market

Two-way street

Looking in

Moving with the times

Upping the ante

Survive and thrive

The ideas factory

Shifting the sheds

All power to the region

Green and Brown issues

Conquering Adversity

Power in their Hands

Editorial: Employment Matters

A change in the law

Time for a health check

Editorial

The power of power

Still worth aiming for

A journey begins

The Marmite man

Running with confidence

Hostage to fortune?

Dance of the dragon

Taking a leaf

Go on, embrace a banker

The occasional tourist

Speed merchants

The survivors

A new deal

Pay up…or what?

Because you’re worth it

We have the technology

Bloc party

Small and perfectly formed

The Great Gadsby

Race for the prize

Counting the cost of the crisis

Conscientious Collaboration

Fit for business?

When it all goes wrong...

Time for the next big thing

The world outside his window

Cash up front

Finding a middle way

Off the dial

The next generation

No margin for error

A succession of woes

We are what we make

Ecotowns: Two tribes go to war

Poles apart?

Stocking up with ideas

Overcoming the negatives

Aerospace: the final frontier

Power 100 - Range and change

A change of direction

A drive for India

Looking to jump ship?

Wipeout!

Trading places

The rich man’s game

Show me the money

Safe as houses

Blue sky thinking

I believe in angels...

Out of the comfort zone

Crunch!

Accentuate the positive

Digging for gold

Let's do the tax warp again

The green giants

Let the good times roll

Bob can fix it

Small is the new big

Are trends electric?

Does Davies have the golden ticket?

Fight and flight

That empty feeling

The Midlands: a global brand?

Bringing Up Baby

Once upon a time in the Midlands

Big Deal!

Cannes-do spirit

Under the hammer Top 500

Stepping it up

Cash is King

The feminine touch

Still waiting

Dangerous Liaisons

Horns of a Dilemma

Take Cover

In good health

Forever young

A Bigger Pond

Birmingham upward

A perfect storm?

Spies like us

In the know

The Green Room

How green is my value?

Crouching Tiger...

Thieving and deceiving

Killing culture

Can they save you?

Ticket to ride?

Power from the people

Speaking as one

Apples and pears

Out of the blue

Shanghai supplies

Drowning in deficit

New bankers on the block

The 51st State?

Train to retain

Driven by faith

Everything must go

Oops, I did it again

Nurturing the new

The lifeblood of business?

Top of the pile?

Finding the right road

Time to talk

The Chronicles of Lyons

Brand New Thinking

Niche players

Keeping the sole of the business

Corporate gaming

Back in Touch

Tough questions

Midfield Players

Dr Jones and the Holy Grail

Sailing the high seas again

Busy, busy, busy

Indigestion remedies

Shout out loud

Eastern promise

Cover Story

Automotive Review

Working Lunch

Out of the wreckage

Eastern Promise

Wrecking the deal

Cover Story: Flower Power

Driving into business

Mipim Review

Back on track

Black is bright

Sugar and Spice

Speeding away

COVER STORY Full of Eastern Promise

A Unified approach

COVER STORY The golden touch

Fast and Furious

COVER STORY: No Barriers

Leicestershire review

Owner Management

COVER STORY: Vikings of the high street

Dealmakers 2004

COVER STORY: Richard Cuthbert

Commercial Property

Owner Management

Healthcare

Owner Management

Northamptonshire Review

Working Lunch

COVER STORY: The Midlands Power 100

Property Breakfast

Buyouts

COVER STORY: Rise of the banks

COVER STORY: Worth Every Penny?

Leaders Lunch

Nottingham Review

Commercial Property

The Rise of Sterling

COVER STORY: Rowe's rollercoaster

Fastest 50

M6 Toll Breakfast

COVER STORY: Millennium Point

BioCity lives

A year in review

COVER STORY: Mark Arthur

Rich Living

COVER STORY: Rich List

Wealth Management

Property Dinner

COVER STORY: Enough is enough

Engineering Forum

COVER STORY: Dealmakers of the Year

Commercial Property

Working Lunch

Power 100

COVER STORY: Marconi

Engineering

COVER STORY: Sport looks to the grassroots

Owner Management

Working Lunch

COVER STORY: Textiles, clothing and footwear

Property

Northamptonshire

John Kelly

Owner management

TOP 500 COMPANIES

Kids are us

Owner Management

Engineering

Commercial Property

Fastest 50

John Streets

NO HIDING PLACE

DEAL

KEVIN THRELFALL

Under the Hammer

Enter the Dragon

A Glorious Enterprise

Generation Excel

That's the way to do it

Midlands Power 100 - Shout to the top

High-Speed Dealmaking at LDV

Silver Service Sectors

Sky's the Limit

Seven up

Made in the Midlands

Looking further afield

Ready for next generation

Clinical precision

Long-term vision

Top of the class

A man of leisure

At blows in the boardroom

Making hay while the rain pours

Life in the fast lane

Off Target

The hundred days

Marketing dwindles

Regen again

Bevan keeps on truckin’ with acquisition

Al-Met under Pressure after buyout

BSS snaps up UGS

Daisy manages £6.3m takeover

Quinton Hazell sold to Klarius

Mears gets green light on Supporta takeover

Leekes takes on Cole’s

Learning curve

Explosive deal for Walsall

Dave’s acquisition thirst quenched

Twenty snaps up Moveme

MBO at Brett & Randall

Minivator gives Gresham a lift

Clearwater cleans up on Denmark

Brum law firms on a roll with Swiss deal

Wragges advises on HR deal

Octavian buy-back caused by “overseas strain”

All smiles at Ice Dental after buyout

Romax ties up £1m EFG deal

Seddon beats recession with record growth

Carillion gets Rochdale gig

Hovi set for a good year

Barratt Developments reports strong forward sales

Wolseley sells its Irish arm in £24m deal

Scottish Widows buys Northants shed

LSH brings freehold properties to market

Phoenix Square welcomes first commercial tenant

Seddon renews £19.5m contract

Kraft moves to delist Cadbury

Argent goes public with Paradise Circus

Brum office rents stabilising

Chord launches St Paul’s Place

RBS funds care home work

New home for Busy Bees

Cadbury thin end of wedge, expert warns

Kraft must "take care" with Cadbury brand

Majestic secures investment partner

College merger approved

Barker Ross expands into larger office

Shortland Horne gets St Mods job

Utility Exchange gets funding for expansion

Waterloo wins £100m finance deal

Barclays seals Snow Hill move

Lawrence Interiors has designs on Enterprise Park

City council sites up for grabs in Cannes

Double sale for C&W Investments

Three Queens set for million pound expansion

One in five shops empty across the Midlands

Spotlight on Southside at MIPIM

Crown makes move

Development Securities buys into Nottingham market

Fenns growth leads to move

Wolves suffers retail meltdown

New HQ for Adsis

Pleasley Colliery redevelopment begins

Alliance Boots buys £23m Opus Axis

St Modwen losses widen

Oakhill has designs on 200,000 sq ft Nottingham offices

Company move saves jobs

Derby station plans approved

C2C moves to Tuxford

Prologis shifts huge Midlands sheds

Lloyds TSB chooses furniture

Miller off the mark

Orbis advises on Elite MBO

Bigger fish to fry

Halfords snaps up Nationwide Autocentres for £73m

Deritend announces £2m expansion strategy

Carillion appointed to Managed Motorways framework

RICS reports Farmland price rise

All change at Claverley Group after refinancing deal

NRL urges “focused development”

Capital move for Cranfield

Two to grow on Acorn Park

RSM Tenon announces promotions

Wish on the road with funding package

Westfield puts block on Broadmarsh redevelopment

Mowbray House on the market

Larkpoint starts work in Cambridgeshire

FHP hits new heights

Pharma opts for Old Dalby

NSRP appoints pharma exec as new chair

Oakhill gets green light for major Nottingham office development

Nottingham start-up Energizes its capital

Blacks plans new stores in £20m fundraising

New letting at Livery Place

Browne Jacobson advises on care home deals

Threadneedle buys into Nottingham

Deeleys defying the downturn

Derby prepares for relocations

Catalyst advises on NB sale

Insolvent deals surge in the Midlands

Catapult invests in Zinwave

Exchange is no robbery

Synseal sold to private-equity firm

LDC in £136m secondary MBO

Casino 36 flush after double swoop

H & E Knowles plants seeds for growth

Swift deal for Fast Line

Much ado about Wragge & Co deal

Polestar Foods sweet for Heinz

Southern Bear acquires IPCL

Safe deal for software firm

Graves bought out of administration

Staffline on the acquisition path

Brum law firms on a roll with Swiss deal

Carillion PPP sell-off

Indigo snaps up Easy Fit

Torrid times for LitComp

Sceptre hits jackpot with Australian 8 Ball deal

Simple bought by Alberto Culver

Pinsent Masons on song with MUSIC deal

Delph moves into Coventry market

Stuart snapped up in decorative deal

Heb named top of the lots

Larkpoint on the hunt for development sites

Provident Works refurb starts

Carillion closes on Southmead project

Dove flies out of Wolseley

Smith Cooper plumps for Livery Place

Legal body confirms Baskerville House move

Telford tenders up for grabs

Mucklow reports “solid” results

EIC swoops in for RAF contract

Coventry needs “innovation and sustainability”

Invista invests in West Bromwich

Morgan Ashurst posts strong results

Barratt optimistic after cutting losses

Tata secures £340m loan for JLR

Phoenix IT acquires Aghoco

Sanctuary buys up Leicester houses

REI back in profit with “winning strategy”

Sports Direct weighs up offer for Blacks

Motor deal for RSM Tenon

BDO calls deals market upturn

Mowbray House attracts offers

Prologis could face legal action over Eurohub payments

Arc de triumph for JKT

GCI snaps up hosted-voice specialist

BPE sells Deb for £325m in MBO

Planning sought for phase two of Southglade

Derby College steps up plans for Mackworth site

Chase joins forces with Barpro

Carillion posts 16 per cent rise in profits

Rolls-Royce in £154m marine deal

Doff sows seeds for growth

Ghost Town: Part Two

Roc Furniture acquired

Wright Hassall advises on £5.2m deal

Ken Clarke to open Chamber offices

Urban Living announces £17m housing plan

Coventry landmark set to be blown up

Anaxsys gets early advantage

GSH secures £8m cash boost

Safe deal for HSBC

Genair makes its move

Chartwell bring spec-built units to market

College farm for sale

Church takes a pew at former MFI store

Atlantic goes Stateside after buyout

Funeral director doubles up

Planning approvals granted at Bescot Retail Park

Innes England does Grace a favour

Willmott Dixon gets £35m Academy job

UNIP buys former Dairy Crest site

Lincolnshire secures £70m BSF deal

Urban Splash makes huge loss

Beauty of a deal for Clearwater

HSE inspectors launch building-site crackdown

99p Stores doubles up at Park Pineham

Midlands dealmakers advise on £35m acquisition

Collins gets on his bike

STR moves onto Core 27

Terrace Hill plans Whitchurch supermarket

B3 buys GLR

No French farce

EG takeover sets good example

Considerate accolade for BuildAbility

Bigwood’s March auction nets £7m

BNP Paribas reports housing growth

NMC secures A46 contracts

Shepherd ushers in Loughborough Uni scheme

Lakeside snapped up by Scottish Widows

Standard Life shops at Tesco

Air-IT invests in new premises

Indian charity buys former Leicester school

Loughborough Gateway schemes gets underway

£3m MBO at Lanner

A done deal at FCS

Insider live at MIPIM 2010

BSP Consulting wins Leicester framework agreement

Land ahoy in Leicester

Morrisons eyes Edgbaston Galleries

Private funding for Entiva

Lovell chosen for £2.5m Sandwell council homes scheme

St Mods unlocks gateway scheme

Elite deal for Midlands professionals

Bolton Brass acquired

University of Nottingham set to extend Coates Building

Octavian moves to Pride Park

Brum hits MIPIM running with campus announcement

2,000 prospective jobs at Birch Coppice

Chesterfield Waterside given the green light

PTG’s Chinese giveaway

Us and them

BTC Activewear merges with European competitor

The surreal world of MIPIM

Blacks rejects Sports Direct approach

Birmingham committed to MIPIM, says Whitby

Drivers Jonas Deloitte predicts tough office market

Eight in at Pleasley Vale

College gig for Flint Bishop

Retromaze gets fund backing

Homeserve’s Italian job

Typhoo factory site could unlock Eastside

ELS sold to Brulines in £700,000 deal

Getting inventive

Fast-track deal for Drivers Dream Days

Watson Mitchell Blackburn acquires southern rival

19th century heritage property becomes contemporary

Property sector welcomes Budget news

Derby action group seeks better local deal

Trebor sweet on public-sector projects

Property sector welcomes Budget news

Brady bunch on the move

Final unit sold at Wildwood

Cranes go up at Bournville College

Opportunity knocks for local land buyers

Goodyear Dunlop rolls into Waterside

Third time lucky for Goold Estates

SLS expands on Wilford Industrial Estate

Invista buys Barclays HQ

Taylor Bloxham back in the capital

Cool deal for Yearsley Group

CeDo MBO secured on ABL funding

MBO comes to life at LEEC

Super deal for PwC

MBO at Haigh Group

Ramesys sold to Capita in £15m deal

Colliers expands in Brindleyplace

Andrew and Ashwell appointed to SQ2

Opus boosts landbank with Omega Park deal

Private care deals set to rise

Stratford shed up for sale

HSBC moves into new corporate centre

FHP gears up for Broadmarsh refurb

Wragge & Co advises ADP on cross-border disposal deal

Ocado may deliver good news to West Midlands

Paragon cops big Yorkshire contract

BDC collapse shakes market

Langleys acts for Lincoln uni

Sports Direct and Blacks in dispute over suppliers

St Modwen expects positive half-year

Irwin Mitchell seeks retail pragmatism

Opus’s plans in Staffs get the green light

Cold property

D & J snaps up steel rival

Lift off for Minivator sale

Lee Longlands heads for the hill

Euro motors into Birch Coppice

Retail Birmingham launches property forum

Ansty Park win for Morgan Ashurst

Game on for PwC in £45m deal

ISG secures £1.5m school deal

Savills appointed to Kenmore sales

Southside regeneration already underway, say Akins

Sports Direct saga continues to run

DTZ dreams up Rowan deal

Housing boost for Leicester

Learn Direct takes 25,000 sq ft at Colton Square

PDL sold in cross-border deal

Talbots seals Tanfields takeover

HCA exceeds West Mids targets

Crytek makes South Reef move official

Park Row offices up for grabs

IPP Group consolidates at Centre 38

Boparan buys Five Star Fish

Innovise picks out Identifile

Midlands deals fall in first quarter of 2010

Definitely, maybe

Reeves in the chair at MIPIM

Swiss millions for Norman Hay

Rogers expands care home empire

Judges gets Lloyds TSB verdict

Typhoo sale brewing nicely

Gallagher linked to £118m sale

Cube back on track says PwC

PIP sees profits soar

Wanted: 30-40,000 sq ft in Leicester

£12.3m MBO at LAS

FHM on the move… with 80 new staff

ISIS backs Surgi C

Derby city-centre land sold

Sainsbury’s readies public for Nottingham expansion

UK Mail takes 25,000 sq ft in Stafford

Centrick makes Commercial Street move

Cutting a deal at Pensnett Estate

Alligator snaps up more space in Brum

KG Smith extends timber business

Castle Support sells calibration business

Esendex looks Stateside towards expansion

Housing bubble ready to return, says Bassi

HomeServe extends US operation

Turley gets Dudley planning job

London bank buys Loughborough student halls

Moore and Smalley expands East Midlands presence

Here we go

Prime time for Alphamed

Birmingham dominates local RICS awards

Solihull BID seeks manager

Sweet and sour

So (un)predictable

Global pillage

The green, green trash of home

Political risk

Predictive text

Ghost town

Bromford Acquires H Beesley

Innes England sells 25 acres at Colwick

Blueprint banks on broadband

Leicester inward investment plans backed

Blues refute Seymour Pierce claims

Secure future for CTAC

Rugby home creates 30 jobs

Kintetsu to stay at Donington

Barclays’ cash has gone to Iceland

Curry spices up its image

Cedar House gets college gig

Multi Labels gets Yorkshire backing

LCP bothers to hover

KPMG plans to anchor in Cardiff Bay

Cannock Shopping Centre on the up

Innes England tastes success at H2O

New Coventry health centre contract awarded

The spirit of 42

RICS reports a slow recovery

Clearwater gains from M&A work

Cobbetts predicts AIM market boom

Daventry Growth Area planning approved

Barratt launches five new developments

Wragge advises on £20m HSBC deal

Visual eyes a brighter future

Regal Tower given the green light

Everyclick backed by Midven

Key deal for Wesleyan

Team Telecom Group in £32.8m MBO

Trentham trip for Gemini

Highcross agrees Whittle deal

Yorkshire supports rail company

Stoford and St Mods look to Nottingham

Sweet smelling deal for BFA

Vintage Years on the move

NEC Group in MPM takeaway

Deal creates Shropshire’s largest law firm

Eon to build 105,000 sq ft Nottingham office

New company lights up science park

Deal sees Westleigh on the Edge

Recession leaves AIM stronger, says survey

GPSLocals in billion pound investment offer

Recycling business ABL to grow

Going for gold

Dachser acquires Leach Distribution

Lumejet gets Midven funding

Mint sold out of admin

Campaign to unlock Darlaston funding

Controversial Tesco scheme at Yardley green lighted

NMC completes £1.4m Wilford Bridge refurb

Browne Jacobson secure peat bog future

The right medicine for Fraser Brown

Handel deal music to Innes England ears

BDO expecting deals surge

Early breakthrough for Galliford Try

Blacks to raise £20m through share offer

Cooper Parry offloads pensions arm

Poundland sold for £200m

Montpelier moves onto Hamilton Office Park

James & Taylor clad all over

Wade on the move after 200 years

St Tropez up for sale

Nottingham mining firm sold to Germans

DTZ gets Wednesbury Hub job

One giant step for Armstrong Logistics

Carillion closes on £370m BSF contract

Pisani rocks on with ABL deal

GCI swallows up WAN Services

Inspired Gaming to be sold for £74.4m

Sterling sold to City and County Healthcare

A whole new world

Chalcroft completes Welsh job

Severn Trent HQ food store plan

Shakespeare and Needham in merger talks

Birmingham could be next Detroit, warns Bassi

OptiCal Sciences moves into bigger premises

Clydesdale and Yorkshire unveil £1bn support package

Mayfair goes green

Tories fail to seal deal in West Midlands

Cedar gets its ID cheque

Dynamic sold to Allocate

Rathbone expands in Leicester

Brauncewell Estate goes up for sale

Midlands economy improving, says PMI survey

Vets win prizes

Whistler in tune with i2

New Friend at Eleven Brindleyplace

Highcross agrees Rugby investment deal

Central England Healthcare in double deal

Nottingham set to launch £40m data centre

Natwest backs Drayton Manor Hotel

Chord releases new space at St Paul’s

Atos Origin takes 20,000 sq ft in Wolverhampton

Long haul ahead for commercial property market

Business groups give cautious welcome to new coalition

Up in the air

Food for thought in Wragges deal

It’s a small world for Barclays

Deal in the round for Hammonds

Smiffy’s fancy £8m deal

Grantfinder sold for £3.3m

Derby “ready to go”, says Wilkinson

Birmingham Airport seizes on Heathrow rejection

Enterprise agrees debt package

Peach of a deal for Lloyds

Wright Hassall helps pet food firm to go walkies

Future shock

JLL completes care home deal

BPG shops in Solihull

Norwegians snack on Fish4Dogs

Bleak prospects for West Midlands law firms

Prime deal for Key Technologies

Six shortlisted for Stoke masterplan

Midlands business failures down

Eleven plus for IOD

Coventry Airport sale finalised

Catalyst reports record start to year

Norman Hay seals watertight deal

Mystery names in bid to storm Castle

Invu continues to struggle

NMC reports return to profitability

FHP gets Riverlights job

Innovation centre secures final funding

Co-op commits £200m to renewable energy

Fish gets fit in Nottingham

Storage firm’s £4m funding boost for new facilities

Things can only get worse

LDC bags Antler deal

Oldbury scheme taking shape

Good news at last for construction sector

Midlands leading sheds surge

Highways Agency move ‘vote of confidence’

Golf Club puts future in safe hands with EFG loan

Cullen boosts Heb’s retail business

Derby sitting pretty on vacancy rates

Taking Flight

Sports Direct sees Blacks stake diluted

Hat trick of deals for PxP

Good riddance to HIPs, says Wright Hassall

Pub job for heb

Walsall Manor opens its doors

Key deal for Cedar House

Paragon to open Manchester office

St Mods fired up

Futures win Derby’s homes gig

D-Day for RDAs

Baldwins moves into Nottingham

Hat-trick of deals for Newell Palmer

Emda ready to slash budget

GBR merges with Phoenix Beard

Nottingham market on the up, says FHP

Colliers CRE changes name

Hodge Hill health centre moves closer

Farmers are in good company

Bass up for sale?

Staffline snaps up DKM in pre-pack deal

Council set to recycle land

BM Catalysts takes 60,000 sq ft in Huthwaite

Davies steps down at Thorntons

A brand new start

ATC Drivetrain powers into MBO

Small business getting raw deal, survey says

Simons finishes QMC operation

Lettings activity up, but ‘think carefully’ says RICS

Wates takes property award

Hotelier contracts Derby electricians

Donington park sold

Private progress

Birmingham £1.5m Golden Square plans submitted

Lovell to build £4.5m West Mercia scheme

First pre-let in Erdington for Opus Land

Travis Perkins makes £553m bid for BSS

Work starts on £6m housing scheme

Catapult invests in Biofortuna

Crafty acquisition of online firm

Derwent Packaging takes 14,500 sq ft at Denby Hall

University of Nottingham reveals £90m expansion

Severn Trent offices on schedule

Birmingham planners regenerate Slough

Castle Support Services to be sold for £127m

Wragge & Co leads cross-Channel deal

Plans submitted for new 65-bed Nottingham hotel

Housing Communications sold to Spiritel

Residential market on the up, says report

Power flickers on and off

Tribal deal for Catalyst

LPC sold to Italian tissue giant

RSM Tenon advises on recruitment deal

CGT an own goal, warns property expert

The joy of six for Network Space

Bigwood auction nets nearly £9m

The fate of freight

Etrinsic relocates to One Cranmore Drive

121 at number one

Clearwater secures Occam sale for ISIS

Birmingham is putting up an ‘invisible wall’

BPE takes £16m stake in Wilton Group

BM Catalysts creates 45 jobs in Mansfield

Premier Inn set for Loughborough

Bolsterstone completes Gloucester disposal

Inspired investment for ISIS

Midlands developers on shortlist for 4,500 homes project

City Council calls on agents and developers

Findel sells Webb for £1

Morgan Sindall launches

Daden gets real

Colton Packaging moves to new manor

Nationwide to shed 240 jobs at Derbyshire HQ

World Cup willies

Brulines pumps cash into RFS deal

Further Key backing for Fly53

Salts snaps up UCI Healthcare

Amey cracks on with £2.7bn job in Brum

Johnson Fellows instructed on 126 Colmore Row

Changan could prove catalyst for science park relocations

GLW Feeds secures new banking deal

A La Carte takeaway for Staffline

New deal continues CFS hot streak

Turning the tables

National Express launches £250m cash call

£8m ABL injection for NeutraHealth

Punch sells four more pubs to Greene King

Drivers Jonas Deloitte completes Brindleyplace move

3Si on the move after cash boost

Interfleet expands European operation

Enso has designs on Ash Tree Court

Midlands transport schemes left in limbo

Nottingham recycling firm secures £5.75m deal

Midlands property companies scoop award

Bonnington Plastics planning Nottingham relocation

Central Court has the power

Vantis on the brink as shares suspended

All About Group merges to become UK leader

Welders on their way after NatWest deal

Aeristech fuels growth after £500,000 investment

Decision time

NMC finishes fire station

NHS acquires prime space in Cardinal Square

Christy expands at Central City

Park Central homes construction underway

Taxing times

Abru goes Stateside

Crane survey shows Brum office development down

Brum Magistrates Court suspension confirmed

Derbyshire hub for Techno Cargo Logistics

Ikano to move to Nottingham’s Southside

Clearwater advises on £31m healthcare deal

Browne Jacobson advises on Lincoln hotel deal

First in at the Hub

CityBlock gets Leicester go ahead

Green for go for Catapult

Armoury Group clears the way in Basingstoke

Midlands industrial property take-up outstrips UK

Harvey Ingram helps secure Max Spielmann jobs

Sphinx sold to Arrow Electronics

Coventry manufacturers see positive signs

CGT a smorgasbord, says E&Y Midlands man

Danwood snaps up Talbographic

PBS doubles office space

Asda gets green light in Langley Mill

Amey expands in Colmore Plaza

Osborne confirms RDAs axe

Broken promises

LDC helps AIM MBO fly

Carewatch secures refinancing deal

Wragge advises on multi-million pound deal

Hampson sells automotive division

Law firm invests in university

ATP purchases new HQ

Armsons appoints new associate director

Carillion wins £306m Canada contract

Good news in testing times

Balfour Beatty win for Solihull

Fosse Park up for sale

Hall’s well for Cooper Parry

Midlands property to be auctioned off

Simbal undergoes MBO

Stadco drives home JLR deal

XMA win national contract

Website company nets new office

Laser targets billion pound business status

Wilson Organisation clinches deal with TCA

Acquisition takes off at CTG

Mofaz races to Wellingborough

Property developer gets council funding boost

Investment duo line up £200m Brindleyplace grab

Waldeck swallows up Nottingham firm

Catapult hurtle into green venture

RDA projects “scaled back” after cuts blow

R5 sold to Aesica

Northbridge to raise cash for Oz deal

Midlands companies acquired by Indian firms

Construction starts at Copthorne Grange

Work begins on £38m student property scheme

REI invest in Birmingham

In Focus - Not just visiting

Lovell powers on

Sykes-Pickavant relocates

Edgbaston scores Jaguar deal

Deal activity rises sharply

RSM Tenon swoops for rival in £7m deal…

… whilst Vantis BRS management go it alone

No sign of tyring for Eden

ArcGen Hilta powers up with Sandhurst

Talking Point - Here be dragon slayers

Ask the Expert - commercial property

Birmingham in major inward investment push

Midlands deals total £1.74bn in Q2

Northbridge finds cash for Oz deal

Eco-town is no-go

Wragge recruits six

Midlands’ insolvencies drop

Strengiel steps down

Waste firms get £2m boost

Couch Perry and Wilkes wins hospital job

Entrepreneurship "key" for the West Midlands

Businesses take up Midlands’ office space

Challinors to offer mortgage advice

Rok win £2m University contract

St Modwen returns to profit

Laura Ashley sells distribution hub

Clarification - Northbridge Industrial Services

Travis Perkins buys £557.6m BSS

Laura Ashley sells distribution hub

Rok win £2m University contract

AWM invests in lung disease innovation

Prudent investment by PruPIM

Midcaps are "hotbed" of innovation

Widdowson drives home haulage deal

Nottinghamshire firms “less positive”

St Modwen’s “open for business”

MedicX acquires new medical centre

Vendors need to ‘play canny’ to succeed

GVA Grimley unveils financial advisory team

Lloyds introduces specialist East Midlands team

£1.5m deal for haulage firm

Church Lukas hires new director

Knock-out deal for Lincoln firm

Companies “missing out” on sterling opportunity

Chartered surveyors team up

Toyota to axe 750 Burnaston jobs

M&A activity increases in automotive sector

Hammonds' results at "top end" of expectations

Travelodge and Tesco development approved

Clarification- Derwent Living

Carillion upbeat despite public spending cuts

Alkane agrees £5.5m Lloyds deal

Trade sales

“Groundbreaking” deal for Birmingham consultant

Parnutt sold to Volac

Rainbow bright for Northants couple

Midcounties Co-op wins excellence award

Midlands’ stock “drying up”

Nottingham council “disappointed” by BSF axe

In focus - Learning German

Home comfort for West Midlands firms

Farming new offices

Booker reveals rising sales

Mango Tang opens in Derby

Lack of confidence in business owners "worrying"

BDCC appoint new director

Leicester care home business expands

Public sector pensions “need radical reform”, says IoD

Pinstripe expands with Edward Fox

Pickles is wrong, says AWM chairman

Dutton replacement found

Langleys hires three

Funeral parlour acquires two

Sert’s £10m Swadlincote move

US company powers into Keele

Law firm assists on telecoms deal

Talking Point - A climate for change

Business Voice targets Scottish Power over cuts

£300m pipeline for Ricoh Arena following new partnership

Hat trick of deals for PxP West Midlands

Cat pounces on new premises

£2.6m refurbishment for Warwick Conferences

Bank of England “must hold its nerve”, says chamber

Mandelson-backed KeTech faces CVA

Paragon expands into Midlands

Notts County’s “dark cloud” of debt lifted

Work starts on £25m research base

Aircraft assembly facility for Cranfield

New SAP course for Birmingham City University

Acumen celebrates first decade with office buy

Envirocare acquired for £4m

Beer brand given £2m revival

Midlands' leading export firms revealed

ESEH purchased in Stirling deal

Last call for Dealmakers voting

LaSer recruits 80 in Solihull

Plans begin for Kettering’s £55m eco-academies

£7m engineering hub gets green light

Role of the legal adviser

Sustainable Housing courses at DMU

De Montford fills incubation centre

SureTrack makes its move on AIM

Midlands produces mixed results in PMI

Christian centre wins Southside planning

Dolan and Schumacher race into Curtins

MAN takes on Farnborough Airshow

Public sector cuts “firmly impacting” on property market

West Mids to see 'moderate economic recovery'

The Arches gets new lease of life

Shoosmiths advise on telecoms deal

Embed chips into America

Dunelm's sales soar

Selling to private equity providers

Academy on the move in Leicester

Office space snapped up at Maybrook

Small firms “despair” at lack of financial support

Nottingham Council threatens legal action over BSF cuts

Moy Park to invest £10m in processing plant

Derwent Living launches new company

We’re still on track, says Whitby

Early summer sales lower inflation

Roome at the top at Smith Cooper

Mills & Reeve announces positive results

Wright Hassall advises Consolis deal

Topps reveals quarterly results

Profits up, debts down at Barratt

Thorntons sales melt in final quarter

Multi-million pound deal for Derby developer

Derwent subsidiary in “key stages” of university deals

In Focus - An obstruction to construction

Octium buys up MBD

BDO helps Green Compliance buy again

Exceed makes first investment

Carr says BMI Baby stability is key to growth

Bird Stevens tucks into fruit deal

RH bullish despite profits drop

Lynch fears for Whitehall “lottery”

Dodgy directors could escape justice, warns expert

Dragon’s Den star on road to success

Butcher’s pals up with Lloyds in £17.5m deal

Badenoch & Clark relocate

NI plans falls short of job creation, says report

PR firm proactive in Canada

CI Logistics signs Diageo deal

Inward investment figures show AWM’s worth

Unemployment down by 15,000

Family firm has a butcher's at training

Minivator triumphs at BVCA awards

Hart is youngest ever president

Sales grow for Experian

Talking Point - The changing face of employment

Midlands employees give and gain

Clegg expands into West Midlands

City fund grants loan to digital firm

My Home Move acquires again

Chamber heightens high speed rail campaign

NRL widens project arena

FxPro aims to build brand with Villa’s help

Octavian Security goes Stateside after huge contract win

Birmingham "remains a city of culture"

Aerospace sector is key to Midlands’ economy, says specialist

Clive Reeves PR scoops Royal Ballet contract

EIC sign London-based maintenance deal

Drake wins £10m hub contract

Clarke Willmott recruits two

Ausden Clark drives home investment deal

Positive results for Martineau

Do you need help sourcing new clients?

Travis Perkins takes 490,000 sq ft at Brackmills

GKN flies high with £600m deals

Small firms cannot bury their heads in the sand, says industry expert

Identifying potential buyers

Grandee relocates to Kidderminster

Doncasters’ £1m investment

Insolvencies falling in East Midlands

East Midland firms to forge German links

New client is a good fit for Tank PR

Faunch appointed head of SucceSS

West Mids’ insolvency rate drops

West Midlands urgently in need of effective broadband, says CLA

Label Apeel expands team

Sat nav companies graced new office space

Old Post Office to undergo renovation

Abacus places spotlight on Russia

270 jobs to go at Artful Group

D-Day for HBJ Gateley Wareing

Midlands only part of the big con

RH drives home profit

Trevor Foster joins UBS

Hastings joins Nzime

Evans wins Baker Street job

Birmingham Forward’s Brennan dies

2,000 helped into work

Midlands businessmen set up eco-firm

Adcol moves into new premises

City Council urged to keep Nottingham moving

Birmingham office space cheapest in UK

Freight firm moves forward with expansion plans

Enterprise's income remains stable

Chamber reveals plans for giant LEP

Ai expands with £15m funding

Blacks' profits plunge

Midlands’ RDAs top in the UK

Halliwells takeover is a done deal

In Focus - Derry annoying

Elected mayors are undemocratic, says deputy council leader

Call for entries for entrepreneur awards

Jones Lang LaSalle to sell former Police HQ

Weather Lottery scores with Derby deal

HSBC increases support for businesses in Leicestershire

WDC to close

New tenant at Livery Place

Staffordshire quarry to become eco-resort

Chamber calls for cross county LEP

Loughborough University leads energy research in Europe

Starwood to sell Campanile hotels

Chetwynd eco-offices launched

Tenon secures deal for Coldharbour

Real Estate aqcuires again

Rolls-Royce flying high at air show

Good prospects for Cedar House

Eon given green light by City Council

Office space demand drops

Aerospace forum launched

Baa Bar expands to Nottingham

Sports Direct profits up ten-fold

JCB expands international trade

Halliwells is a perfect fit, says Ward

Voluntary redundancy offered at AWM

Double hat-trick of client wins for BCS

Airport concern over Heathrow link

Rimstock races into Oz deal

Jenkins Distribution lines up funding deal

Talking Point - Don't forget to polish your trainers

Contractor named for homeless centre project

Grant Thornton advises on AIM move

Eon office set to be Nottingham’s greenest

Fuse 8 move to AIM

W H Ireland still in the red

Manchester-based W H Ireland still in the red

WH Ireland still in the red

Halliwells is a perfect fit, says Ward

Leeds-based W H Ireland still in the red

Fuse 8 moves to AIM

Southreef hotel plans get green light

Rapid rise in GDP raises concern

Lincoln designer scoops London contract

Abacus completes New Zealand project

Access to funding is not improving, say West Mids firms

Chamber signs Far East agreement

TMG’s takings soar

Manex makes attractive acquisition

WRC to cease operations

Resources key to move, says Hallam

Business Link director hits back

Allen key to WNDC

Awards success for Growth Investment

No passengers at Invest in Nottingham Club launch

Branston secures £1m Lloyds TSB overdraft

Kendall resigns from RTC

Barker Ross demerges

Birmingham welcomes Green Party

Teaching Personnel sold in £45m MBO

RICS appoints new regional chair

Care service undergoes MBO

Senior service for Fraser Brown

National position for Nelsons lawyer

West Mids stock exchange to benefit from green paper

West Mids reveals mixed reaction to regional stock exchange proposals

Telecommunications firm invests in graduates

Profit increase is child's play at Games Workshop

Clydesdale advises £45m MBO

Quadnetics reveals profits rise

Sluggish start for Halfords

Outdoor firm equipped with £5m loan

US firms top for human investment return

Monsal energised by £14m investment

Bigwood sees signs of property market upturn

Rical takes on Kenwell

Coventry and Warwickshire LEP plans get underway

Increase of office space in Birmingham

WCCC scores with new finance director

Sales up but debt rises at Umeco

Mediwatch reveals profits boost

IBB receives £20m boost

In Focus - An exchange of ideas

Bruton Knowles beefs up Birmingham team

East Mids firms call for more tax rises - survey

Food supplies to increase for Six Hills farmers

World's largest clock keeping trade ticking for Derby manufacturer

JLL involved in care home sale

Trent Barton adds staff and bus routes

Emda grant helps Pandrol on the fast track to success

Hubbub secures RBS funding

Lloyds TSB pumps £4.5m into Brobot Petroleum

Region needs to think smart on transport

Bullish purchase by ACS

Wolves won’t do a Portsmouth, says Morgan

CBRE tops worldwide poll

St George’s plans revealed

Entrepreneurs lead online enterprise scheme

LLG leaves Northants HQ

West Mids firms make Olympic bids

GMB slams Connexions job cuts

Strong start for BSS...

Profit and debt down at National Express

...and Travis Perkins builds on its acquisition

New property manager at PxP

Imerja unveils new project

Demand for newly qualified lawyers on the rise

Talking Point - A done deal

Coventry City Council in development reshuffle

£15m development gets underway

Ward-Lucey boosts turnover for Medicare

Cadbury workers safe despite senior walkout - union

Rural communities let down by internet providers

Vertu takes a seat in Derby

East Mids boss still interested in BAA airports

HomeServe increases membership

Taxi manufacturer sales drop after redundancies

HomeServe membership boost

Prospect makes Telford's biggest shed deal

Link 21 has the White Stuff

Keep your pants up, says Leicestershire chief

Fencing firm sold to BPS

Cable urges businesses to trade with India

Companies to meet with investors

CBRE advises £8m deal

Walsall businesses sign up for support

MTC development takes off

Ericsson to retain Ansty workforce

West Mids companies face UK's biggest cuts

St Modwen and Persimmon begin joint venture

Retailers heading for an austere Christmas, says PwC

Yates launches recruitment company

University honours list revealed

Potter's Poultry signs Oz deal

Lovell builds on £13m contracts

Asia task force role for Nottingham vice-chancellor

Senior appointments at Brett & Randall

Browne Jacobson announces profit rise

Sustainable contract for AVA

Entrepreneur shakes up drinks market

Rugby duo launch property firm

Intelligent move to Holywell Park

No slow down in East Mids job losses

Work begins on new Opus development

LEPs must provide “long-term certainty”, says BIS

Pottery site is revived in Stoke

Laser Optical makes Lord Stafford shortlist

Different ways to value a business

GKN hits sales of £2.7bn

Expanding Pulp in different class

Innes England secures Derbyshire Fire & Rescue relocation

Rushcliffe makes care home purchase

NEC posts £12m loss

Forklift trainer expands to Cyprus

IM sells off properties

Lifestyle Living takes Yorkshire Park

Yorkshire Park holiday site in £2.5m deal

Grady takes Co-op finance job

High-speed rail halts £30m expansion

Next forecasts profit growth

Food and drink sales up at Marston's

Wirksworth site up for sale

Castle Rock drinks to top accolade

Architect moves to Digbeth

First unit let at Vale Park West

Council hires waste firm for £1bn

Cash is king for West Mids companies

Ideas wanted at LEP summit

Imerja signs up trailer manufacturer

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In Focus - A LEP in the dark

Attractive partners – finding the perfect match

Birmingham and Solihull LEP edges closer

Flint Bishop makes top employers list

Rigby & Co lands DEP job

De Ville returns to Savills

Innes England joins forces with Foxhall Business Centre

Knowles steps up at MidlandHR

Coventry council signs £230m street lighting deal

D-Day for controversial Morrisons superstore

Foreign takeovers rife in "bargain" Britain, says Birmingham accountant

Grant Thornton recruits two

Northampton Uni in carbon cutting drive

Talking Point - Business begins at home

Paramex to supply worldwide

Klarius fined £8,000 after worker breaks back

Office space snapped up in Midlands

PR firm grabs Growth Investment’s attention

SiRViS bought by Esteem

Acua expands into South West

Controversial Morrisons plans put back

Macartney leaves city council

Rates freeze expected, says PwC

Undergoing due diligence

Lincolnshire fraudster jailed

Finalising the sale & transferring ownership

Selling to management

Lichfield and Tamworth to join business LEP

Kraft's profits soar following Cadbury takeover

Umeco in new Rolls-Royce deal

£4.7m windfall for new Birmingham homes

ProTech receives EFG funding

Sims takes recycling division for £17.5m

Medibord receives £75,000 investment

Green light for 2,500 houses

Hartshorne motors into acquisition

Council to replace renewal body with LEP

Judge rolls out ALP

European money backs aerospace build

SBS adds Islamic flavour to course development

Cameron seizes Indian education opportunity

Probe into student accommodation gas blunder

Profits up, turnover down at Cobbetts

Portmeirion makes £1m

Revenue down but profits up at Hill & Smith

Mitchells & Butlers sells Hollywood Bowl

Change at the top of Lincoln Business Club

White joins Deloitte Birmingham

Wednesbury Hub sold

US fashion chain comes to Birmingham

East Midlands' businesses solid, says PMI

Refurb at Fresenius following grant

Widdowson wins Boots contract

Youth unemployment scheme triumphs

Angle Ring shapes up for international trade

Pinsent Masons drives bus deal

Windows power scheme to be discussed

Job opportunities on the rise, says Elevation

Nelsons advises church move

Morgan Sindall director plans expansion

Office vacancies down

Pendragon unleashes £1.8bn sales figures

CPP Group - floating on AIM

West Mids businesses to bid for Olympic torch design

2,000 boilers to be installed in Jephson homes

iConic eco-building shapes up

Mattioli Woods buys City Trustees for £1.85m

Country club enters administration

ShakeAway in Sutton Coldfield

£30m dementia centre go-ahead

Healthcare charity agrees £30m RBS deal

Staffordshire arrests following VAT fraud raids

Binding Site buys Calthorpe House - sources

Trading up at S&U

Jaguar Land Rover boosts Tata profits

Mixed fortunes for Derby’s BSF programme

In Focus - Claret and blues

Dragons' Den star promotes entrepreneurship in Birmingham

Jobs saved in Catalis buyout

US firm acquires Adapt Mobile

Brian James doubles factory size

MKSM could threaten West Midlands - claim

50 jobs for Telford homecare franchise

Calman joins Wesleyan advisory board

Unit buys design expert

Staff are safe at Jaguar Land Rover

Visual Thinking moves to Rugby

Midlands companies uncertain about investment

Nottinghamshire Council axe another 2,500 jobs

Employment rise warning from Birmingham chamber

Leicestershire tourism worth £1.3bn

Derby train maker creates 400 jobs

Bombardier opens up 400 jobs

Homeserve completes USA deal

Lincat hits £15m turnover

Confident Phoenix targets acquisitions

Grant Thornton advises on £200m deal

Law Society gains 162 members

Talking Point - Funding fault

Instem signs deal with US government

Meteor expansion plans submitted

Nottingham drinks to two new pubs

Ward Lovett and Interactive merge as Lovett boss leaves

Gardner goes for six

Serco wins £650m waste contract

Thai deal for Leicester City

Sun4u administration hits holidaymakers

Loughborough Uni opens business school

Nottingham's Skylarks centre closes

BJS expands with 60 new jobs

Hewitsons advises Canadian sale

Orchid signs healthy deal with GHG

Take-up to improve with M&S deal

97 AWM staff go for voluntary redundancy

Companies urged to sign up to CRC scheme

Poundland set to strengthen

Corby's £100m redevelopment halted

Profits up for Delcam

Jobs cut as Audit Commission scrapped

ICT businesses offered trip to Canada

Space completes contract as Northampton reaches for the skies

Clothing wholesaler secures £6.5m

Mortgage applications top £33m

Clever move for FBC Manby Bowdler

Redundancies are regrettable, says Eversheds partner

Nottingham hotel plans up for discussion

Klaas act joins Jaguar Land Rover

Creative companies’ contract co-operation

Law firm opens up Leicester consulting office

Drakelow park scheme gets green light

Businesses call for unified LEP approach

Corby regeneration will go ahead, says chief executive

Lovell wins £1.25m housing contract

Bank lending to SMEs plummets further

MBNA job cuts ‘could total 160’

Three new appointments for Develop Training

Silver lining for Catapult investment

Carillion wins £200m contract add-on

Walsall in premier league

Shakespeare Putsman set to merge with Notts firm

Berryman set to merge with Brum firm

HCA invests £7m in East Midlands

Double-dip recession still possible, says BCI

Dunn deal for photography company

£2.5m facility secured by McKechnie Brass

£200m Ocado deal as business park gets go-ahead

UKTI East Midlands appoints new operations manager

Donington returned to owners

MBO complete at Border Oak

New three-way LEP bid submitted

Eg reveals revenue increase

Construction sector struggles following BSF cuts

Coventry Building Society reports record results

West Mids' insolvency rate improves

East Mids' insolvency rates improve

Tough year for business students, says Aston expert

Property deals face competition law challenge

Mills & Reeve appointed to LUPC in £30m deal

Changes afoot for Shakespeare Putsman and Berryman

Time running out for LEP proposal, says Cowcher

In Focus: Our survey said…

HRH on green journey to Birmingham

Cadeby Homes snaps up Coalville residential site

Imerja recruits six

Overseas expansion on the horizon for Sea-Band

European funding boost for new technology companies

House prices will stagnate, says Jones Lang LaSalle

Swinson joins D&G

Thomas joins KCP's Birmingham team

Midlands is all quiet on the M&A front, says PwC

Chasing the American Dream

Bildurn launches Pod Office

Poundland to create 2,000 jobs

New commercial property team for Northampton

Wakemans gets Travelodge call

Changes afoot for Shakespeare Putsman and Berryman

Later retirement will mean more employment tribunals - claim

Bourne care home completed

£110,000 up for grabs at Morgan Awards

Team Simoco completes water network

Sovereign Capital acquires again

Marston's recruits Rowland

Talking point: Embracing change

Up to 26 applicants per job in West Midlands

Design One enters administration

Clearwater advises agricultural deal

Bosco founder joins The Vinden Partnership

St Modwen has the Quay

£75m tower and 500 jobs for Birmingham

Birmingham LEP gains another member

Mitchells and Butlers to sell 333 pubs

New York and new hotels for UCL

Phoenix Employment bought out of administration

BPE leads £75m secondary MBO

Barratt gets to work on 108 homes

North Northants receives boost from HCA funding

Birmingham's planning has been held back, says developer

Chamber launches online link to Europe

We'll expand beyond expectations - Roger Bullivant

Almost half West Mids' ex-Woolworths still unoccupied

Almost half East Mids' ex-Woolworths still empty

Trio to help food companies eat up profits

Racetech Harnessing goes full beam ahead

HBJ Gateley Waring leases new Manchester office

Healthy new business win for Innes England

AIM to bottom out by end of 2010

Website scrappage scheme launched

Tayton on board at AVA

Solihull building firm fined

Car manufacturers set for slow growth, says PwC

Insolvent companies moving towards voluntary arrangments, says Irwin Mitchell

Bovis builds on strong first half

Kitchen company leases showroom

Birmingham rents lagging, says DTZ

William Sinclair signs £3m distribution and capital deal

Northampton set for boom years, says commercial property consultant

US lender lands in the Midlands

iPhone helps propel Mobile Fun into profit

Victoria Centre opens doors to small businesses

New businesses needed for 'webumentary'

Gregory returns to Wolverhampton

Good dance move for Studio 79

Graham Penny shortlisted for award

Fraser Brown has perfect manners

AVA wins first contract since relocation

Second loss for Stoke's city council

Chamber warns against work parking fees

Baker Firkins opens new stores

It's vital to reconnect with staff, says Undercover Boss star

Carpets of Kidderminster enters administration

Punch cautious for year ahead

It is vital to reconnect with staff, says Undercover Boss star

In Focus: Clarity begins at home

Brandon sold for £43m

Virtual trade comes to Shropshire

Ansons and Hickley Birch & Brown announce merger

SCS expands into Birmingham

Zurich fined £2.2m by FSA

Property market needs power of pre-lets

Barker Ross launches agricultural division

Business experts call for airport link to Stoke

Abundance of small property deals in Birmingham

East Staffordshire joins super LEP

East Staffs rejects East Mids LEP for Birmingham

Role of the financial adviser

Hopwood good fit for Incorporatewear

Derby business in awards running

Commercial property momentum increasing, says Innes England

Brian Clough Business Centre 80 per cent full

Abundance of small property deals in Birmingham

CityBlock starts work in Leicester

Punch awards £5m comms contract

Westfield starts work on £40m Broadmarsh upgrade

Click Travel moves on up

AIM market regaining strength, says PwC

Derby College makes HL Plastics fantastic

Dudley's tradesmen get to work

Birmingham LEP reveals to-do list

Talking point: Floating an idea

ICM signs up for secret stand-by centre

Phoenix subsidiary signs up for secret stand-by centre

Doncasters scores with Derby

Aggreko combines operations in Cannock

Marina island building gets green light

William Hill answers Ordsall prayers

ZombieTuesday leaves Long Eaton

M&S shuts up shop across Lincolnshire

£15m development fund ready to invest

Compass steals VSG for £64m

HS2 faces logistical problem

Reinvesting the proceeds of the sale

Olympic games set to rake in the cash for Coventry

Savills revenue hits £304m

Sherwood Energy Village calls in receivers

Carillion upbeat following £58m profits

North Midland Construction to build on strong start

Alpha tower undergoes £2m makeover

EIC signs Tesco deal

NDC Consultants signs Apex Park lease

Talking Point: Location, location, location

Southwater receives £9.5m investment

Incorporatewear flies high with Virgin deal

Evans Concrete living The Dream

Pharmacy chain signs up to Coventry partnerships

Woollet expands Cardea team

National Construction Academy builds a future in Leicester

NMC wins £4m contracts

Midlands office helps Yorkshire Bank top charts

Dragons' Den reject signs up with retailers

Phoenix IT signs for £90m credit facility

Banks' attitudes to businesses is heartbreaking, says BV West Midlands director

LDC exit “right move” for VSG

Three Valleys Housing selects partner organisation

All change at Lathams

Tenant demand down in West Midlands, says RICS

William de Broe to continue Birmingham expansion

Apprentices employed by Three Valleys Housing

New partner at Yorkshire Bank

University signs deal with software giant

Tourists flock to Nottingham food market

Eleven West Midlands businesses nominated for Family Awards

Catapult invests in mobile video business

Thirty-nine East Midlands businesses nominated for Family Awards

Birmingham chamber cautious about GDP growth

myVbook celebrates rapid expansion

Donington wins back racing licence

Farrand leaves West Mercia

Pallet manufacturer awarded Emda grant

AWM: Public sector cuts threaten rural areas

Deals boom likely but banks too cautious - Forrest

Runway expansion could be thing of the past, says Birmingham Airport CEO

Mattiolli Woods continues to grow

Runway expansion will be thing of the past, says Birmingham Airport CEO

Lease lengths fall to lowest ever levels

Palmer joins Positive Outcomes

KCP makes £5m investment in Dwell

Transcend advises on international deal

Speedway granted planning permission

Butt Foods launches new range following investment

Octavian secures Checkpoint franchise

Aesthetics wins Arsenal contract

Access to finance still an issue for manufacturing sector - MAS-WM

Work starts on £66m Bournville College

Wright Hassall expands with Shoosmiths team

KBM in domestic violence programme

PRUPIM sells Lichfield property

BCS recruited by MarketingFile

Michelin hits £4m investment mark

Absolute Invoice Finance rebrands

Willmott Dixon to work with Spark Challenge

Rok signs £40m Mansfield contract

Keelys recruits Dubb

Hortons makes £1m deal as Birmingham prepares to top dealmaker chart

Minimising capital gains tax

Bank bashing must stop - insolvency expert

Sainsbury’s gets go ahead for Chesterfield expansion

Science Festival comes to Birmingham

In Focus - When the levy breaks

Chase to create vodka petrol

In Focus - Self-help manual

Event industry improving, says Keele Conferences

Lifestyle Living goes on £3m spending spree

JS Wright wins hotel servicing contract

LEPs face familiar challenges, says Emda

Denby takes Burleigh Pottery

Burleigh Pottery acquired by Denby

A third of blue chip companies unable to pay pension deficit

Hawkins Hatton seals the deal for SM Seals

Surge in demand for '60' reg cars

Hodgkinson scores with statue

Alliance Boots dissolves pensions fund

npower faces mis-selling probe

Staffordshire LEP will be equal partnership - Stoke leader

Sturgess revs up with £5.2m funding deal

Focus Solutions wins bank contract

Garratt: China looking to invest in Nottingham

Talking Point - Great expectations

Two-thirds of Midlands businesses not paid on time

Data Power expands with new division

Leicestershire coffee maker signs Harrods deal

FedEx arrives in Nottingham

Harris Cooper Walsh plans expansion with new team

Planning Institute president visits Corby

Babywear business goes global

Larkpoint on the lookout in Lincs

Dragons' Den star to speak in Nottingham

Talking Point - Pockets of intense activity

Chamber launches Enterprising Women awards

Wragge wins Harvard contract

Indian businesses look to invest in Birmingham

Affordable housing scheme gets green light

West Mids' historic properties will open for free

Alkane extends energy supply contract

Chapco on acquisition trail after £5m investment

RBS to close Telford office

Enterprise hub structure completed

ALTA bought by Majenta

The Best Connection relocates

Rok signs hospital construction contract

Inafishbowl Awards – book your ticket now

GTM moves to Birmingham

Yorkshire Bank extends sponsorhip deal

Harvey Ingram logs on to online business

LEP proposals finalised on D-Day

The Binding Site confirms Calthorpe move

Jam Jar Shop up for national award

West Mids' companies go green for growth

East Midlands enters 'brave new world' as LEP proposals submitted

Leicester development plan gets go-ahead

Staffline reports strong results

Needham & James advises Europe deal

PwC reaps benefit of investing in business

Titan reveals positive first half

Potenza signs Malaysian deal

Loughborough Morrisons goes Metric

Midlands retail units stay empty

Mansfield manager nominated for national construction prize

Rock and roll venue enters administration

New owners tee off at Cotgrave Place

Robinson promoted at Jones Lang LaSalle

Smith Cooper to sponsor Medilink East Midlands

NIC scheme launched to help new businesses

NIC scheme launched to help start-up businesses

Chatsworth Centre stages a comeback

Businesses call for LEP support mechanism

East Midlands businesses prepare for growth

Midlands businesses prepare to recruit

Birmingham must try again for city of culture title, says hotelier

Birmingham Co-op branch funds Unison HQ

Sports Direct performs well despite World Cup failure

Lack of skills costs West Mids £6m

Avingtrans wins £5m a year Siemens contract

Screening businesses acquired by SkinCity

Amey secures 15 Birmingham jobs

Cathelco granted £358,000 in investment

Local authorities need to look beyond spending cuts, says PwC

Flogas opens new filling station

Browne Jacobson appointed to legal panel

Wisher promoted at Rigby & Co

Language centre opens in Nottingham

Team Simoco expands with Doughty

Former Typhoo Tea site bought

300 jobs to go at Shropshire factory

Boyd joins Interfleet's Derby headquarters

Northampton's planning changes revealed

LEP hopefuls unveiled

Chester Business Quarter ‘could create 1,100 jobs’

West Mids reveals six LEP hopefuls

Production hub undergoes facelift

Barclays promotes Gulliford

Flat results for Thorntons

New duty free store planned for Birmingham Airport

D&G to recruit 150 staff

Brandasia to expand with £1m Yorkshire Bank investment

LEPs must not ignore countryside, warns CLA

Moog plans £15m move

Ashbourne manufacturer secures funding

Loughborough developer begins work on housing scheme

Rugby housing development gets underway

In Focus - Bordering on the interesting

Assessing offers

Bluprint jumps at Triathlon Federation revamp

Comau Estil comes to ProLogis Park

Addmaster gears up for expansion

Gas Street Works gets Boot on board

Lukewarm reaction to LEPs from business

The Policy Shop launches new division

New dealmaker for Catalyst

In Focus - Beyond the spending cuts

Graphite Capital backs £130m U-POL buy-out

East Mids businesses compete at Lord Stafford Awards

Vacancy rates soar

Vacancy rates soar in East Mids city centres

Lukewarm reaction to LEPs from business

Connaught Partnerships administration confirmed

Sanctury secures £120m bond

Hortons' continues its acquisition trail

Trotec identifies acquisition opportunity

Talking Point: Equal opportunity

Nottingham company awarded for international links

Talking point: Funding a solution

Lack of confidence is hindering growth, says PwC

Friend appoints Goldstein as chairman

College receives £1m grant

Businesses' attitudes hindering economic growth, says PwC

Savills launches Derby site sale

Peveril Securities makes a move on Bury

Mansfield FC up for sale

OmniBus sold to Canadian company

West Mids needs special treatment, says IoD

Small businesses make the difference, says Chamber of Commerce CEO

In Focus: Hot property?

Harris Cooper Walsh and Brownings merge

Low interest rates will ease double-dip fears, says Chamber

£50m investment from green Leicester company

Lord Stafford award winners announced

Chamber welcomes interest rate freeze

Lovell buys Connaught contracts

Thorne minds the Gap in Northampton

Lancaster Circus refurb complete

Cameron must force banks to lend, says Chase

700 jobs to go at Connaught

Food & drink deals to increase - Grant Thornton report

Birmingham continues software focus

Loughborough brings together business and economics

Food & drink deals to increase - Grant Thornton report

Cancer screening spin-out wins pharma contract

Gregory returns to Wolverhampton

Lord Stafford Awards celebrate innovation

Wesleyan expands medical board

Bleak employment outlook for West Mids, says TUC

Council opens business hub

Miller takes the helm at East Mids Airport

Business school awarded European grant

Insider Shropshire Economic Forum - last few tickets remaining

150 jobs at risk at Trent Concrete

Entrepreneur aims for Dragon role

EFG lending falls, finds Aldermore

Unemployment up in August - PMI

Leisure centre opens after redevelopment

Nottingham team completes East Staffs refurb

Small businesses say banks won't be persuaded to lend

Pendragon to expand Porsche dealership

Bosco and Barker join NatWest

Affordable housing site gets go-ahead

Wragge advises LDC takeover

To Helsinki and back with RH Freight

Willmott Dixon to sponsor KRFC

Interiors business supports future designers

Simplicity is key to LEPs' success, says Barclays boss

8,604 West Mids jobs slashed

Investors prepare for Tour De Nottingham

Public sector axe falls on 7,000 East Midlands jobs

Simplicity is key to LEPs' success, says Barclays boss

Confidence and persistence key for regions - Lyons

Midlands industrial stock lowest in UK

Staffordshire director jailed

Nottingham beats London to be least car dependent city

Britain is best for business, says Yorkshire Bank survey

Businesses to have say on A453

Cushman & Wakefield expands

Westleigh Academy unveiled

East Midlands Trains tops punctuality table

Insider News throughout the UK

Avisa rebrands after complaints

Business activity “solid” in August

Former pub transformed into houses

Three Connaught contracts saved in West Midlands

Room for Chambers at Label Apeel

Three in at Castledine House

West Mids Training Awards finalists revealed

HCA invests £773,000 in Arnold housing development

REI plunges into the red with £1.6m loss

Businesses urged to test foreign markets

Businesses missing out on IT opportunities, says PwC

Next reports strong first half results

Bureau secures Sodexo contract

Langleys hires Cross

Employment rise "a false dawn"

Moog relocation welcomed by council

Kanbar invests in Octavian

In Focus: Reading the runes

Property service launched by Challinors White

Bus company receives £1.6m funding

Norbert Dentressangle drives home shed deal

Birmingham leads the way for entrepreneurs

Lovell appoints Stirzaker

Nelson looking for new kick-off at Ilkeston Town

In Focus: Cash is king

Northampton development gets green light

Airport job for Anglo Holt

Employment figures rise in East Midlands

£30m science centre gets go-ahead

Birmingham Chamber rebrands through merger

Lifting company secures £46m facility

Dunelm prepares to expand following profits

Challenges ahead for health sector, says PwC

CRC registration warning

De Montfort to host international conference

Office space demand on the up, says Colliers

CRT is on the move

Hat trick for Hortons

Talking Point: A European adventure

Talking Point: Facing facts

Auctioneer expands as liquidations increase

Sudafix makes Eastwood link

City Council 'could face dismissal claims'

Businesses told to join Team Birmingham

Aston Villa to open eaterie

Businesses optimistic about the future - report

Bonsers builds on The Lodge

Monumental nod for East Midlands technology

Birmingham prepares for Papal visit

Give us AWM assets, says Marches LEP

West Mids companies make top tech list

Funding boost for talent-hungry companies

Midlands companies eyeing stock market

East Mids car sales grow

West Mids used car sales top UK chart

Emda invests £280,000 in health software system

Mitchells & Butlers confirms £19.5m buyout

Animalcare sells Fearing International

Develop trust or face ruin, West Midlands solicitors warned

William Davis Homes launches marketing suite

Midlands brewer under fire over payments

University launches energy project

Kone elevates into Birmingham

DayMen snaps up five-year lease

Insider Membership Deals

Castledine House officially opened

Failing businesses down, says Equifax

Failing businesses down, says report

Barratt Homes fined £13,400 for polluting Cornwall stream

Kraft takeover helped Cadbury World, says general manager

Unite to take BMI to high court

Bowdraper sweeps up US deal

Umeco signs Shanghai deal

Experian makes mighty purchase

Halliwells collapsed owing £14.1m

Midlands companies risking information security - claim

Winkett joins Barclays Corporate

Lincolnshire law firms agree to merger

Century Lighting buys second unit

JB Holdings buys Librex Education

Victoria Retail Park sold for £56.9m

Mills & Reeve drives £73.3m Trafficmaster takeover

Business school secures Chinese partnerships

Staffs University leads Middle Eastern business programme

Willis Group makes a move on Jewellery Quarter

Countrywide acquisition for Bruton Knowles

JS Wright hears London calling

Tory policies help businesses, says MP

RSM Tenon achieves tenth year of growth

Rothera Dowson named in Legal 500

Manufacturers unmoved by credit conditions

Focus Solutions clinches £500k contract wins

Redhall to acquire Mount Engineering for £16.42m

Economy still hitting Islamic Bank of Britain

Financial services firm tops Profit 50

Boost your client base

Communicating the sale with shareholders and staff

HCA chief to visit Corby site

BDO celebrates year of 50 deals

ISG eyes up Birmingham investments

Integer eaten up by SnackTime for £11m

MADE for Newhall Square

Co-op turns to Shakespear

Birmingham landmarks not for sale, says Whitby

In Focus: Learning to grow

Tailoring UK the pride of Derby

In Focus: Financial clout

Covrad heats up growth with investment

Timely appointment for Spinning Clock

£4.8bn owed to Midlands SMEs - research

Apprentices in at Toyota dealership

Clearwater dives into international deals

Dealmakers shortlists unveiled

Derby City Council makes 100,000 sq ft move

M&B on £200m acquisitions trail

Developer to re-submit £25m Peak Park plans

Meaty deal for Telford farmer

Phoenix rises with £1.5m investment

Blacks moves into Leicester High Street

Holland & Barratt breaches ASA rules

Loughborough developer unveils £3.5m site

£3.5m housing development unveiled

Health and safety red tape cuts welcomed

Shropshire enterprise fund to bid for ERDF funding

CLA demands green action from government

Midlands employers urged to hire ex-offenders

Berryman takes on three

Clayton to join clinical negligence panel

ZF Lemforder extends Land Rover contract

Talking Point: Bring back humans

Harrison Clark in school merger deal

Talking point: Dragons are mythical, but angels exist!

Long allays Phoenix fears

Baskerville developer hits out at bank

Chamberlin trading well

Science hotspots revealed

Herbert Baggaley begin £4.5m crematorium build

Two in at The Pavilions

Nottingham Road Retail Park goes Metric

HCA investments go into Orbit

Portmeirion signs multi-million pound Lloyds deal

Preparing sales documentation

Growth planned at Secure One

Dairylink drinks to finance boost

Sunlight decision deferred

Santander to create Leicester jobs

WNDC falls under quango axe

Overarching LEP bid detracts from locality, says Shropshire Council

Walkers fined £350,000 after worker dies

Bright Food "to buy out" United Biscuits

Government scheme will be "vital" to Midlands start-ups

MBO at Eden Supported Living

Cat pounces on Solihull business park

Rowberry's expands with £25,000 grant

Full house on The Strand

XLN calls on Clearwater

Housing business builds on investment

Newly qualified lawyers snapped up

Lettings signed at Westfield

Pleasley Colliery refurb complete

JPS secures food waste capital

Radleigh begins exclusive housing scheme

Gallop in at Baker Tilly

Entrepreneurs will lift West Mids economic depression

Cowcher waits on LEP decision

Key Technologies on acquisition hunt

Nelsons reveals new corporate team

BSP launches fourth office

Shining deal for St Tropez

Work begins on £11m care centre

Failing businesses down, predicts BDO

Mansell awarded £3.2m contract

PJD powers on with Graytons merger

Gray swaps Berrymans for Geldards

Carbon deadline looms for businesses

Heritage site to undergo renovation

BioCity scoops business of the year trophy

Midlands workers prepared to economise

Team Simoco drives tunnel development

Radford announced as Stags' new owner

Investment catapulted into nanoTherics

Axis secures Birmingham office

Cooper Safety disturbs Mount deal

Topps Tiles expects revenue increase

Fishbowl awards big up bloggers

Connaught move proves lucrative for Lovell

The Apprentice hopefuls revealed

Five promoted at Jones Lang LaSalle

German efficiency results in record move

Two in at McLaren

East Midlands Apprentice hopefuls named

Proactive experience for Lincoln students

Dillon launches chartered surveyors

In focus: Nerve and verve

In focus: Praise for the local

Haywood to leave St Modwen

Midlands companies climb up global list

150 jobs saved through Clockwork sale

Confidence slumps as Birmingham tops jobless league

Masterplan targets 25 per cent expansion of city centre

Nottingham bakery is hot property

Property awards shortlist unveiled

Relationship directors in at Barclays

Derby's unconscious 'green' thoughts revealed

Housing associations recruit adviser

St Modwen remains confident

Talking Point: Investing in our health

Talking Point: Cutting public spending – The impacts on business

Rose retires from Rolls-Royce

Park owner looking to double up

Lavendon says goodbye to Hollywood

Intercede wins US contract

Capita buys FirstAssist Services

Widdowson wins £1m contract

Desford Hall fully let

Olympics contracts won by 200 local companies

Bullwell Trailer parks in Lichfield

Law sector consolidation predicted

Personal Touch sees profits rise

Plans for 'more accountable' WNDC

Birmingham Business Park work gets go-ahead

Chamber: Tory conference good for region

Google boss in website drive

Gascoigne bowls in at Warwick

Cameron 'good for region'

£63m refund from npower

Parker Hannifin mulls Midlands plant closure

Midlands office market in "impressive comeback"

Nine deals at centrix@keys

Click Travel wins TalkTalk work

Tipton RSA finished

Plans for Infirmary site in Derby unveiled

Subaru Nordic secures £14m funding

Two in at CFW

Warning over Equality Act

360 Scheduling bought by IFS

Work starts on £4.5m De Montford extension

Horwath Clark Whitehill changes name

Waterfront Plaza job for maber

Trent Barton awards £8m contract to Optare

Exports "imperative" for East Mids

CMG sold in £70m exit for LDC

Birmingham takes high speed lead

£10m contract for Focus

JS Wright secures £900,000 contract

Imago opens up The Link

East Mids duo make IoD final

Manufacturers enjoy mini-boom

Sweet win for Cherry Professional

Heads up at Griffin

Poor pay sparks job search

Mole Valley burrows into CWG

Chamber pushes Tories on TIFs

Vaizey to tour library site

West Mids projects up for international awards

Warwickshire Criminal Justice Centre opens

Carillion in £15m academy deal

Boots to shed 750 Beeston jobs

Davies replaces Rudd as Pendragon chairman

Birmingham slips down rankings

Intelligent investment from Midven

Welcome for Y high-speed rail

Mole Valley burrows into CWG

Loughborough Economic Forum – book now

Willmott Dixon backs LEP plan

Blusource reveals Berryman merger role

Blusource reveals Shakespeare Putsman merger role

Council takes legal action over BSF cuts

CA Sothers snapped up

US investor makes move on Synchro

HSBC banks on 14 new mangers

JCB secures record breaking contract

School refurb completed

Largest automated car park in at The Cube

£1m grant secures Worksop unit

Midlands M&A activity drops

Tierney takes WCR Vehicle Hire

RDAs had to go, says Clarke

Trident to expand with Connaught contract

Transport priorities must not be forgotten, says Cowcher

Omega Red sold to South Staffordshire

Sweet sales, sour stores for Thorntons

Health centre races into Nottingham

Office take up soars in Lincoln

Construction starts on £20m care village

£214m university accomodation gets go-ahead

PwC reveals adviser role in St Tropez deal

Barratt begins £146m developments

In focus: The national wealth

In focus: Ready to go

Bruntwood buys Kennedy Tower

Grant Thornton advises communications deal

Grant Thornton advises communications takeover

New director at Yorkshire Bank

'Leaked memo' reveals £1bn windfall plans - chamber

Mills & Reeve advises £5m acquisition

Planning overhaul announced in Brum

Carillion signs £124m Dubai deal

JLR to move to university

Royal opens £48m Roundhouse

Sales down, profits up at Halfords

Healthy savings for potato producer

Spending review fears to halt deal activity, says PwC

Sky's the limit with BBC contract

£9m Bromsgrove build gets green light

Xtratherm buys £12m hub

Talking Point: Financial clout

Five West Midlands LEPs make 'success list'

Select recruits new division

No-show for East Midlands LEPs on 'success list'

Future of Corby solar park 'undecided'

Talking Point: The taxman cometh

Double deal for Hunt Habitats

AWM axe 'will not compromise' Edgbaston development

JLR makes quality appointment

West Mids ICT companies on red alert for €780m funding

Keep interest rates low, cautions chamber

Acquisition trail cleared for Cooper Safety

Nottingham leads low-carbon charge

Council takes £600,000 investment to market

Hawkins Hatton advises Electrum MBO

Barratt secures £1bn project

Talks sought with potential rail bidders

Chamber remains committed to Boots

Spearing Waite advises Connells' energy move

Business network up for innovation award

Studon planning Lace Market refurb

MTC recruits Morgan

Gallagher parking venture races into expansion

EY: Profit warnings static, but difficult times ahead

Consultation launched on Mablethorpe development

New business growth hits 13-month low

Worcestershire Council to axe 800 jobs

George steps down at Enterprise Inns

Travis Perkins builds on positive results

Coventry companies discuss Far East trading

£26m invested into East Mids businesses

Bennett in at MCR

Regional growth slowest since January, says PMI

Bluebell calls on £3.9m to finance buy-out

HSBC recruits new commercial director

Tax Relief and Crowther Beard join forces

Businesses fearful ahead of spending review, says chamber

CSR could be “damp squib”, says Prowle

Work begins on Mansfield council homes

Leicestershire building on 'endangered' list

Two West Mids buildings make 'endangered' list

Instem takes AIM and £9.15m

East Lodge picks up tourism gong

RegenWM to close after AWM funding axe

Stags sale saved club, says supporters' chairman

LaSer beaming at £1bn landmark

Administrations drop below pre-downturn levels

Administrations fall below pre-downturn levels

Businesses revel in private sector employment high

Triton showered with expansion options

Punch posts £160m loss

Decathlon expands with £15m move

CP flies high with airport deal

New partner at Yorkshire Bank Nottingham

Surewaters agrees multimillion pound agreement

Indi Bar creates 80 jobs

TM Logistics drives Bibby expansion

Business school to sponsor Growth Investment

Dixons goes Metric

University must not be elitist, warns vice-chancellor

David Wilson steps up search for land

RDPE grant launches new pellet venture

Diversify to avoid cuts impact, says FSB chief

Call for coordinating body for LEPs

2,000 jobs generated with technology hub

Announcing the Midlands Company Guide

Chesterfield development unveiled

58,000 East Mids jobs could be axed, warns PwC

80,000 West Mids jobs under threat, says PwC

Punch to sell off assets

Hodgson to head up BTG Tax

Rolls-Royce wins $560m order

Kemble completes eco houses

In Focus: Positives and negatives

Entrepreneur chief calls for business action

Envisage expands fleet with AST divisions

Spending review could hinder employment progress

University of Northampton welcomes HE review

Gunn takes top role at Staffs Uni

Brown Bevan combines operations

Shaylor tunes up to £7.1m arts centre deal

Catapult ventures into Oxford MBO

Willmott Dixon signs up for £25.7m Kettering academy

Region's business failure numbers rise

In Focus: That uncertain feeling

Councillors finalise £150m cutbacks

Booker cashes in with £18.5m acquisitions

Lift off for Business Birmingham

Chamber group cautious about employment rise

Young Driver accelerates with EFG investment

Talking Point: Beware US aftershock

Watts lights up NatWest Nottingham

Talking Point: Alive and kicking

Berryman to advise on equality act changes

Willi Betz moves into new Derbyshire hub

CSL takes a seat in Stoke

FCS protects staff with China contract win

Factory rebuilt after blaze

Council joins Mayday network

The Travel Club goes bust

MTP optimistic on government support

RHCV roars with Tiger

LEPs need to collaborate on funding bids, says director

East Midlands companies race up Sunday Times list

West Mids' economy still gloomy, suggests report

Government support boosts Big City Plan

JLR to keep both factories open

West Mids companies storm Sunday Times list

New international signing for Lloyds

Final phase underway at £3m Leekes

Griffin fuses with Manchester business

College buys Osprey House for £3m

St Martin's House and Maiyango launch conference venue

Green companies prevail at IoD awards

HBJ Gateley Wareing up for national award

Trivett Square office plans revealed

Poundland cashes in on weak property market

£30m housing scheme revealed

£250,000 poured into pub venture

Derby Embassy rolls into London

Waldeck reveals expansion ambitions after Ocado win

Business leaders back Osborne

Wolseley 'to sell' Bathstore chain

Business leaders back Osborne

Thomas steps down at DTZ

Businesses celebrate JLR u-turn

Hub designer sets sights on Birmingham

PwC promotes Wilson

Santander appoints new director

Student enterprise fund launched

Irwin Mitchell opens up in Leicester

Hammonds climbs up deals table

Leicester soars up sustainability list

KTPs must stay, say businesses

Siemens earmarks Teal Park for move

IT company expands with EFG loan

Chinook moves into Notts Science Park

Handicare elevates with expansion

Roundhouse named RICS Project of the Year

Hilton to give Lincoln a boost

Nottinghamshire engineers join forces

Birmingham needs to improve on mid-table position

Trio dive into webumentary project

Newark travel company collapses

Profits shoot up at Grant Thornton

National Express drives revenue growth

Midlands bosses fear industrial action, says report

£88m profit at GKN

Carlton Laser cuts MBO deal

Optimism falls once again - report

AIM market set to bounce back, says PwC

Prime to raise £200m through IPO

Stoford sets sights on South West

£1m refurb complete

Acs expands with soaring sales

Twist in the tale of the East Midlands LEPs

Co-op calls on Birmingham developers

Sales up but challenges ahead for Sports Direct

Birmingham primed to deal with CSR, says GVA Grimley

The Malthouse put on the market

Lincoln firm enters streets of Sheffield

Shares up at Blacks amidst takeover speculation

Twelve applicants per job in East Mids

East Midlands braced for public spending cuts

JCB wins copyright battle

Balfour Beatty scoops £100m Warwickshire contract

Midlands leadership group launched

Trio in at Westfield

100 jobs created in Coventry

BAM appoints engineers for £2m university project

Evac+Chair buys APB

East Mids to profit from CSR with transport creation

Metro green lighted in spending review

Bank of England finds encouraging signs

In Focus: Export strength

Shakespeare Centre makes the grade

In Focus: All clear?

Deadline looms for Ilkeston Town bids

Metclad lifted by MBO

Flexibility will be key to CSR cuts

Enterprise rakes in £11m through auction

East Midlands escapes the brunt of the axe

Clive Durose expands through KTP

Croots feasts on top industry award

Four deals makes Positive Outcome

rg+p sign up to YMCA

Trojan powers on with council investment

CALA Homes relocates

Funeral director secures jobs with EFG loan

DTZ to sell Shrewsbury development

St Modwen confirms new chairman

Nottingham University appoints new Dean

Talking Point: Good omens for occupiers

Carillion launches Dragons' Den opportunity

HCA ploughs £560,000 into regen project

Talking Point: Still standing

Metro shows commitment, says government

E.ON pulls out of carbon comp

All roads lead to Browns Lane

Maternity vote to cost region £106m a year

St Modwen submits Phoenix Park proposal

Harries leaves DTZ for new venture

Land Rover appoints new managing director

Dechra takes DermaPet for $64m

Sales up at Pendragon

Cutts cuts as Cameron and Clegg visit Nottingham

National Express targets Europe

Coca-Cola closure leaves bad taste with union

Electric Wharf is 'place of the decade'

360 Scheduling sold to Swedish group

Nelsons expands with trio of recruits

Full house at Charter Point

Lincoln accountant elected to chamber

Birmingham flies UK flag on Smart 21 list

Northampton invests £1m in studentships

Council to merge planning and regen offices

Social enterprise ambassadors revealed

Polski on the way to Westminster

Property capital boost

University to train UAE school leaders

Moog seals the deal on i54 move

Apollo Resorts to create new gaming company

Leicestershire proposes to join Notts Derby LEP

Focus signs five-year Bank of Ireland deal

IMI buys US company in £120m deal

Leicestershire businesses 'not consulted' over LEP merge

Top JLR exec for manufacturing event

Cable to launch 'Cadbury law' inquiry

Thornhill pioneers RSM Tenon team

Expect a private equity exit bonanza, says Grant Thornton

Mark Group in US expansion

Businesses cautioned following Aegon closure

Freeth Cartwright poaches Sawbridge

Potteries Tyres undergoes MBO

Business hub rolls into railway station

Volks drives expansion with move

Industrial take-up falls two thirds

Prestige deal for Paragon

Green plans for Loomis

Wells McFarlane banks new office

Marketing Birmingham gets gold

Magnifico IT snaps up Digital Paint

Chamberin signs £1.4m deal

New director and chief exec at the MTC

Purity drinks to northern expansion plan

Barratt joins forces with Morrisons for SW venture

Bowler urges retail momentum in Nottingham

Boots chairman to host leadership lecture

Node4 in top 50 list

Sainsbury's signs Shropshire contract

Bonsers wins Halesowen contract

Flint Bishop acquires Robotham & Co

Jagtech directors motor into MBO

Jays Engineering Supplies in MBO

Green light for Birmingham health centre

Small law firms 'face extinction' over insurance

Carillion steams ahead with £100m deal

Equality Act could catch employers out, says Nelsons

Baskerville House developer collapses

Vinden Partnership reveals Midlands director

Innovise takes Expolink Europe

Sheldon makes eighth takeover

Blacks rolls out losses amid takeover talk

West Mids secures extra MEP seat

Octavian doubles up at MSDUK awards

Fort Dunlop takes Renaissance prize

Mill renovation to bring in £30m

In focus: Despatches from the coalface part two

Photography firm snaps up Newark office

In Focus: Making tracks

Clegg cooks up £20m food contracts

Toll Road too pricey, say chamber members

Staffordshire company secures £7m capital

Casa comes to Chesterfield

Waste decision heralds green future for Lincolnshire

Small business boom in the Midlands

Lister undergoes MBO

Travis Perkins takeover still on amid store sell-off

Talking Point: Good news/bad news

Talking Point: Does M+A = success?

University announces major eco project

St Mods secures Cooper Crouse-hinds letting

Premier takeover for Regent

East Mids is “bankruptcy hotspot”

Wragge advises €3.6bn German deal

Brokerbility invests in Northampton firm

Longbridge residents to discuss regeneration

Berryman advises on China sale

Public sector firms will merge to save costs, says survey

Birmingham businesses enter the fishbowl

Warwick targeted for £6m recycling plant

Trio of West Mids LEP proposals discarded

Nottingham BID plan launched

Success for East Midlands LEP bids

Radical approach will deliver growth, says Clegg

Jewel role for Paver Smith

Something for the weekend

Qadex feasts on iNet investment

Loughborough professor takes up national role

Airport boss presents business lecture

Cheryl Cole boosts Tights Please sales

Affinity opens up shop in Leicester

Office take-up hits 12 month high

West Mids LEP rejects 'could get second chance'

£180m construction framework launched

New dawn for Berryman as merger completes

Letting deal brings Conder to the Boyle

RLF introduces development service

Revenue up at Norbert Dentressangle

Northamptonshire LEP bid 'could be accepted'

Apprentices in at Long Lawford development

Reluctant landlords return to rental market

Shakespeare Putsman merger finalised

Galliford Try to construct Birmingham hotel

Olympic Games is 'golden opportunity' for Lincs businesses

Hi-Spec acquisition for Goodfish

UBM makes leading acquisition

We didn't submit a LEP proposal, says BV West Midlands

99p Stores cashes in on downturn

Navman drives CBS fleet

University signs up to Expenses

UCL milks hotel venture with latest opening

St Modwen appoints new finance director

More women entrepreneurs wanted as Midlands lags behind

Directors' pay continues to freefall, says IoD

Pavillion launches social media consultancy

Two in at Triplar

Lloyds building bought for £3m

Care home expands with RBS investment

Education trust moves to Newhall Street

Webroot secures Derby firm

Concept to Consumer assets saved

Marketing Birmingham backs Insider property conference

Clegg feasts on Staffordshire project

Ethnic minority entrepreneur scheme launched

Prices up as profits rise at Next

Bigwood tops the lot

Brett & Randall launches re-brand

Wright Hassall to protest over migrant cap

Solar company gets green light in Africa

NHS moves into Queensway Business Park

Northcliffe Media 'to axe more than 50 jobs'

Vigilence urged amongst firework traders

Nightfreight rockets with firework deliveries

Rail network needs long-term franchises, says BVWM

Window of opportunity for Stafford Aluminium

Invest in Nottingham Club gains momentum

Cost of Birmingham office space climbs

Government's LEP efforts are "shambolic", says professor

Back manufacturing R&D, government told

Dragons' Den star to speak at marketing event

Corby Cube opens its doors

Council pledges £315,000 towards road improvements

Santander to create 150 jobs in Leicestershire

In Focus: Educating the masses

Business leaders campaign for apprenticeships

Mansfield Town boss set to reclaim ground

First tenant in at The Point

Minerva invests in broadband invention

Cathedral lays growth foundations with funding

Barker Ross launches advice division

Entrepreneur cooks up a storm with investment

Works starts on Longbridge housing scheme

Chatsworth homes in on tourism awards

TJ Print moves into Burntwood

Birmingham’s airport unveiled as… Birmingham Airport

Lincolnshire Showground boosts UK economy

In Focus: The big freeze

Hague appointed to head up Croner

LEP development board elects chair

Auto manufacturers to benefit from "record" growth, says PwC

New pension regulations will cripple start-ups, warns Chase

Norbert Dentressangle extends BA contract

New board members at Maganese Bronze

Carillion wins £100m Oman contracts

Construction jobs at risk by VAT rise - FMB

Coles buyer eyes up more West Midlands space

Construction starts on £30m science centre

Business leaders get Big City insight

Flint Bishop to fly East Mids flag at legal awards

90 jobs created at new Wesleyan division

Confident St Modwen hopes for Merseyside success

Motorola boss joins TTG

M&S deal helps East Mids industrial take up soar

Green light for £12m community centre

Trio in at Friar Gate Studios

Nottingham City Council pulls out of MIPIM

Herbert Baggaley agrees financing deal with Santander

Talking Point: Time to quit?

Talking Point: Indian signs are good

Coast to Coast enters administration

Apprentice star to mentor Birmingham businesses

Rok set for administration

Companies urged to be Korea-minded

University receives £1m research investment

iCon tops out

Midlands SMEs trust banks more than MPs, says survey

Build programme complete at Harborne Central

Merton Group expands with finance deal

Midlands healthcare providers merge

Marketing Derby showcases investment prospects

Paragon Law expands team

Speedy joins Wolves

Mills & Reeves advises US takeover

Bruntwood boss to speak at Insider property conference

East Midlands councils combine services

Apprentice star signs up to inafishbowl

Chamber calls for LEP meeting

East Midlands leads expansion activity, says PMI

Pure update for Nottingham building

Umeco drives growth with £217m sales

Alcester training centre opens

Eliot park gears up for £2m dealership

First letting for enterprise centre

Midlands bosses divided on pension reform, says PwC

City to unveil transport scheme

University recruitment agency to expand

Berryman loses partner

Hammonds goes global with US deal

Airport introduces Asian ambassador

East Mids colleges sign Chinese partnership agreement

'700 jobs to go' at Stoke Council

Rolls-Royce making “progress” after Trent 900 failure

Northern posts loss in "tough" conditions

Surgicare rescued from administration

Double letting for Touchwood

Perspective pounces on Applewood

Jones Lang LaSalle to manage Caudwell portfolio

Lafarge Cement fined after worker set alight

Business school opens trading floor

New legal team comes to Ashbourne

Townshends partner goes solo

Rigby & Co wins NHS property contract

Tardif lands at Geldards

Construction sector recovery still fragile, says Grant Thornton

Rolls-Royce signs £750m Chinese airlines deal

Debt levels to hit £10tn by 2015, says PwC

Ashland Distribution sold in mega deal

Clearwater advises £419m of deals

West Midlands faces further "devastating" job cuts

Sit tight on potential job cuts, says Chamber

Investment prgramme earns award nomination

JLR sales boost Tata profits

Wragge advises international takeover

In Focus: Chinese takeaway

In Focus: Travelling in the right direction

Fey predicts “amazing things” in Ningbo

Rapid transit coming to Birmingham

The Money Shop cashes in on 350th store opening

Bank of England "over-optimistic" - BCC

Flint Bishop scores with Derby County deal

57 jobs lost as kitchen maker folds

Walsall solicitor selected for 'Tesco law' super firm

Entrepreneur makes Nottingham investment

Christmas spending to hit £37bn, predicts Deloitte

East Mids consumers to continue spending

Exchange 15 project prepares to launch

E.ON boosts Nottingham office take-up

Focus shares rocket amidst takeover talks

Longton to host media training programme

E.ON powers Dudley housing scheme

Clarity needed over Pickles judgment, says Business Voice

NMC powers ahead with trio of deals

Birmingham unveils transport plans

Dealmakers wrap: Navigating choppy waters

Talking Point: The LEP vacuum

Engine failure will hit bottom line – Rolls-Royce

West Mids businesses to be "ambitious" with Indian trade

University plans Shanghai campus

Midlands law firms bid for Quality status

'Super law firm' launches in Leicester

Baker Tilly advises Staffline takeover

Property market's stability is encouraging, says Lloyds

Construction starts on £2.5m offices

Staffline snaps up Cambridgeshire firm

East Mids wins big at Family Business Awards

West Mids businesses scoop family awards

Trident expands as international trade beckons

Region's businesses most stable in the UK, says report

University launches investment scheme

Resource flies high with BAE buy

New future for MVMP

Sandlands Court bought by Lamba

Birmingham prepares for global entrepreneur event

NeutraHealth suspends shares

Dragons' Den trio facing global future

Misys plumps for software giant

£1m investment safeguards 27 jobs

Facelift planned for NIA

Up to 1,000 council jobs to go at Sandwell, says GMB

New Barclays director for Black Country

Midlands family businesses 'optimistic' for the future, says PwC

Telecoms company opens sales division

Alworths unleashes East Midlands expansion plans

Elected mayor plans for Leicester

William Davis launches £6m housing scheme

Senior surveyor in at Wells McFarlane

Priorities needed for regen cashpot, says chamber

East Mids firms gear up for UKTI awards

Council cuts will hit hardest in first year

Swimwear event for Leicestershire

Cooper Parry scoops award

Enterprise set to offload more pubs

Financial Services Net bought by Moneysupermarket

Fast train will bring pain, not gain - chamber chief

Begbies acquires a North Staffs rival

Wolseley silent on sell-off claims

From Russia with goods

Manufacturers lined up for IME visits

Carillion cuts supplier base

Travelodge beds in at NEC

Zorba dips into Chalcroft’s expertise

'Referendum should decide Leicester mayor'

Pestfree bought for £1.6m

Derby entrepreneurs go global

Russia lights the way for Abacus

Stephens makes Howes move

Hunt for young entrepreneur geniuses

Broadband boost for BCS

Experian reports "strong performance" despite pre-tax profits slip

Barratt: selling season "weaker than anticipated"

West Midlands can fight from "low base" - IoD

Harris Watson sells Hawick Knitwear

Motiva in financing deal

HSBC deal for Brown McFarlane

GBR Phoenix Beard in three-year plan

Cable announces apprentice scheme

Wren lined up for breakfast event

Cisco favours BCU graduates

Green graduate programme in line for award

LEP board unveiled as businesses air concerns

New advisory service formed

Bellway advised on East Mids property deals

Factory expansion for Destec

Boston boy rises to top business post

Derby showcased at MAPIC

Angels help to fill AWM funding gap

Become self employed, says chamber

Halfords reports profit rise and £300m funding

Headlam in revenue boost

Social enterprises 'can run public services'

Source BioScience eyes takeovers

Wesleyan looks for expansion

Keelys in 'plastic fuel' deal

Birmingham expansion for Sewell Moorhouse

Cartwright King wins MoD contracts

Staff fears at Groundwork UK

Richborough sells property

Logistics market still 'competitive' in Birmingham

In Focus: Train to gain?

Cool Planet snapped up for £500k

Bank deal funds 140-tonne truck

Lack of new industrial sites in East Mids - report

Nottingham university breaks £150m research barrier

Sarantel wins defence deal

PinguinLutosa fined over 'frozen worker'

Ark Brothers fined after worker crushed to death

Balfour Beatty buys part of Rok

Green light for £105m FA site

'Challenging' times for North Midland

EDI acquisition marks move into FE

Top architect to speak at Insider property conference

Colmore Gate gets a facelift

Harrison reports million pound business wins

Lord Stafford Awards winners announced

UKTI seeks energy firms for Gulf trip

Talking Point: Lawful pursuits

£10m regen windfall as Derby seeks investment

Jet2.com to double East Mids flights

Lincolnshire NHS contract signed

Thousands exporting from East Mids

Fired Sandeesh in new career move

It's party time in East Midlands

Talking Point: Leadership battle

100 members for Buy with Confidence scheme

JCB in big military boost

Rigby casts doubt on Birmingham LEP

£250,000 windfall for Connexica

Bank deal for CDI Group

Birchall provides Olympus factory boost

More Rok sales unlikely as jobs axe falls

Midlands expansion for Onyx

Sustainable buildings 'are better'

Communisis axes Leicester operations

New finance chief for Fairfax

Rolls-Royce wins £1.1bn Trent engine order

Ilkeston Town sold to SR Education

Timico bank boost for new warehouse

Property experts to address Insider conference

M&B profits jump after food focus

Harpin to sell shares as HomeServe profits rise

Parkridge in £9.2m retail deal

HCA pulls Midlands housing funding

Grand prix boost for Birmingham

Jobs created at DRP

New stores and online plans for Poundland

Severn Trent in profits leak

Government pulls plug on £200m Meadows redevelopment

William Sinclair buys Growing Success Organics

Jay Fostering sold to NFA

Innes England secures St John Ambulance site sale

Factory jobs for Heb

OFT takes action against Alliance & Leicester

Leicester elected mayor plans move forward

Nzime gets Kinected

EDI in results boost

Chemical law must be stopped, for now - chamber

Cereste in for top property job

Timbmet in £4.3m finance deal

Top panel for Insider’s Coventry event

Supply cluster lifts Midlands aerospace sector

£800k factory deal for Gabriel & Co

Lloyds bank on Southgate

George's Tradition gets the shakes

Tax burdens weigh down on East Mids business

European Safety Bureau inspects Mayfair

We need 'urgent help' - East Mids manufacturer

Coventry University launches London campus

Chamberlin on takeover hunt after profit return

Major losses for Hampson Industries

Scottish deal for Tradeteam

Nottingham Business School expands leadership team

Invest in growth sector hubs - Nottingham campaign

Fine after worker plunges from roof

New partner at Berryman

More company failures predicted

Crown House signs for Trinity Point

D&J Steels buys up rival firm

Leisure Park sold for £14m

Healthy move for Acorn Medical Practice

Cornbrook builds on care home project

EIC signs £3m council deal

Fears raised over innovation 'funding gap'

Time To Pay squeeze threat to Midlands businesses

Marketing Birmingham bolsters business board

In Focus: Life is a rollercoaster

Coventry hosts low carbon conference

Rolls-Royce joins Moscow conference

Government policies have destroyed drive, say Midlands entrepreneurs

Coventry Building Society makes a move

Insider debate comes to Northampton

Positive outcome for Broad

Loughborough purchase boosts Tracsis sales

Time to take a risk, says Coventry business expert

LinkedIn helps DCS to £1bn

Talking Point: Going local

Historic site to make a splash at auction

Fiveways sold in £27m deal

CDG cooks up iConic design

JLR makes its mark on the community

Teen entrepreneur signs tasty New York deal

Newark company makes Times Top 100

Talking Point: Creative concern

InfoUK goes to market

Imerja signs up roadshow expert

Time called on Hockley watchmaker

£2m sports centre shapes up

Aldermore banks on new recruit

Newman to receive £8.5m facelift

Fracino brews up property expansion

Destination Dubai for East Mids manufacturer

Leicester boss closes in on Wednesday takeover

Telford retail park sold in £42m deal

Kennedy Tower could become hotel

VDL drives expansion after JLR win

Talking Point: Three steps to entrepreneurial success

Birmingham lights up with world-first scheme

Crocodile bites back with Bonsers refurb

Solid move for management company

Be creative with Olympics opportunities, says leadership chairman

Mids retailers confident about Christmas, says PwC

Norbert Dentressangle buys up rival for £196m

Macildowie makes a move

Gordon Ramsay show restaurant hosts Armed Forces dinner

Langleys advises on first primary academy switch

Fairfield Plaice serves awards success

140 jobs go as Glamalco collapses

Screen WM enters new dawn in film shake-up

University submits plans for £10m arena

City Inn unveils Mint rebrand

Jones Lang LaSalle adds to management team

Lingfield wins £25m MoD project

Entrepreneur cooks up venture with fellowship grant

Norton relocates to KNBC

Revenue up at Heart of England centre

Phoenix rises with revenue increase

Record results at RPC

Mainstay wins Blueprint maintenance contract

Harvey Ingram takes on two

Salloway to open up in Nottingham

Enterprise park to undergo expansion

Chamber scoops national award

Axis Forty Three scheme takes off

Northamptonshire "actively pursuing" LEP

Sales up at Topps Tiles

Blue Eskimo acquires Abbey Recruitment assets

Dechra swoops for Genitrix

Coventry confident on major retail scheme

Source BioScience buys Berlin company

East Midlands to rake in £130m from World Cup

Hemp house wins construction prize

Wesleyan expands into the South

Leicestershire warned of construction 'ripple effect'

Laverty wraps up Advantage West Midlands at final AGM

Rents rising as tenant demand soars

University finds chemistry with GSK

Carillion starts £15m school scheme

£75m construction funding pot unveiled

deVere Group signs up to Flint Bishop

Construction grant supports low-cost home initiative

Deloitte partner announces retirement

Carbon panel gives green light to Cobbetts

Eco hotel planned for university

Birmingham agrees £300m outsourcing deal

Marston's drinks to sales increase

Birmingham outlet sold in £53m deal

Barclays recruits new director

West Mids would 'make £150m' from World Cup

Big society proposals met with negativity, says survey

In focus: Keeping confidences

Tesco submits plans for huge Eastside development

Nursery relocates with trio of funding packages

KPMG announces senior appointments

Leamington factory lost despite PoleStar takeover

HCA invests in Telford development

Marco Pierre White arrives in Birmingham

Work begins on £27m Birmingham urban village

Force Protection agrees £180m MoD contract

Warwickshire launches tourism scheme

Rolls Royce wins $420m Hawaii contract

In Focus: Good news hunting

Escalade scores with Nottingham unit

New partner at Rothera Dawson

Rolls-Royce faces legal action after engine explosion

2,450 council jobs face axe next year, warns union

German software firm gets to The Point

DLA Piper in IM and St Modwen deals

Green future launched for Coventry

Talking Point: Cross-border patrol

Spearing Waite advises retail expansion

Talking Point: What’s it all about, David?

Christmas market cancelled in Lincoln

West Mids companies strike gold on Times Fast Track list

Myprotein scores with West Brom deal

World Cup blow "massively disappointing", says Chamber

Derby Council agrees £4.6m BSF contract

Smales turns down full-time planning role

FHP clinches Key deal

Five East Mids companies make Sunday Times list

LSL pockets Pink

Sheldon supermarket given green light

Wragge advises £10m ISIS sale

Moore calms down after The Apprentice

William Sinclair branches out with Kent deal

Credit Solutions sold for £10m

Dragster cashes in with funding package

Field Mill owner repossesses Stags' ground

World Cup loss should not eclipse Olympics' arrival, says Ricoh boss

LSL pockets Pink

Giles buys up broking firm

Interfleet on track with London Midland

IMI enters into China nuclear agreement

Innovise takes on Pivetal assets

Rugby star recruited as sales director

Hewer wins £2m Worcester contract

LEP shadow board signs up the Duke

Notts Council to discuss office sale plans

Two in at West Hallam

OFT wants to review joint travel venture

Britain's youngest entrepreneur threatens to quit UK

Shape relaunches in Leicester

Leamington lawyer takes the helm

Connaught Square plans approved

Eight in at Higgs & Sons

BiTC takes on new East Midlands director

Wealth of private jobs for Midlands predicted

New relationship director at HSBC

Toolmaker fishes for new name

Diamond result for D-Drill's African project

Banks are providing support, say Midlands firms

Council granted court hearing over BSF cuts

Devereux scrubs up University of Cambridge

Standard Life to take Focus for £42m

Cash Converters franchise is quids in with status change

Businesses urged to take advantage of Qatar World Cup

Superfast broadband "crucial" for businesses, says Chamber

Enterprise wins Severn Trent deal

REI buys Staffordshire parade

Relationship director appointed at Barclays

Insider debate comes to Northampton

Shakespeare Putsman advises employee takeover

Farm shop cooks up expansion with grant

Staysure creates 150 Northampton jobs

Carillion expects profits boost despite turnover fall

British Gas snaps up ECL Contracts

Battery group to expand with £1.5m funding

First voucher funding awarded

Green light for Tamworth expansion

Crossroads drives forward with expansion

New teams in at Cartwright King

Public sector cuts could see fraud rise, warns PwC

West Mids to profit from £830m broadband push

Planning extended at Unity Square

Innes England hops to it at Bunny

FRP Advisory moves East Midlands division

Trio of appointments to LEP shadow board

Nottingham BID gets green light

Nottingham entreprenuer goes East

Stepnell scoops construction prize

Arriva buys Wardle Transport

285-bed hotel for Broad Street

Bodill enters administration and axes 77 jobs

Unity Square planning extension “vital”, says Taylor

GVA Grimley warning on parochialism

Kinetic is Hugo victor

Grad Central fears impact of tuition fees

Catalyst sprints ahead on £50m MBO

Shooter fired up for CBI role

Finance Birmingham to build on Investbx work

In Focus: Frozen out

Webro strengthens connections

In Focus: Surveying the landscape

Hykeham Chiropractic gets £112k funding

£5,000 gift offer for Notts park agents

LightSpeed Derby welcomes government plans

Auto Windscreens salutes Admiral

Wragge advises first private NHS franchise

University to launch Aerospace institute

Hummingbird strikes gold with £89m AIM floatation

Mundys homes in on agency awards

Talking Point: Manufacturing success

Dealmakers wrap: Private functions

Modec wants incentives for green van man

L&R bags new storage facility

Ascendant drops in to The Waterside

Spearing Waite advises JK Environmental Services on sale

Abstract lights up with iNet funding

Notts companies create tree house trio

JCB drinks to £20m diggers

Rolls-Royce factory put on the market

East Mids' LEPs need government funding, warn MPs

Chamois rescued from administration

MBO is ticket for expansion at Attraction World

BAE cuts hit Rutland base

Late payment could cost East Mids businesses £84m

LEPs need government funding, warn MPs

Roddy right for Larkpoint

Chase sells Tyrells Crisps shares to exploit drinks market

Eco building set for Syston

Reconnaissance relocates after MBO

£50m investment secured for MAS

Santander signs Keele deal

GVA Grimley unveils rebrand

American firms open up in Birmingham

£1.7m investment into Staffs property

Manufacturing activity and employment up, says PMI

Punch ponders loan default on 5,000 pubs

Elected mayor is "excellent opportunity" for Leicester

Green light for 250 new homes in Nottingham

Tesco teams up with Litton for superstore

Leicester welcomes potential US investors

New Guy for Nelsons

Cockerill hired by EDF Tax

Green light for Black Country and Worcs LEPs

Travis-BSS deal 'to complete today'

East Mids hit hard by Localism Bill

Massive cuts and elected mayors for West Midlands

Birmingham elected mayor backed

Daisy Group hopes to bloom in Brum

Graduate scheme success highlighted

Nottingham academics in microwave project

Cobbold takes over at De La Rue

Willis is top apprentice

Overseas trade scheme promoted

Christie is new Lincs Law Society president

£4m Birmingham lighting deal for Telensa

Wow! Stuff wins national award

Shakespeare Putsman appoints new partner

Family firms targeted in tax crackdown, warns accountant

Venture Finance makes Colmore move

500 electric car charge posts for Midlands

Localism fears voiced

Wragges wins high profile IP case

ScreenSafe passes funding test

NEC and Alibaba join forces

Hammonds builds construction practice

Skills shortage hampering growth

Lidbetter sets out Lincs LEP priorities

New £60m black hole hits Nottingham City Council

Scot Young secures £1.5m for expansion

Optima wins wild contract

Gadsby's Ark Capital looks to expand portfolio

Funding leads to Pepceuticals move

WiFi boost for East Midlands Trains

Demand for debt advice could soar, expert warns

Portmeirion to expand brand after sales boost

Pedigree expands its northern operation

Sports Direct scores with £819m sales

Schlüter unveils online academy

Cable urged to reveal LEP powers

Midlands entrepreneurs are more driven, says Apprentice star

Birmingham office investment to hit £430m

Property tax move is a "low blow"

Midlands entrepreneurs are more driven - Apprentice star

Loughborough school open for business

Medical companies merge with £3.6m investment

Blueprint nails Giant design

Development demand heralds better times, says Savills

Nottingham professor dives into BBC deal

145 jobs to go as Business Link winds down

In Focus: Having a mayor

In Focus: Wreckless Eric?

Enterprise scheme launched in Derby

Work starts on £25m care village

RPC to take Danish rival for £204m

Aldermore banks new Birmingham office

Visit Solihull, says website

New general manager for Widdowson

One Stop snaps up 77 Mills stores

Pickle maker wins Waitrose deal

KPMG set for growth in East Mids

Bladon Jets in funding drive

Persimmon completes huge Derby land deal

£6.5m training centre unveiled

Pension pots require fresh thinking, says PwC

Exponential exporting with £1.5m orders

KPMG launches recruitment drive after "tough" year

Talking Point: Taking Stock

National Express in growth drive

Talking Point: Snow Joke

Chamber welcomes EU regulations announcement

£12m funding package fits the bill for Cherry Valley

Coventry and Warwickshire LEP chair revealed

Sales up at Punch Taverns

Mobile Fun in sales boost

Nelsons recruits new IFA

Business school dean to leave Aston

Click Travel expands in Alpha Tower

Bevan showcases green car body part

Jobs secured at Hatton with £1m investment

Willowbrook expands with healthy investment

RH signs off 2010 with four new deals

Kerslake joins InfoMedia

Notts scheme completed ahead of schedule

Former Volvo site snapped up

Lovell opens up in Daventry

Architect builds on China contract win

Start planning for accountancy rule changes, says Grant Thornton

Screen agency rakes in £179m for East Mids economy

One Stop under fire over store takeover

Gangmaster guilty of "exploiting employees"

LEP chair outlines working strategy

Hammerson "in talks" to buy West Mids property trio

JCB signs Swedish military deal

Hospitality trade set for bleak New Year, says Begbies Traynor

PSM takes rival for £4.4m

Care home launches charity foundation

BT hub to create 450 jobs in Sandwell

FBE annouces new regional director

RSM Tenon launches retail helpline

Nightingale Quarter plans submitted

EIC makes the grade with school fit-out

Cobbetts recruits family law expert

Chameleon finds new forms with funding

Dramatic drop in East Mids business failures

Imerja wins £750,000 contract

Sertec secures Lloyds funding package

Mint deal at Whittle Estate

HS2 route alterations revealed

Carillion sells Allenby Connaught stake

East Mids shoppers brave cold

Browns secures Matlock project

Seven new tenants at Genesis Centre

Mansell completes acquisition of Rok teams

EV invests in Peopletoo

Birmingham investor supports Peopletoo

Heb opens London office

Trio digs deep in quarry takeover

iNet backs Primopost with £10,000 grant

RSM Tenon takes on two

Law graduate trio clamp down on parking

Kennedy Tower to transform into hotel

Macildowie secures 14 jobs

Maxwell signs up for Insider event

Work begins at RAF Newton site

Blusource to expand into West Mids

Blusource makes a move on Birmingham

HS2 benefits must reach everyone, says Business Voice

FSB calls for support as cold snap bites

Yorkshire Bank joins banking club with £50m fund

Essential move to Friar Gate

Boparan boosts Northern Food shares

Morrisons plans approved on Calthorpe Estate

Businesses need clarity over HS2, says Chamber

Octavian secures key contracts

Increased fees will hit residential market, warns DTZ

Barker Ross takes on four

In Focus: The grim tales

In Focus: And so this is Christmas

‘42s’ contenders sought

Chance to work with Sugar "left open" - Apprentice star

The Mander Centre snapped up

Nominations sought for LEP chair

S Robinson sold to save 229 jobs

Accountant banks on Calthorpe move

Entrepreneurs to profit from improved EU access

Slark and Roddy depart BSS

Hospitality industry set for tough 2011

2010 was "testing" for aviation industry, says Dunlop boss

Talking Point: So far, so good

Talking Point: Food for thought

Employment regs are stifling growth - survey

Sweet success as Tomlow Honey expands

University flies high with airport scheme

Time to lodge HS2 compensation claims, says Lodders

Cherry bites with new division

Uncertainty reigns for Warwickshire businesses, says survey

Keep positive mindset for 2011, says Chamber president

Abacus tots up refinancing deal

University of Nottingham reveals Chinese expansion plans

350 East Mids jobs to go at Tarmac

West Mids businesses bag Olympics contracts

Mediplus signs KTP with Loughborough

Property industry has been "challenged" in 2010

550 jobs to go at Tarmac

Tarmac to cut 106 Somerset jobs

Business Voice pays tribute to honours list trio

Lord Ashdown to speak at Legal Awards

Planners to discuss localism bill in Nottingham

Time for property to market to “look up”

Bucknall calls for greater collaboration

Retailers warned over "difficult" new year

Somerset Housing launches rebrand

Appetite for deals remains 'strong', says Garner

Funding boost for Shropshire breweries

Industrial estate to generate 200 jobs

Private sector growth to reign in new year, says Cowcher

Time to deliver, say business leaders

Nottingham showing “signs of recovery”

Creative industries leading economic fight, says survey

Quadnetics advances with Persides deal

Blacks plans expansion after "strong" winter

Saltley Business Park bought for £23m

Charities, Clubs and Associations

"Incredible" manufacturing performance reaches 16-year high

Squire Sanders merge is the "next chapter" for Hammonds

Boparan told to 'put up or shut up' over Northern bid

Pinsent Masons advises on £32m deal

Localism bill is "not positive" for science parks

Tasty franchise deal for Kyra Enterprises

Proposals submitted for Goodyear site

Workplace injury toll hits 2,500 in West Mids

International Insignia cashes in on souvenir business

£22m sales lost through snow at Next

Staffline swoops for Kelburn Industrial

Workplace death toll rises in Nottinghamshire

Export to compete in 2011, says UKTI

Vincent Stokes wins £3.4m gym contract

Small businesses to suffer with VAT rise

Webtistic joins iD Centre

Hitachi wins Wickes contract

PQS eyes expansion after Derby triumph

Nicholson drinks to new forum role

Rigby gives warning over LEPs

Reid warns against “Wild West” funding

MAS-WM to advise on Far East opportunities

Thurmaston sheds shifted by Mather Jamie

Midlands business leaders confident over future of IPOs

Re-ball wraps up German food contract

Expectations high for economic upturn, says survey

Beware of pension reform shortfalls, warns accountant

Widdowson drives home double deal

Howardson grows with Sisis

Challenges ahead for property industry, says Gadsby

Office take-up on the up in Birmingham

2011 means time for innovation, says Linford director

East Midlands Airport owner agrees £280m financing

In Focus: Risk and reward

Keltruck swoops for Silurian Scania

AGW Electrical lights up with £25,000 investment

80 jobs generated as TGI Friday's comes to Derby

East Mids advisers engineer Kilbride deal

London calling for The Vinden Partnership

Midlands company failures drop 45 per cent

Company failures drop 45 per cent across Midlands

DRP Group expands with jobs creation

Training is Gateway to employment boost

Colliers and GVA take Brindleyplace to market

Santander fuels HKS acquisition

Former vice-chancellor named as CBE

LINPAC sells stock to private equity firm

Talking Point: Legacy issues

Talking Point: The current economic cycle - What businesses can do to maximise growth and profit

Double letting at Robin Hood Industrial Estate

Springhall calls for funding rethink

Support the Midlands' creative talent, says entrepreneur

FoodBlenders devours iNet funding

Positive automotive growth must be maintained, says MAS-WM

Weightmans confirms merger talks

West Midlands deal activity on the rise

Proto Labs in at Halesfield 9

DBK secures four Midlands hotel deals

Financial services sector developing "strongly"

Wragge & Co cleans up Dyson victory

TMG Corporate flies high with revenue leap

Private equity dealmaking returns to East Mids

Incorporatewear introduces new MD

£2.5m funding boost created for apprenticeships

Perspektiv gains national top 100 ranking

Property market to experience boom, predicts Belvoir

Leicester sports centres unveiled after revamp

Browne Jacobson and LABA agree support network deal

Retailers set for positive growth despite snow setback

Topps plans expansion after revenue boost

Dunelm cautious over growth outlook

Wolseley 'sets sale deadline' for Bathstore

Model booking at Friar Gate Studios

Fraud on the rise in the Midlands

West Mids overseas trading is on the up, says solicitor

Mixed picture for East Mids businesses, says Chamber

DCS Europe enjoys "best financial year"

RSM Tenon appoints West Mids directors

Catalyst on the move in Nottingham

Tradebe snaps up Britcare

University banks on £20m funding facility

Business Over Breakfast goes global

New chairman for IoD Lincolnshire

HMRC revenue drive targets business book keeping

Insolvencies down in East Mids

Online job vacancies up a fifth in the Midlands

Corby Enterprise Centre signs up two

West Mids businesses considering bank switch

No end in sight to property funding crisis

Mama Designs scoops inaugural business award

West Mids businesses urged to bid for £1.4bn RGF

Moulton takes shares in E-Synergy

Oakleaf grows with NatWest funding

Morgan Tucker has designs on Sikh temple

Highcross reports successful Christmas

Hold interest rates, caution business leaders

Birmingham Council to set up regeneration company

MWTF event to encourage Latvian trade

EFG lending falls across the East Midlands

REI takes Kingston House in £3m deal

Barratt reveals "improved" performance

Galliford Try wins £9m Birmingham deal

Halfords suffers from cycle sales drop

Ashtead sets sights on Lavendon

Monk Road renewals secured

Sweet results for Thorntons, despite weather gloom

Buckby joins MACE board

Office space demand to rise, says Savills

BRIC investment “vital” for East Midlands

BRIC investment “vital” for West Midlands

Eurofins signs i54 deal

Late payments causing cashflow trouble, says Lloyds report

Blusource to open Colmore Row office

Norbert Dentressangle wins Co-op contract

Walsall casino gambles with new branding

Big wheels keep on turning

Smith Partnerships appointed to Accidents Direct panel

Blusource to open Colmore Row office

In Focus: The real deal

In Focus: One man’s meat…

Nylacast takes on Texas and fires up for Leicester recruitment

Business village goes to market

Talking Point: Housing benefit reductions - not all doom and gloom

Arena Capital office scheme extended

First five Birmingham RGF bids unveiled

Businesses could PROgress with monthly seminars

Catalyst to continue Midlands investment in 2011

Coventry construction scheme to create 40 jobs

Bowmer and Kirkland wins Ocado mega shed contract

Government agrees "major" Coventry lease

Manufacturers to review industry future

The Business of Education up for debate

Plain skating for Silver Blades redevelopment

Dealmakers wrap: Making progress

Loughborough University to set up Centre for Enterprise Education

Selecta Tyre expands on Waterside Park

Evans wins Dunelm HQ job

Enterprising scheme creates 60 new businesses

The Money Shop signs up as Chamber patron

Freeth Cartwright in Stateside advisory role

Blick takes the chair

Personal insolvency cases drop in Birmingham

Bluesky signs university deal

Chase launches Far East movement

Midlands hotels join Accor Mercure brand

Charbecue cooking with iNet funds

TVP launches finance facility scheme

Wragge & Co closes £30m CSC deal

Advance Consultancy deal to boost aerospace collaboration

Four more for Evans

Enterprise in £42.6m pub sell-off

£17m scheme gets back on track

Cobbetts advises AIM readmission

Birmingham LEP needs big businesses' support, says KPMG boss

Avingtrans signs €2.2m deal

Time expiring on Nottingham leases

370 jobs to go at Nottingham City Council

FBC Manby Bowdler merges with David Hughes Legal

Deals boost for Clearwater

Coventry and Warwickshire LEP board finalised

Olympus completes £8m relocation

Corporate fraud targeted in FRISK project

Bank of Ireland to fund Notts care home

West Mids confidence levels are mixed bag, says Baker Tilly

East Midlands businesses unsure about future - survey

Wastecycle wins university contracts

NMC starts on Doncaster job

The Wright stuff for Berryman

Loan shop opens in Birmingham

Two in at Barclays Corporate

Walsall Waterfront shapes up

Rossa Dairy Products melts away

NWF fuels up with Evesons acquisition

Experian takes Techlightenment stake

LEP progress needs to hasten, urges Borley

Leicester to host FSB Conference

PwC in graduate recruitment drive

Young completes Business of Education panel

CBRE appoints new head of planning

Blueprint set to release more Green Street homes

Big Cat pounces on Bournville launch

£3.7m Ricoh Arena facelift unveiled

Birmingham businesses join UK trade mission

New leader and jobs boost for Marketing Derby

Skills shortage will damage STEM sector, says report

Chamber to host Eastern Europe trade visit

East Midlands in business failure boost

Fewer business failures in the West Midlands

Clearwater launches £20m VCT

FCH wins trio of Birmingham contracts

New partner at Fraser Brown

West Midlands faces "shocking" unemployment blow

Keep optimistic over unemployment, says Chamber

BSF programme kicks off in Stoke

'42s' contenders sought

Drac looks for growth after Kellogg's win

Butchers Pet Care signs 20 year Crick lease

Applied Planning launches in Birmingham

Benoy scoops £1m India deals

Banks must restore trust, says ICAEW

Secret Millionaire continues property sell-off

Energy park set to be launched

In focus: What’s the big idea?

In focus: Making the grade

Maybrook Road estate sold for £6m

Northampton rail station plans submitted

Cinnamon marks Birmingham for expansion

Landmark £14m development planned for Leicester

Enterprise reveals plans for 500 pub sell-off

Coventry LEP praises "outstanding" RGF bids

IML increases efficiency after Yorkshire Bank deal

Zoggs nets Wednesbury warehouse

Talking Point: The Indian mousetrap

MCS in the driving seat for McLaren job

Miller in at Flint Bishop

Marches LEP board appointed

Catalyst hires England

Talking Point: It’s my baby syndrome...

Business Loan Network launches

East Mids firms to partake in "eBay business loan" scheme

ISG digs into Hagley Road development

AIS secures tractor deal

PC4 Recycling signs ten-year Meadow Lane lease

RGF panel will 'be like Scrooge', warns Wrigglesworth

East Mids RGF bids warned over 'scrooge' panel

Topping out ceremony at innovation centre

D-Day for Boparan

Clarke joins Smith Partnership

When things go wrong

University to honour architect and engineer

Collaboration needed in Nottingham, says Taylor

Wakemans to work on Welsh enterprise centre

1,600 jobs to go at Heart of England NHS

Approval granted for 3,000 home scheme

Alstom secures £4.7bn contracts

Apprentice quidelines welcomed by chamber

Developers required for Spode site

Encore divulges Birmingham expansion plans

Lovell secures Nottingham housing sceme

West Mids profit warnings drop

Strong interest in £10m Derby fund

Profit warnings fall sharply across East Midlands

Slimma is the right fit for N Brown

Chairman to leave Mitchells & Butlers

University recognises philanthropist Caudwell

Greencore mulls options after £342m Northern-Boparan deal

Rotala completes Preston Bus deal

Northern shares rocket after Boparan bid

KCP launches in London

Baltic trade calling for West Mids businesses

St Modwen reveals £22m RGF bid

Small businesses dismissing export opportunities, says survey

Future of construction to be debated in Solihull

Bovis Homes snaps up St George's Park

Freightroute drives West Mids expansion

Sales drop at Games Workshop

East Mids trio advise Romanian regeneration

Learning World teams up with Liverpool chamber

Bar 67 to open in Lincoln

Whitaker joins Rothera Dowson

Medical centre grows with RBS deal

Manufacturing boost "critical" to industry survival, says MAS-WM

Retail scheme to be constructed in Tamworth

Boparan increases Northern stakes

LEP finance group sets out agenda

Gardner completes double buyout

£5.3m Holiday Inn scheme takes off

Former Arrow Fund boss launches consultancy

Midlands business leaders will look to new markets, says PwC

Agents appointed to Warwickshire business park

Premier Screw factory sold

Remove obstacles to strengthen GDP, says chamber

Changan drives expansion with job creation

Amy's Kitchen cooks up jobs drive

A&V Squires funds green fuel plant

Nottingham eco homes snapped up

Christmas boosts Mitchells & Butlers

Nightfreight wins seven-figure contract

Former Royal Mail centre sold

In Focus: Working holidays

In Focus: Figuring it out

Clarke Willmott will "play on strengths" to secure future

New leaf at paper company

Catalyst leads £6.5m MBO

Harrison Clarke advises AIM duo

ART tops £1m small business loans

No time to shut up shop, says Garratt

Label Apeel invests £700,000 in new machinery

East Midlands Trains secures top rating

Grant Thornton expands East Mids operation

Harvey Ingram announces Borneos merger

Marston's plans new pubs after "strong" Christmas

70 jobs axed as Image Styles Groups enters administration

HS2 will give Birmingham 'competitive edge'

Simply Eat goes to market

First4Staff eyes Birmingham expansion

West Mids insolvencies drop 22 per cent

Trio in at Topaz Business Park

DLA Piper confirms Australia merger

Stratford housing scheme gets underway

Talking Point: On good terms

Talking Point: All the best consultancies are in London

Tower Tool in apprentice drive

New face at CWG Countrystores

William Davis to work on Stratford scheme

Export hotspots revealed

Universities may have to fill AWM breach

£350m order book for Carillion

Clearwater advises Jones Shoemaker buyout

West Mids developers must "set worldwide standards"

£5m youth centre gets council go-ahead

SMEs at risk if rate rise materialises, says PwC

Birmingham firms in Amazon 'mega shed' project

Barclays introduces new Sheldon manager

Savills completes £2.1m auction

Derby "means business" at MIPIM

Full house for Hopwood

Baseline grows at Friar Gate Studios

Chamber hires new crime fighter

Evans wins London railway work

Council agrees Service Birmingham contract extension

Vodka magnate to launch cosmetics range

TransDigm sold in £157m deal

Challinors sets up in Loughborough

Administrators appointed to GAJ Group collapse

Radwell International sets up in Staffs

NSPCC moves into Newhall Square

Hoteliers record positive performance

Wakemans digs into college development

Accord Group to sign housing factory deal

Nottinghamshire mall sold for £16m

Gala Coral 'in Tote chase'

NMC wins university contract

Absolute wins solar contract

JLR showroom unveiled

XMA to grow in Nottingham

4See swoops for Burcote Consultancy

Hotel revenue falls in Nottingham

Dairy deal struck at Rossa

BMS Marketing launches in Birmingham

Stage set for apprentices at Warwickshire College

Business Birmingham takes MIPIM lead

Manufacturing results "incredibly strong", says EEF Midlands

Middle East is golden trade opportunity, says Prisk

Amey takes on TPI

Fayre Oaks Home Park sold

NBTY Europe in £20m property move

Management buy-in agreed at Metalrax

WOW scheme hits half-million mark

Grant Thornton returns to Nottingham market

Chamber unveils Year for Growth campaign

Abacus Group reveals new line-up

Bollin Group sells fashion division

The Hive celebrates a decade of enterprise

Starbucks serves up perfect blend in Northampton

UniversalProcon to merge with WorldEvents

HCA to merge Midlands operations

Marches LEP backs £36m bids

Mercian Travel Centre buyout completed

In Focus: Beyond the brickie

In Focus: Learning power

Molson Coors buys Sharp's Brewery

RSM Tenon seeking Eismann UK buyer

Catalyst recruited in US deal

Work starts on £3.8m church renovation

The Prince's Trust agrees Custard Factory lease

Dragon fires up with entrepreneur lecture

European Commission delays £196m TDG sale

BWB kicks off £1bn regen scheme

Machan and Manton launch careers website

Work starts on E.ON site

Lava flies Midlands flag at PR awards

Santander funds Simba expansion

Talking Point: No talking shop

Talking Point: I refuse to take part in this recession

329 jobs saved as HPJ Jewellers sold

Chamberlin takes on Jebron

West Mids companies storm Sunday Times buyout list

Construction workloads plummet

AIM market to pick up in 2011, says PwC

Alumet joins BITC

Wolverhampton College is a cut above with acquisition

Duo totally equipped for new venture

The Co-Co Lounge is on the market

Five East Mids companies make Sunday Times list

Lawrence House put up for sale

Tudor Rose expands after trade visit

Housebuilders nervous, says Savills

Universities reveal collaboration plans

Sugar Puffs owner sold in £82m deal

St. Modwen returns to profit

Tennants swoops for Tessenderlo

Metro extension to get £75m government funding

Insider's January Deal of the Month named

TCS John Huxley bets on Festival Park

Midlands administrations fall by a third

Guest Motors drives Sherwood buyout

Pinsent Masons advises Better Capital deal

Social enterprise centre proposed for Danesholme library

Lifestyle Living Group to expand fleet

£11m care village planned for Leicestershire

Memorial to be held for Ronnie Bowker

Cash is key to LEP success, says Lord Bhattacharyya

Poundland set for growth with 50 store openings

Bullring extension green lighted

Councils considering private sector venture, says survey

Stadco expands with Telford site

Career Cafe swoops for Adsfab

Butterfly Hotel Group saved with buyout

Needham & James makes National Grid panel

Heat Haus agrees Shell partnership

RHCV drives Midlands expansion

MCA unveils Brazilian beach resort masterplan

Timico announces £7m investment

Lloyds agrees £4m Heavyweight deal

Cardea Resourcing secures council contract

Loughborough's The Cube unveiled

Manufacturers to review MAS future

Midlands employers "keen to invest" in trainees, says Brady

New director in at KPMG

Terminal change to Birmingham Airport

Harris swoops for Autorite

Birmingham advisers secure Leicester hall deal

Bartlett takes on Hustle role

Yorkshire Bank to finance £5m care home

Nottingham “making significant progress”, says Innes England

Lloyds to cut jobs in Leicester

Apprenticeships will "bridge the gap", says Brady

EMB recognised at Excellence Awards

IPSol brings UK first to Easter Park

HCA to boost £12m care home scheme

Sales, profits up at RB

Sales plummet at Grainger

Northumbrian Water in £120m flood drive

Victoria posts strong UK results

Villa promoted to Football Money League

Boparan sets Northern Foods deadline

Merlin should mean less tax and regulation, says Bottley

Unquoted companies "still vital" to economy, says Grove

IBI relocates to The Cube

In Focus: A wizard idea?

Waterra to head overseas in US deal

Wragge & Co closes £182m Premier deal

£23m PSN completed in Staffordshire

Rolls-Royce "strong" despite engine blow

Abacus becomes chamber patron

Double deal for Cedar House Investments

Motorpoint opens up in Derby

Leicester property market "thriving", says report

Flogas snaps up Warrington business

£15m university refurb hits the right notes

Dealmakers Wrap: Taking strong decisions

Talking Point: Thinking big

Carillion takes Eaga for £306m

Cadbury helps Kraft sales soar

JCB digs up £14m order and new recruits

HomeServe cashes in on cold winter

Interest rate decision is "stay of execution", says KPMG

Virgin Media lands at Eagle Court

Garwyn moves into Latham House

Catalyst steers EMCAS buyout

EFG scheme "confusing" small businesses

Boots drive-thru set for Northampton

Interest rate decision is no reprieve, says KPMG

Derby "is not boom and bust", says Innes England

Lincoln builder fined due to building collapse risk

Safe Computing makes fourth buyout

£43m college development completed

Corporate Finance Charity Event goes for relaxed feel

BSF ruling has "set a precedent"

Wright Hassall casts net over US deal

New partner at Cartwright King

MAS-WM event to host Bribery Act event

2010 was boom year for sheds, says Birmingham adviser

Clearwater director returns to Midlands

Cobbetts climbs Legal Week poll

Titan forcasts positive year-end

RGF will support public sector-heavy areas, says Alexander

Rolls-Royce signs $2.2bn Emirates deal

Nottingham victorious in BSF ruling

Games Workshop extends Warner Bros deal

DMU to host elected mayor debate

Investors sought for Silverstone

De Monfort law head appointed to education panel

Auto Windscreens in administration

Employment laws to cost West Mids £1.7bn, says chamber

Employment law changes to cost £667m, says chamber

West Mids companies to take advantage of £112bn green economy

Ragdoll Worldwide 'up for sale'

Chapco lights up with fifth acquisition

Wakemans wins Travelodge contract

Techsil swoops for Forspat Industrial

Shakespeare Putsman in promotion drive

Midlands bosses split over royal wedding, says survey

Auto Windscreens falls into administration

Nine step up in Nottingham

Klober UK moves into EMDC

Trio of promotions at Shakespeare Putsman

Cauldron Foods sale trims Premier Food debt

Ricoh Arena to host first Olympic event

Birmingham Forward reveals new patrons

LDC invests in Birmingham safety giant

Two-speed trend puts pressure on property market

AWM reveals asset disposal plan

Clarke Willmott agrees HSBC funding deal

Sales up at Touchwood

Green light for £57m housing budget

Three promoted at Browne Jacobson

Thorntons cautious after "challenging" time

Law firm sets up fourth Leicestershire office

Blueprint kicks off Cathedral Quarter scheme

Sleaford Masterplan unveiled

Buyer sought for Olde Barn Hotel

Ilkeston care home project commences

Hopwood invests in future technology

Trio tackle employment issues

In Focus: The lost generation?

Birmingham MIPIM programme revealed

Umeco remains in talks to sell supply chain arm

Mixed bag of growing business in the Midlands

MAN chairman offers blueprint for West Mids manufacturers

Staffordshire pavilion green lighted

The Mercia Fund launches medical spin-off

Worcestershire development plans unveiled

£50m Coventry development revealed

Barclays appoints new healthcare director

Sales up as Dunelm welcomes new chief executive

Sales and profits up at Sports Direct

Nelsons grows with Trees

Buyer sought for The Pavilion

Nurton completes Derby PCT deal

Blockbusting deal for We Are Pure

Management buyout at CK Polymers

Talking Point: Time to take stock?

Lafarge announces Anglo American joint venture

Clearwater bags Ollie & Nic deal

MIRA unveils £300m expansion plan

72 RGF proposals from West Midlands

£1.5m investment for West Mids churches

New audit director at Smith Cooper

West Mids lawyers head up Twitter law firm

Dunlop signs Korean helicopter deal

DTZ completes £2m retail sale

Opportunities remain in Arab states, says chamber

Seddon completes Nottingham care home

East Mids submits 62 RGF bids

Investment sought for Leicester speedway

Nottingham firm wins QualitySolicitors backing

Trio of industrial deals for Innes England

Clarke Willmott agrees HSBC funding deal

Airport to strengthen after "challenging" year

£22m JCB Academy gets royal opening

Graduate applications up 68 per cent at JLR

Vodka tycoon blasts Dragons' Den stars

Wildgoose digs into Staffordshire eco project

Bigwood hoping to score with football auction

‘42s’ contenders sought

Glass Express expands with finance deal

Grant Thornton advises eight national deals

Jobs axe talks over £60m black hole

Chamber leads fight against business crime

HRVS takes on MAN

Smith Cooper moves into Lace Market

Phones4U 'lined up for £700m sale'

Pickles visits Coventry and Warwickshire LEP

City in talks with retailers after John Lewis move

Hügli grows with HQ extension

HBJ Gateley Wareing takes on three

St Modwen signs up Balfour Beatty

CMS Engineering moves into Central City

Sales up at Pendragon

New E.ON offices sold for £30m

Suzie Blue moves into Old Dalby

Stehlin makes its mark with £3.5m finance deal

New future painted for PMS

Students aim for Chinese market

Acquisitions are on the up, says Grant Thornton

OMG acquires Sensing Systems for £5m

Profit and turnover leap at RSM Tenon

AIM set to make a comeback

San Carlo to back Flying Pizza with £1m

Fruitful investment for Fertilty Focus

Drop in West Mids grade A deals, says report

Chamber visit explores Pakistani trade links

Capula starts recruitment drive

Carillion digs into academy deal

Travis Perkins looks to build on profits rise

Enterprise scheme helps 90 businesses

Vets pounce on management buyout

Apprentice star to visit DMU

Derwent FM wins London double

£8m sports centre gets go-ahead

Investors back Nottingham scheme

RSM Tenon in profits hike

Book now for the East Midlands Dealmakers Dinner

Academy launches with engineering event

Sales down but profits up at National Express

LEPs yet to convince, say business leaders

Simworx signs 4D French theme park deal

£48m money laundering gang jailed

Empty business rate tax must stay, says government

Aggora Group cooks up expansion

US support group launches in Birmingham

Perspektiv joins DMA

Businesses sought for investment opportunity

Barratt reports “significant improvement”

Alliance Boots in Turkish deal boost

In Focus: Independently minded

In Focus: The same, but different

Westleigh signs up to Lloyds

Modest take-up of space in Q4, says report

Nottingham in top ten UK economic contributors

Metz sets design on Phoenix Square move

Talking point: Thinking caps on

Talking Point: Opportunity knocks for Nottingham

Bournville College tops out

Creative boost needed in Midlands, says Oscar nominee

CPP in £27m talks to buy Spyker

National Gallery commission fires up Walsall artists

JLR agrees product development partnership

Alstom Grid boosted by £18m contract

Holiday Inns undergo refinancing deal

Chamber calls on government to increase business confidence

Rider Levett Bucknall to make major announcement at MIPIM

Trio joins Barker Ross

2bm secures £4m deals

Swiftool grows with Yorkshire Bank backing

Tenants sought for iCon

Food and Drink Forum considers post-Emda funding options

Crowne Plaza part of refinancing agreement

1,042 redundancies as Auto Windscreens closes

Transport investment vital to regional growth - Osborne

Wragge & Co advises on Lloyds TSB deal

G Casino relaunches

Friargate development moves forward

Birmingham to highlight sustainability at MIPIM

£10m deal struck at Insider event

Acquisition trio boosts Staffline results

East Midlands Airport owner eyes acquisitions

Far Eastern radio deal completes

Insurance man David Brett dies

Homes plan for royal lodge

Final Green Street houses hit the market

GKN in £5.4bn sales boost

£15m casino scheme green lighted

Weak businesses will be weeded out, predicts Grove

£400m deficit solution proposed at Uniq

Green agenda main concern, says Wright Hassall

Leonard Curtis agrees £5m finance deal

Imtech pounces on Inviron

Briggs wins £5m Travis Perkins contract

Egg poached by Barclays

EPN event to take place in Leicestershire

Two in at EDF Tax

Pension deficit to be resolved at Uniq

Work starts on £30m college venture

Gleeds secures Mumbai development role

Gulf glory hopes for East Mids businesses

Boparan faces D-Day

Shakespeare Putsman introduces new COO

Alliance Boots signs deal with Carrefour

Profits up, revenue down at Carillion

Property experts celebrate RST opening

Trio promoted at DTZ

Profits up at Norbert Dentressangle

Directors sought for key survey

Label Apeel breaks into German market

Stourbridge firm advises Californian joint venture

Mercedes-Benz completes Brawn GP takeover

Melrose continues subsidiary sell-off

Van Leeuwen Wheeler swoops for Aberdeen business

Indian acquisitions on the rise, says Grant Thornton

In Focus: Supply reforms demanded

In Focus: No longer tired and weary

Sales and profits up at IMI

Leicester tourism bosses plan strategy

McKesson swoops for System C in £87m deal

Derby team advises Novelis deal

Boparan edges closer to Northern takeover

LEPs expand across the West Mids

E.ON sells Central Networks for £3.5bn

Mapara takes on Cedarwood

Jaguar Land Rover agrees £2bn deals

Discovery Foils wraps up Novelis deal

Cowcher urges East Midlands export drive

The Olive Lounge opens with Lloyds funding

Signalling Solutions secures £21m deal

Management buyout at Beechdale Motors

Goodyear Works site gets go-ahead

Thompson joins Drivers Jonas Deloitte

Two in at Dains

Talking Point: The need for a new approach

Talking Point: Judgement day for health and safety

Fight for high-speed rail, says Hammond

Business as usual for Harboro Hotel

iRail event comes to Derby

Talis bought by Capita

Prisk meets Midlands LEPs

Inafishbowl.com launches clinic event

Nottingham receives BSF deadline

Sandwell given BSF deadline

Spapliance set to launch with investment duo

The Cube unveils first residential scheme

West Mids businesses 'harbouring expansion ambitions'

Dealmakers in at Catalyst

Duo take on director roles at NatWest

DSM reveals collaboration plans

Chamber recruits sector specialists

Be wary of HMRC fines, warns accountant

Top Companies Business Data - Midlands

Sense Enterprise taken in £2m deal

Pearson to buy EDI in £113m deal

East Midlands gears up for MIPIM assault

Modec enters administration

West Mids gears up for MIPIM

Swandlicote package announced

Start-ups to move into Sleaford rail offices

RH Freight in Swiss takeover

Insider's February Deal of the Month revealed

UKTI and chamber to host Canada trade event

G Casino in sales boost

St Modwen on park lookout as Fenton site fills up

Insider's February Deal of the Month named

Midlands Business Insider - Inprint

Automotive strategy needed post-Modec, say business leaders

Boot heads up Board Evaluation

Studio 6 moves into Phoenix Square

Businesses need support to boost GDP, says Cowcher

BSPA on lookout for Digital Plaza partner

Scientists feast on fruit funding

Mids entrepreneurs are UK's most confident, says RSM Tenon

East End Foods digs in to £35m project

Leicester Conferences takes silver

DLA Piper advises £450m acquisition

Weightmans takes Vizards' insurance team

Senior appointments made at DMU

SEWM 'fighting back' after funding cuts

The Bridge Group enters creative merger

Path cleared for Boparan takeover

Rolls-Royce to launch £2.7bn Tognum bid

Hill & Smith takes TPG in £27m deal

Derby set to unveil £100m Castleward developer

Cadbury warehouse sold

Boots Opticians scores Sunday Times top spot

Axe wielded over council budget

Final call for this year’s ‘42s’

Belton Cheese signs Tesco deal

Fraser Brown solicitor becomes notary public

Vitec lights up with Lastolite

Vendor initiated exits on the rise, says advisory firm

New West Mids agent at Bank of England

£7.1m restoration scheme launches

Warwickshire AD plant green lighted

Boparan builds Northern stake

Berryman to host business surgery

Business leaders call for HS2 scrapping

New Street station pictures unveiled

Bishop heads to Nottingham as director for development

In Focus: We’ve only just begun

In Focus: Electrical fault

Handelsbanken opens Birmingham HQ

HayssenSandiacre agrees HQ deal

Work starts on Cube hotel scheme

Amber Valley Borough Council to sell HQ

Cut VAT to boost tourism, says rollercoaster tycoon

SWA plans expansion with funding package

Book now for Insider’s Sustainable Workplace Breakfast

Stone Events moves to Kibworth

Mazars helps bakery rise again

Toolstation signs up to Great Western

Dealmakers Wrap: The need to be niche

Talking Point: What makes a good website?

Middle East dilemma raised interest rate stakes, says KPMG

Middle East troubles have raised interest rate stakes, says KPMG

Aga Rangemaster cooks up profit growth

Council to cut £4m in staff costs

Mulholland calls for engineering collaboration

£50m Coventry plans submitted

Emma Bridgewater sets designs on royal wedding

Palletways drives £4.3m expansion

Graham Penney rakes in £5.5m sales

Groupola company hit by OFT investigation

Minister visits epm: technology

Wingland Food begins expansion project

Region's businesses in growth drive, suggests report

New recruit at Shoosmiths

£150m fund emptied at Yorkshire Bank

Housing scheme green lighted

Mulholland praises government support

Birmingham attracts more than 900 investors

Flood specialist signs UK-wide deal

Profits up at DM

Luxury brands to thrive thanks to 'Middleton effect', says Barclays

Chamber takes control of Destination Worcestershire

Last call for the Directors’ Forum

Mids companies export most in UK

Encompass set for growth after award win

Grace promoted at Savills

Polypipe fined after HSE probe

Cell Drinks to launch with Templeman

L&A Capital offers cash for occupiers

Diamond win for Coventry drill business

Prisk's work experience boss wants tax move

Rodney House to undergo refurb

Siemens to invest £5m in Lincoln

TV property experts to talk at DMU event

FHP completes Newark deal

Prisk's work experience boss wants tax move

Metalrax is back in the black

Kraft bosses face Cadbury grilling

E-procurement will destroy industry, says fashion king Banks

Multimillion-pound casino and hotel plans debated

Refusal suggested for care home plans

DTZ kicks off search for Banks's Stadium investor

Strong growth and job creation in West Mids, says PMI

Solar House sold for £5.5m

Sales up at Marston's

Mitchells & Butlers chair steps down

Give struggling businesses a fighting chance, says R3

JLR aims to overtake rivals, says Speth

Warwick university to showcase research project

Duo invest in Intelligent Orthopaedics

42 under 42 - where are they now?

Proposals submitted for 'superstore' development

Toyota cuts overtime at Burnaston

Minister visits East Mids' EU funded projects

Students' Union £17m makeover revealed

University to host low-carbon project

Lincoln Hilton design revealed

Co-operate to push deals through, says Boxwell

Lack of knowledge hampers exports, says survey

In focus: In high spirits

In focus: The need for speed

QIIB bids for remaining Islamic Bank stakes

Unemployment soars to record high in West Mids

UK's first dual Hilton to set up in Staffordshire

PPL in Swedish acquisition

Oxalis continues growth with Video Marine acquisition

£14m Lichfield scheme green lighted

Birmingham office supply crisis looming, says Colliers

Enterprise Zones need to be aware of pitfalls, says LSH

Walker takes on Barclays Wealth role

Boparan increases Northern Foods stake

Staffline continues acquisition trail

Empty business rate tax almost upon us, warns DTZ

Rolls-Royce secures Trent 900 order

Harvey Ingram recruits four

Shepherd Construction grows with Owen

Tushingham Moore takes on Waterside

East Midlands Dealmakers – book your tickets now

Unemployment rises in East Midlands

Agents appointed to Warrington site

Talking Point: The generation game

Stoke business district gets green light

LEP business board chairman revealed

LEPs may merge, says Hollis

Something for the weekend

Finance package paves way for £2.9bn contract win

Wragge & Co closes CBPE investment

Amey part of £900m contract win

Solus shines with Lloyds funding agreement

Davis Decade expands with finance loan

Tough year for Manganese Bronze

NCH signs ten-year deal with council

Epm: technology makes Gadget Show appearance

Whisky fraud investigation given funding boost

Senior appointments made at Barclays

E.On kicks off solar panel project

NatWest funds Village Motor Repairs deal

Kadfire grows into Trafford Park

West Mids budget predictions unveiled

Profits soar at Savills

Crowe Clark Whitehill creates Midlands centre

12,000 more millionaires in the Midlands

EV invests in Trekmates

Phones4U in £700m sale

JP Dillon markets care homes scheme

Delancey buys Derbyshire estate

140 new student flats planned for Nottingham

Fishbowl hosts live clinic

Nottingham team to partner Interserve

University of Nottingham gets innovative

Image Scan CEO in reappointment snub

Punch Taverns to demerge Spirit arm

Capper & Co snapped up by AF Blakemore

Learn from the lessons of Merry Hill, government warned

Clearwater advises £25m US takeover

Agfa buys Litho Supplies

RASE agrees Stoneleigh Park deal

Hotel and casino scheme gets go-ahead

Santander banks on Black Country move

Weightmans and Mace & Jones agree merger

Villiers calls on leaders to support £32bn rail plans

Revenue boost for Source BioScience

Uniq restructuring agreed

Mark Group completes university eco-project

Pera set on continuing Coaching for High Growth

Dawson joins Aldermore

Octavian revs up for Luxury Motor Show

Public sector spending to be addressed at conference

Henleys announces store closures

St Mods to increase residential portfolio

Care UK sells children's residential services arm

RBS funds university expansion

Mall trio purchased by Hammerson in £208m deal

Sales grow at Portmeirion

Get used to a lack of finance, businesses warned

Lincat in £58m takeover

Profits boost for Midlands companies

Chamber calls for red tape blitz in Budget

FHP and Colliers appointed to market Pegasus

Chesterfield industrial park on sale for £5m

£20m Wheatsheaf project gets go-ahead

Rolls-Royce secures £174m contract

Colourbank expands with Lloyds TSB loan

Three enterprise zones for the Midlands

In Focus: Access some areas

Sales on the up at EG Solutions

Boparan succeeds in Northern Foods takeover bid

West Midlands welcomes Budget proposals

JCB announces expansion after sales surge

Event Hire takes on Jongor Birmingham

Brownhills scheme secures HCA grant

SMT Developments joins MAN

Planning stance commended by Business Voice

In Focus: Twist in the retail

Profits held at Next ahead of "tough" trading conditions

We will learn from the 80s enterprise zones, says Pickles

East Mids businesses mull "better than expected" Budget

The Treasury opens with NatWest loan

Southby takes the chair at Invest in Nottingham

Morgan invests in Ikara Business Solutions

Springhall gets ahead with tailoring deal

WLS receives Funding Circle investment

Five promoted at Cooper Parry

Talking Point: Getting in the zone

Talking Point: Catastrophe in Japan

Banks in Olympics design snub

Beware of remuneration law changes, says PwC

Rivo Software launches American dream

CDU appoints administrators

Something for the weekend

Aspire follows acquisition trail with £28m loan

Coventry business network launched

Euro Car Parts expands into Warwickshire

Something for the weekend

Eco project driven forward at Loughborough

Derby hears London calling at investment event

Zone location and tram extension revealed

EAPC design completed

Status signs up seaside resort

Smith Cooper to sponsor Midlands Family Business Awards

Transparency key to planning upheaval, say property experts

Arena dealt winning hand with poker tournament

Nursery to open £1.8m site with Barclays loan

David Wood cooks up Dudley bakery buy

Asset based lending on the up, says Weightmans

Birmingham housing development kicks off

£8.5m housing proposals submitted

Swallow leaves Knight Frank

Buyer sought to save FW Mason & Sons

Alumasc in £1.2m land sale

Budget is good for East Midlands, say businesses

Alliance Boots chief announces shock exit

Lifestyle Living acquires again

Midas moves back to Trafford Park

Wolseley back in black

Stock Exchange sold for £7.95m

Funding brings home the bacon for Molls Meats

MTH snaps up Pallet Systems

Harris quits as Emprima chairman

Liquid dips into merger

Deeley wins £1.7m Oxford work

Orange Tree Group to open club in Leicester

Greenzone moves base

Jephsons fits out first Taco Bells

Thrifty opens Derby site

Deals market on the up but caution remains - Nutton

GINEM reveals post-Emda strategy

BID board named

PPF in £165.7m management buyout

General Electric swoops in on £2bn Converteam

All go for Stafford College plans

Brian James up for sale

Carillion-Eaga deal moves forward

Uniline sold to Capital Safety

BP pension fund in deep freeze deal

Birmingham wants millions more visitors

Topps Tiles plans expansion ahead of sales slope

Tramlink wins Nottingham transport contract

Cargo record for East Midlands Airport

East Midlands cashes in on Europe

Jadu in Leicester HQ move

Auction shifts £2.65m-worth of properties

Deals market showing signs of waking up - Rotton

Norbert Dentressangle clinches TDG deal

In focus: A curate’s egg

Funding for high growth probe

IoD backs call for airport action

Jewellers owed creditors £2m

Cannock needs enterprise zone - chamber

Evida sets up in Coventry

Waitrose snaps up two West Mids stores

Travel Management Group snaps up neighbour

New chair at MCD

In focus: Child’s play

Sales grow at Booker

Rolls-Royce reveals apprenticeship plans

£12.6m research centre to be built in Leicester

Food and drink economy to get boost with new scheme

£22m airport hotel tops out

Clegg completes Notts Forest development

Robin Hood captures top treasure

Talking Point: Retirement from a small business is no minor issue

Talking Point: Know their rights

Coventry Building Society 'to launch Northern Rock bid'

Cobbetts advises diamond fundraising

Something for the weekend

Birmingham bankers back Judges Scientific

Multibuild to create Birmingham Hilton

Mulitbuild appointed to Loughborough hotel

Nottingham faces “major issue” with secondary office stock

Something for the weekend

Waste Recycling clinches £250m contract

Events business expands into Spain

Fusion grows with 100 new job roles

Premier League the key, Foxes man tells Soccerex

PBS UK to offer training service

Major deal done for undisclosed sum

Chenalord expands with Chilean deal

Consortium awarded NET Phase Two contract

Static sales at Churchill China

JBP spins out into Birmingham

Banks are hurting property market - LSH

Business needs more money - Bailey

REI posts year-end losses

Keltruck motors on with Silurian merger

Gateway scheme gets go-ahead

BDP gains Pain

AWM's ICT Cluster branches off

Wright Hassall advises furniture store MBO

Insider's March Deal of the Month

Two recruited to LEP board

MPs still want to grill Rosenfeld

Gala leaves Tote chase

Keltruck motors on with Silurian merger

Fields of gold, says Savills

Dune Group steps onto Whittle Estate

K-Form signs Mexican deal

Stevens steps up at Dains

Eco team launched at Harrison Clarke

Driver steers African JV

Assura “well positioned” for growth

£7.5m investment for Kitwave

Administrators appointed at McInerney

Family Business Awards set to launch in Nottingham

Utilise manufacturing funding scheme, says MAS-WM

Equity fund given go-ahead

Birmingham will flourish through investment, says KPMG partner

Growth returns to East Mids, says chamber survey

NMC reports growth despite “challenges”

Alliance Boots boost for EMCC hotel

Buyout market bounces back - CMBOR

Pointon York snaps up double deal

Shard End project creates 50 jobs

HBJ Gateley Wareing adds two partners

Outsourcery ‘more focused’ after Vodafone sale

Midcounties Co-operative records £26m trading profit

Carillion signs £204m deals

Citypress opens in Birmingham

Co-op swoops for DAB Stores

We live in 'worrying' times - BCC survey

Pilley joins Cattaneo

West Mids still faces lending gap, says Investbx boss

Drpgroup snaps up MS Internet

Craegmoor bought by Priory Group

Growth at the top of agenda, says PwC report

Rolls-Royce launches Tognum bid as expansion plans revealed

Chamber launches degree course

Wildgoose commences Marston's job

Baker Richmond agrees Berkeley Burke merger

Mandarin owner snaps up premises

Spearing Waite introduces new partner

Mailbox sold for £127m

Halfords lowers profit expectations after sales drop

John Lewis MD named LEP chair

"Revolutionary" Cube developments unveiled

£127m Mailbox sale is "welcome boost"

Glazing company bought by management

Rogers joins NMC

Node 4 set to open £8m data centre

Business loan fund launches in Sandwell

Buyer sought for Popolo bar group

Northcliffe in radical shake-up

Insolvencies could increase under new pre-pack rules, says R3

Sustainability has to be “economically viable”, says Maisey

In Focus: Design issues

All clear for Boparan

Lift-off for Family Business Awards

In Focus: The swinging sixties

Insolvencies rise in East Midlands

Talking Point: Plan ahead to avoid delivery disasters

Dealmakers wrap: Producing results

FBC Manby Bowdler appoints senior partner

Allied Healthcare buys ScotHomecare

London base "will not hinder" LEP boss

Purnell "in negotiations" over Birmingham site

Clearwater advises €1bn worth of deals

Hotel and retail scheme gets green light

Walton reveals development plans

Acquisition lends turnover boost to Inn Express

Something for the weekend

New alliance urges HS2 rethink

A win for Westwood would have "long term effect" on Worksop

Strata to strengthen in 2011

Magnadata buy saves 111 jobs

Hawke eyes partner role

ENER-G unveils eco device

Universities secure £900,000 Pfizer grant

Observatory transfers to Marketing Birmingham

Profits boosted at GKN

Stroke Association to move into Bromsgrove

Coventry and Warwickshire LEP sets up at JLR

Wow! Stuff wins national HSBC award

Templine signs up to Birmingham Business Park

Boparan becomes Northern Foods chairman

Aga Rangemaster boss gears up for growth

Trio of recruits in at Blusource

Sound move for AudioSpares

Healthy deal for Capita

Outer space sector strengthens NSC Creative

Funding brings expansion for B&V

Genting to close Leicester casino

Cherry picks new offices

Council signs £12.1m BSF project deal

BAE Systems announces jobs axe

Alumasc dispenses of drinks firm

NEC casino to bring jobs boost to Solihull

Five RGF winners to generate 40,000 West Mids jobs

ICICI moves its base to Handsworth

Technology park signs up Rolls-Royce

MAS-WM announces funding drive

Wellpak grows with HSBC funding

Amazing Retreats unveils investment plans

Punch plans disposals as profits dip

New Entrepreneur of the Year Hayled

Molecular Profiles to expand after RGF cash injection

B2net stake sold in £12m Swedish deal

Peace named as high sheriff of Notts

Morecrofts signs HQ contract

Westgate stores snapped up in £7.5m deal

Rippleglen completes MBO

E.On to cut 175 jobs

'Programme bids' encouraged for RGF cash

Insolvencies down by four, says PwC

Dudley Print merges with Husselworks

Wragge & Co advises Astex acquisition

Andrew Page drives Great Western deal

Emma Bridgewater receives royal commission

Director trio promoted at Catalyst

Oddfellows fund buys Focus store

'Programme bids' on agenda for second RGF round

VTI launches Leicestershire franchise

Stepnell wins warehouse contract

Senior appointments for Brady Solicitors

Lions' speedway roars to completion

Leicester shopping centre in £60m deal

Tigers revive flotation plans

Catalyst leads £40m MBO

LEP chair to attend Villa Park event

Midlands Top 500 companies revealed

Eight West Mids companies on Sunday Times list

Colmore feasts on food festival plans

Unemployment drop given 'guarded welcome'

Cobbetts strikes gold with Aureus

Hawkstone swoops on funding deal

In Focus: Street smart

Dunelm in Q1 sales boost

Retailers ride high in Top 500 rankings

Bmibaby halts Manchester and Cardiff flights

College reveals £24m refurbishment plans

East Mids companies named on Sunday Times list

DHL agrees Sherwood Park deal

Unemployment figures rise in East Midlands

In Focus: A rush and a push…

Talking Point: Cash-in-hand tax amnesty – not just for plumbers

Talking Point: Collaborative process

John Lewis confirms Tamworth store

Carillion recruits new director

Cipher Surgical raises £1m

Aston launches funding programme

Auto sector in revolutionary phase, says KPMG partner

New associate director at HSBC

LG Arena breaks attendance record

£3m graduate service launches in West Mids

Derbyshire council joins Sheffield LEP

Diminishing Grade A stock leads to property surge

Concentrix snapped up by TSG

Alumasc sells drinks division in MBO

Something for the weekend

Derby arena given go-ahead

HS2 - have your say

Subec expands with NatWest investment

Something for the weekend

Hsquare2 wins Red Bull team contract

Titan bounces back from 2009 'low point'

Forum calls on EU to drop online retail plans

AWM assets in sell-off

JLR helps to drive Tata sales

Olympic dreams for Coventry

Laser melting business snapped up by Renishaw

City Jaw manufactured with Co-op funding

McCann scores with Vauxhall deal

Park life for Mansell

Smith Cooper renews DCC sponsorship

TWL scores with Soccerdome deal

Abbey Meadows disposal not “fire sale”, says Prisk

Leicestershire in tourism boost

Plans submitted for Recreation Ground redevelopment

NBV aids creation of 5,600 jobs

Region's exports hit £4.1bn

Rotala ready to roll out new routes

Enterprise zone proposals revealed

Titan division makes £7.4m buy

Hydraulics company expands with warehouse deal

Businesses ready for deals, says HSBC boss

Harrison Clark advises £65m deals

Retallack returns to Squire Sanders Hammond

Nash promoted to principal

Speedo makes a splash in new HQ

University up for six awards

Edmond Shipway wins £7m project

Lord Stafford Awards kick off

Middle East remains trade hotspot

Hydraline Engineering fined after worker's death

Take advantage of leadership grant, urges enterprise boss

West Mids SPAR stores up for sale

Keane Consult joins forces with Projex

Office take-up falls within public sector

Businesses 'overwhelmingly' approve HS2, says chamber

UK Coal share price slumps

Four promoted at FBC Manby Bowdler

Recruitment company hired for MoJ deal

Abacus lands Chinese airport deal

Lizard moves to iD Centre

East Mids SPAR stores up for sale

Lifestyle Living enters Kent market

D2N2 to host LEP discussion

Alzheimer's Society moves to LE3

Garland strikes with Lakeside Superbowl

Airport set for £250m boost

Begbies Traynor appointed to collapsed construction trio

West Mids companies in Queen's Awards success

Innovation directed £60m sales, says Steelite boss

Something for the bank holiday weekend

Hotel scheme given green light

Midlands poised for power generation investment, says PwC

LSH completes £60m industrial deal

Irwin Mitchell eyes external capital with restructure

In Focus: Central perk

Something for the bank holiday weekend

Sales spike at Sports Direct

East Mids companies celebrate Queen’s Award success

HSBC invests in poster technology

In Focus: Don’t bank on it

Custom Group ties up MBI

Jobs generated with Trent Lock opening

Staffline takes on FourstaR

Birmingham and Solihull LEP leaders named

Social enterprise centre gets go-ahead

Workers taking ten 'sick' days a year

Leicester needs enterprise zone, says chamber boss

Coventry development "much needed boost" for region

Heritage Gate up for sale

Bruton Knowles adds to commercial team

TWL raises cash to pay missing lottery wins

99p Stores creates 1,000th job

Talking Point: Blog me for a reason, and let that reason be....

Talking Point: Socially acceptable

Cannock housing scheme approved

Former BMI boss donates £1m to university

Enterprising jobs boost for Birmingham

Balfour Beatty moves to Solihull

The Binding Site sold to Nordic Capital

Translation People enters German market

Royal wedding bonanza for Mask-arade

£5.75m university scheme completed

Big-name companies 'most attractive' to employees

Whittles drinks to Oddbins purchase

RGF snub leaves railway station project off-track

Sheikh rails against "no win-no fee"

DTZ cleans up warehouse deal

Yakub Chemist prescribed £350,000 funding

Confidence rises in manufacturers, says survey

Retail scheme lands on ex-pub site

Sikh memorial gets go-ahead

Manufacturing recovery will drive job creation, says PwC

Local government risks derailing localism, says CBRE

Three Spires sold in £33m deal

Midlands insolvencies drop

Concerns raised over slow GDP growth

DTEC snapped up by Engenda

West Mids manufacturers 'suffer disproportionately'

Fragile economy is 'concerning', say business leaders

Corby warehouse sold to KEN Investments

New prize launched at Family Awards

Experian boss on business aid mission

Something for the bank holiday weekend

In Focus: Relationship issues

City centre zone would be 'catalyst for growth', says LSH

Four hundred jobs generated with superstore go-ahead

West Mids is global manufacturing hub, say Swedes

In Focus: A temporary solution

G4S swoops for Guidance Monitoring

Talking Point: Keeping it in the family

Clearwater sources Jojo Maman Bébé investor

Hines confirms Two Snowhill scheme

HBJ Gateley Wareing to rebrand

City centre zone plan "very clever", says Hollis

Record shopping share for Aldi

ROC Furniture in administration

Insider's April Deal of the Month

Entries open for Family Business Awards

Pensons Chambers up for sale

Shoosmiths advises Solihull wine merchant

Allports drives home £1m retail deal

Thorntons sales melt in Easter heat

Clearwater sources Jojo Maman Bébé investor

Leicester entrepreneurs to bag Santander cash

Duo promoted at Chantrey Vellacott DFK

FHP Living moves into West Bridgford

Barclays cracks Egg deal

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DLA Piper completes Australian merger

No return to “reckless” property lending, says RBS boss

Shoosmiths advises £27.5m of disposals

Midlands' Apprentice candidate revealed

DTZ appointed to European fuel scheme

Nelstar moves to Wednesbury

Public sector fraud on the increase, says PwC

Mazars adds to corporate finance team

Middle East troubles hit Quadnetics

Losses narrow at Blacks

Next sales soar

College expands with £1.3m buy

Norbert Dentressangle hits £673m sales

Experian swoops for Computec

Chopstix picks up Leicester site

Wynnstay swoops for Wrekin Grain

Revenue up at National Express

GVA acquires Humberts in leisure drive

JLR supplier nets £110m investment

Telemarketer sets up shop in Hagley Road

Alumet plots expansion course

In Focus: The shortest week

In Focus: Funding fault

Fastenal ties up Coventry move

Hold interest rates, cautions chamber

Alucast gathers pace with Norton contract

Experian heads down under with joint venture

Crips director aims for £10m turnover after Morrisons deal

Premier League clubs lose thousands after CRE8 collapse

East Midlands Directors Forum – last few places remaining

Forty jobs generated with restaurant opening

Nelsons in promotions drive

Freeth Cartwright advises international health deal

Ask the Expert: Sustaining a healthy bottom line after cost cutting

Garner retains Dealmaker of the Year crown

Dealmakers wrap: Primary education

Templeman urges investment and diversity to West Mids businesses

Coventry medical centre work to start

Glide secures cash injection

Trio deal joy for Network Group Holdings

£630m contracts follow Carillion deal

Something for the weekend

Eason joins Grant Thornton

Birmingham businesses losing £1.2bn tax

San Carlo names cities for Cicchetti expansion

Rolls-Royce powers on despite "fragile" economy

ECO Plastics agrees £15m venture

Something for the weekend

Investment vital for business, says Templeman

D2N2 to face East Mids businesses

Attride joins Needham & James

Wildgoose digs into medical centre contract

Phoenix Four banned by BIS

£5bn JLR boost welcomed by industry

Raw Games secures Legendary investment

REI makes South Wales investment

Alstom Grid to unveil £44m engineering centre

Tech funding scheme launches

Skan Group Holdings snaps up Reynolds Boughton

Key Technologies disposes rail division

Commercial property market up, says RICS

Economic activity increases in West Mids

Travis Perkins builds revenue growth

Mortar Developments in joint venture with UCL

Toyota Material Handling expands at Old Dalby

We Are Pure designs Russian stores

Tank feasts on new deal

Yorkshire Bank adds Fenton to IFA team

Abacon snapped up by Bibielle

Auto events come to West Midlands

National Express concludes Elliott saga

Dunns Brothers acquired by Sims Group

Punch split to generate 70 jobs

Meaty deal for Mad O'Rourkes Pie Factory

Small caps face acquisition danger, says survey

Wesleyan quickly out of the blocks

St Modwen Homes kicks off Longbridge scheme

Nanny Marney sets up in Birmingham

SMS Electronics takes Sunday Times top spot

Ad revenue cuts hit Johnston Press

TTG sets out acquisition trail

Wildgoose completes theatre scheme

Sterling Capital enters WLB joint venture

University plans £30m doctor school

Manchester Hosiery calls in administrators

Lovell signs up to £40m Skipton project

Revenue on the rise at Wragge & Co

West Mids to pilot BITC support scheme

Quartzelec reveals consolidation plans

Property funding scheme unveiled for Tyseley

£7m facelift set for Coventry

Business Cluster WM fights for future

Birmingham promotions at Browne Jacobson

Sincordia acquires again

M&S signs up in Glossop

Barratt paves path to profit

Cooper Parry introduces new partners

Lack of land will lead to housing shortage - Savills

Heb brings Central Park offices to market

Promotions drive at Browne Jacobson

Hill & Smith secures £210m finance deal

£11m road scheme completed

In Focus: Support act

Tsunami investment help unveiled

Green Frog Power in £60m funding boost

Co-op jobs boost praised by union

West Mids trails in investment activity league

Practical investment from Barclays

Drivers Jonas Deloitte wins 650,000 sq ft retail scheme

99p Stores to swoop for empty Focus sites

Derby hosts 'mini MIPIM'

Deadline extended for property award nominations

Derby engineer banks on China deal

Cheesy deal for MCE Engineering

Directors vote Lloyds top bank

In Focus: Building blocks of recovery

Royal wedding clock set for Abu Dhabi display

Worcestershire LEP appoints chairman

Something for the weekend

Relocation debate still alive, says Lyons

Brazilian flavour for The Cube

Jobs saved with Blue Cedars sale

Talking Point: A time for change

PwC grows Midlands team

RGF tour to visit East Mids

RGF tour to hit Dudley

Formula One set for Shrewsbury expansion

UK Coal sells Staffordshire land

Talking Point: A Good Harvest reaps reward for guarantor

Pub schemes to face planning committee

Double letting agreed at Hounds Gate

Cathedral Interiors to grow with NatWest loan

£40m retail scheme planned for The Lakes

Loughborough professor appointed to EBA board

£50m boost to turn pasties to petrol

Charles Stanley stakes claim on JJFS

Take on the accountants, Grove tells government

Jewson invests £7.7m in business

BAM wins £45m accommodation deal

Turnover up at Wright Hassall

Co-op investment drives golf start-up

Casepak and SCA agree Walsall waste contract

Business school in global link-up

Healthy profit rise for Alliance Boots

Chamber calls for firm action on red tape

iNet searches for funding partners

Bring councils into line over solar schemes - Eco Environments

Law society elects new president

Start-up fund lends £225,000 to East Mids businesses

Birmingham could lose second city crown

£13.5m leisure project gets green light

Profits fall at Enterprise Inns

Taxi sales plunge at Manganese Bronze

Aston Business School gets food study funding

Jumar develops down under

Tradewind breezes into Birmingham

High-speed positions harden

Coventry tower trio in £4m boost

Sales up at Source BioScience

George unveils Lutterworth base

Marketing agencies fuse together

Streamline in £2.6m equipment boost

Viking starts new saga after rebrand

Cox Freeman feasts on food retail projects

Cherry grows with Leicester office

Revenue up at North Midland Construction

Sales stagnant at Sanderson Group

Inflation rise is further setback, says chamber

LEPs must avoid segregation, says Worcestershire boss

Business Growth Fund to represent 'alternative lending'

Airport jobs boost with £5m investment

42 under 42 announced this week

Administrators called to C&G Concrete

Record turnover at Browne Jacobson

Smethwick in affordable housing boost

JLL and King Sturge in merger talks - reports

Council to vote on Tesco and Broadmarsh schemes

Experian profits hit £418m

Rolls-Royce agrees Tognum deal

Travis Perkins in £8.4m Focus deal

In Focus: Stats the way to do it

In Focus: A tale of two cities

Hill & Smith in £9.8m Swedish buy

Dairy Crest axes 90 Midlands jobs

Sainsbury's to bring 400 jobs to Longbridge

West Mids pub decline slowing, says KPMG

Unemployment drops in West Mids

Manufacturers get set to question investors

Chase Commercial catches £4.1m investment

TV hairdresser cuts Cube deal

Book your place at Dealmakers

Eurofilms expands with German order

Sales soar at Booker

Topps Tiles appoints new chairman

AFI completes Foxes takeover

University launches £14m conference centre plans

New business set to swim into Inafishbowl

Cummins Solicitors roars into Leicester

Leicester accountants announce merger

Opun wins development funding

Revenues rise at Shakespeare Putsman

Pattonair sold for £146m

Allen walks away with BYPY award

Waitrose garden centre plans submitted

Poundland gets double at private equity awards

Gateley unveils promotions drive

Ephraim Phillips factory finds new owner

Chalcroft Construction flies high despite downturn

Sales up at Mitchells & Butlers

SSE whips up North Lincs deal

Rolls-Royce engines under scrutiny once more

Something for the weekend

Jane Eyre and Harry Potter in tourism boost

Innovation centre set for unveiling

Woodland Estates invests in holiday market

HMRC is taking tax evasion seriously - RSM Tenon

Nottingham auction bags £3.75m deals

RICS unveils project of the year

West Mids rakes in £1.1bn in franchising

Broad Street set for skyscraper makeover

WH Ireland sells Australian stake

BGF launched as £2.5bn fund for the provinces

North Staffs gets hi-tech business boost

Currie to chair Mergers Alliance

Regional voice offered following "abject failure"

Rural family business award launched

East Mids boosted by £800m franchise market

Work starts on £24m Kettering academy

Berryman brings in new partner

Meghani defects to Challinors

Sales heat up at HomeServe

Chamberlin back to full year growth

Banks need to stimulate Merlin lending, says chamber

Concerns remain for Cadbury, say MPs

Network Group expands with PPR

Jobs boom for Marches with tri-site zone plans

Catapult invests £1m in Lumora

RGF panel comes to Dudley

Report calls for local authority finance reform

Concerns remain for Cadbury, say MPs

Chamberlin back to full year growth

HSE fines paper firm

New partner for Gateley Nottingham

Catapult concludes Lumora deal

Supply chain returning to UK, says Wesson

Edmond Shipway scores with FA contract

Small busineses to benefit from tax overhaul, says PwC

Talking Point: Where are you, local food heroes?

Talking Point: Monitoring cloud conditions

Evida Power drives £70m venture

Midlands leadership group launches

Manufacturers demand strategy re-think

Esko Artwork sets designs on Solihull

Bromsgrove investor sought

Rudell Jewellers owner passes away

University secures European research grant

Funding levels rise at Aldermore

Businesses discuss LEP performance

Davis takes on Resolution role

Sim Cast expands with funding support

Entrepreneurs are lifeblood of economy, says Warsi

Surface Generation in £1.4m deal

Le Bistrot Pierre grows with NatWest investment

Rodney House renamed

Midlands tops inward investment poll

RBS to shut Telford office

Law firm launches Asian service

Businesses meet Lord Adonis to talk HS2

PPF Environmental to expand with funding

Eversheds in Middle East merger

Caxtongate sold in £16m deal

Transatlantic deal for Lektronix

Midlands businesses owed £10bn

East Midlands climbs investment poll

Ecotechnics takes Old Dalby lease

Hodgkinson tackles career conversion

Augean wins nuclear waste appeal

BioCity reveals new chairman

In Focus: Technical know-how

In Focus: Looking for a way in

Severn Trent leaks profits

Birmingham Forward reveals new chief exec

Martineau confirms merger talks

JLR to rev up West Mids with £1bn profit

Princess House sold for £9.6m

Something for the weekend

Insolvency Service winds up charity

Wragge & Co advises £100m housebuilding deal

Birmingham Airport “needs to get its act together” - Grove

Something for the weekend

Tracsis lines up deal for MPEC

Job losses announced by Ricoh

Upskill in international expansion

Clearwater advises on ITN Mark sale

Fresh fish swim Inafishbowl

Alkane snaps up Seven Star Natural Gas

Council in £20m A453 bid

Property force launches in Birmingham

Squire Sanders Hammonds advises Lee Cooper

Business growth scheme launches

Roman Originals swoops for CDU labels

Ember TV heads to Eastside

Goodrich completes £269m buy

Library books ICE president

Need A Skip grows with EIB funds

East Mids duo win European investment

Eco graveyard secures Lloyds TSB funding

Danwood inks Document Express deal

King Sturge to merge with JLL

LEPs "only show in town", says Lynch

Robinson secures £12m deals

Promotions drive continues at Gateley

Maintain signs framework deal

Managing the sale

Talking Point: The clock is ticking

Sales heat up at Wolseley

St Modwen in a "strong position" to grow

SIG sells safety and workwear business

EFG lending falls to £92m

Investors targeting non-prime assets, says DTZ

Metalrax disposes of Hockley site

Boparan to trim fat off supply chain

GIL Investments drives MBO

JLR launches India operation

SMEs urged to get involved with LEPs

HSBC gives Regenersis £15m boost

Pre-pack rules could mean insolvencies rise, says R3

Sales rise at Topps Tiles

Fogarty secures £9.5m cash injection

Knight Frank hails industrial possibilities

Tracsis raises cash with placing

Talking Point: Branching out

Appleton steps down at Lavendon

150 jobs generated with care village opening

Staffing Solutions grows into London

LEP board expands with five

£24m hotel anchors in Birmingham

Serco in £385m Indian swoop

Mids tycoons open to emerging markets, says report

Midven agrees investment venture

Palletways drives fleet investment

Miller joins Finance Birmingham

AMB insures growth plans with funding

Staffs Uni agrees Austrian venture

Tracsis-MPEC deal completes

Northampton hotel chain unveils first site

Jet2.com expands in East Midlands

Tax consultancy launches in Leicester

Bid to bring Green Investment Bank to Nottingham

Balfour Beatty sells track work arm

Emda reveals record investment figures

Quarry expansion green-lighted

In Focus: A coming together

In Focus: A Farewell to Emda

Hard takes the top prize at 42 under 42s awards

Wow! Stuff plays with LA expansion

Park Central application submitted

West Mids manufacturers sought for Latvian ventures

Willmott Dixon to build on profits hike

NRL set to continue

Willmott Dixon to build on profits hike

Bulldog bites into Admiral Rodney Hotel

Building society expands with new recruits

'Balls are in our hands', says Aldridge

Derbyshire property sold for £2.4m

University to relocate within Eastside

Something for the weekend

Forces Recuitment moves into Cannock

Something for the weekend

East Mids head appointed at Yorkshire Bank

Town centre overhaul planned for Telford

Minworth grows with site extension

Salad jobs at risk after Asda loss

IP Group raises £55m with placing

Ask the Expert: Cash and debt risk management

Manufacturing continues to drive growth - survey

Shakespeares to build on growth trail

Plum Ideas plumps up with new deals

£50m Coventry plans get go-ahead

Midlands investors most likely to take risks, says survey

The Elms hits the market in portfolio sell-off

Marston's granted franchise endorsement

Hampson settles Erlson deal

Insider's May Deal of the Month

Shakespeares writes new chapter

Insider's May Deal of the Month

Liz Hobbs pioneers Tesco gig project

Node4 founder wins European award

Callow Hall hits the market in portfolio sell-off

Oe:gen grows at Nottingham Science Park

Timico powers up with Powernet

Housing scheme set for green light

Hawkins Hatton advises manufacturing sell-off

Burton Kia undergoes MBO

St Modwen unveils Burton-upon-Trent proposal

Co-op funds Newman regeneration

Belton Cheese slices up competition

Melrose in £360m Dynacast sell-off

Coventry University takes slice of £600m pie

Midven invests in projection business

Phoenix rises with revenue hike

Walkers unveils wind power plans

CPMG wins £10m college project

College to pioneer start-up programme

Cooper Parry teams up with Tinderbox

FH Gilman & Co up for sale after administration

Toyota reveals Burnaston eco-site plans

Punch Taverns drinks to sales rise

Innovise plots AIM withdrawal

Carillion JV gets £390m Canada deal

VEKA seals Bowater deal

Zissman bulks up Rewired PR

Pinsent Masons advises Gigawave buy

Cushman & Wakefield brings Mander Centre to market

Time running out for office moves – LSH

Truswell joins Palletforce

Dealmakers' Wrap: A city full of ‘go to guys’

Oviso set for expansion

AMEC completes £172m US deal

Housebuilder hits back at Halifax

Lara Croft Way workshops leased

Merchant promoted at PKF

St Peter's Quarter launches leisure BID scheme

Driver wins £2m African contract

Freewatt goes to school with green cash

Serif signs up high-street retailers

Talking Point: Taking Stock

Halfords plans growth after revenue climb

BMW to invest in Birmingham plant

Cardin to drive Birmingham Forward

Bigwood and Curry reveal merger

Demand is squeezing rental market, says RICS

Holland & Barratt unveils apprentice scheme

Inaugural private members' club planned for The Cube

Majestic Wine pours into Warwickshire

JLR Wolverhampton plant to create 1,000 jobs

IAG in hunt for BMI

Rental market recovering, says DTZ

Hill Hire picked up by Ryder for £151m

Ryley to expand after turnover boost

NE Lincs LEP proposals agreed

Trekmates appoints new boss

Pure Gym launches recruitment drive

Flecknoe deflects to BNP Paribas

SRA to set up in Birmingham

Interest rate hold good for business, say leaders

Rudell invests in diamond franchise

Something for the weekend

Briggs in £5.5m investment drive

Supplier fraud on the increase, warns KPMG

TV chef "exploring" expansion options

Westwood Yarns fined after on-site death

Lynch issues competitive call

Nene agrees Plain Healthcare deal

Rolls-Royce kicks off academy scheme

Localism Bill must be 'business friendly', says chamber

Fragile economy will expose the weak, says KPMG

EMPD – nominations deadline looming

East Mids UKTI in Twitter Q&A

Experian agrees joint venture with business school

In Focus: Race for the prize

In Focus: SOS - sort out skills

Ask the Expert: Tax payment

Hyslop to lead LEP

£112m EDI deal cleared

Lichfield council says no to HS2

Pailton swoops on export market

Growth slows in West Mids, says PMI

Retail Quarter gets go-ahead

Occupiers bite into Great Western

MAN looks to renewables after £5m wins

New senior partner at George Green

99p Stores trebles year-end profits

Flower World to blossom with Morrisons

Pharmplex nurses Santander investment

RC Tuxford boosts fleet with funding

Robinson gets educated with £3.6m deals

Saint-Gobain PAM invests £1.3m in site

East Mids achieves fastest activity rise, says PMI

New Boddy in at Lloyds TSB

Profit up, revenue flat at Eversheds

Prince's Regeneration Trust swoops for Stoke potter

Sprue Aegis doubles income

KTPs on the increase, says report

LEPs in enterprise zone bidding war

Games seized in 'chipping' haul

Longton Market Hall to get £50,000 facelift

Director steps down at Hampson Industries

Housing market fails to bounce back, says RICS

Profit up, revenue flat at Eversheds

Non-EU trade boosts exports to £4.4bn

University launches social enterprise bid

Lease secured for Continental Autoparts

Angel Mining raises £2.1m

Specialist Crafts sets designs on Leicester move

Welland powers up with £75,000 boost

Talking Point: A land of opportunity

Talking Point: Up in the clouds

St. Modwen powers up with £20m Siemens deal

Victoria sweeps up £70m sales

Turnaround investors splash £1bn, says KPMG

Supply running out in Birmingham, says DTZ

Staffs wind turbines planned with £10m investment

Marches LEP seeks Herefordshire EZ

Chamber reveals conference line-up

Aldridge company bolsters turnover

Siemens invests £20m in new Lincoln site

Jobs axed as fashion store fails

AWD Chase de Vere grows in Leicester

Racecourse rides in with joint venture

Silverstone posts £1.9m loss

Wastecycle sweeps up joint venture

Birmingham tourism given £4.6bn price tag

Sales and profits rocket at Umeco

Cwikskip makes £2m green investment

Unemployment dips in West Mids

BCRS to loan £3m to Black Country businesses

Property activity to dampen, suggests report

LSH shifts Coventry factory

Bmibaby to "dominate" in the Midlands

Sales up at Castlefield Products

Alumasc secures £20m bank funding

Employment rise welcomed by chamber

HORIBA sales jump to £50m

Leaders looks to buy in the Midlands

Best Buy ponders UK flight

Westfield named region's top shopping spot

BT rolls out £2.5bn broadband in Derby

BSP Consulting wins £100m project contract

Prime time to set up in Birmingham, says City law firm

US blast to cost GKN £30m

Something for the weekend

Ashfield Land reveals Birmingham growth plans

Fund misses 'equity gap' - Caan

Iliad reveals accommodation proposals

DTZ flies high with Swallow Gate deal

Birmingham in Osborne airport tax call

Pool business makes waves with buyout

Something for the weekend

New investment director at LDC Midlands

In Focus: Stuck in the middle

Emda abolition was wrong, says Cowcher

Bombardier loses Thameslink deal

Rolls-Royce wins £15m Brazil deal

Wildgoose digs into £14m care home duo

Holiday Inn comes to Nottingham in £11m buy

Heated deal struck by Sterling Thermal Technologies

Clegg gets energised with university scheme

East Mids in Osborne airport tax call

Funding scheme to invest £100m after Midlands pilot

Birmingham solicitor in 13-year ban

Porsche drives ahead with Solihull move

Cannock to host UK's largest food waste site

LaSer smashes £1bn sales barrier

New apartments unveiled at The Cube

IAB appoints new presidential commitee

Shaylor goes back to school with £10m contracts

Bombardier "to review operations" after contract loss

Rolls-Royce in $2.2bn Brazilian boost

SGP wins £10m contract

East Mids businesses to cash in on ThinCats investment

Morgan Sindall wins £6.7m gym deal

Roll up for the Big Deals Debate

Grove moves to LDC Nottingham

Weather Lottery hopes to get back in profit

JCB to invest £20m after sales lift

Tarmac disposes of Pigsdon Quarry

MCS signs off Primrose Hospice support centre

Miss Macaroon launches in Birmingham

Aerospace and defence sectors are 'pretty damn hot'

SGS on track with Correl Rail buy

Commercial property funding to rise, says PwC

Marks & Clerk signs BSPA sponsorship deal

Talking Point: Off the rails

RPC Group closes in on £100m sales increase

JCB to invest £20m after sales lift

ASHA Healthcare grows with £3.9m funding

£5m start-up centre to create 1,300 jobs

Green agenda for Charles Lawrence Group

Nine days remain for Family Business Award nominations

Savills unveils auction lots

Environcom England fined over safety hazard

Talking Point: Joining the green revolution

West Mids businesses hit by Focus collapse

JLL appoints Birmingham heads

Misys' value leaps as takeover talks confirmed

Freeth Cartwright poaches Gateley lawyer

Sign up for our Sustainable Workplace forum

Clegg wins West Mids uni work

Funding package is right fit for Rackety's

Focus collapse hits East Midlands companies

Hanson heads up East Midlands JLL office

Victoria Centre revamp to create 2,260 jobs

Widdowson packs a punch

650 jobs to go at Egg in Derby

Willmott Dixon recruited in £2.5m savings drive

Paradise Circus directors split from Argent

GKN Driveline unveils joint venture business

RICS to step up eco role

Portas kicks off high street review in Rugby

JLR and Wragge & Co win big at BITC awards

LKB tops Insider Power 100 list

Evac+Chair gets government booking

Parts Alliance clinches £20m Kwik-Fit deal

Speller Metcalfe launches Living

Oakwood Fuels bought in £30m deal

FW Masons & Sons rescue saves 78 jobs

Profit up at Jet2.com parent

Arthur Prince accelerates with £1.5m funding

3t plots expansion with Leicester HQ move

MSE Hillier moves into Markham Vale

Game, set and match for Coalville company

RAC sold for £1bn

In Focus: Going the extra (green) mile

In Focus: The imbalance of power

Race to buy Arena in the offing

Homeform set for administration as pre-pack looms

£70m Longbridge scheme gets green light

Something for the weekend

Brandauer to hit £10m takings after investment

New team unvelied for Buller Jeffries' venture

Oval Estates gets ThinCats investment

Insolvencies drop in East Mids

Welbeck Abbey drinks to new venture

Russia deal is sweet success for We Are Pure

Northampton enterprise zone plans revealed

Washing machine design to go full-cycle

Ask the Expert: Construction survival

Nottingham hopes to lure capital investment

Hyatt Hotel in administration

Chinese premier's Birmingham visit sparks trade bonanza

Yamaha Music School in city centre move

North Midland wins £2.5m contracts

Alstom buys into wave energy

Lincolnshire MBO secures 83 jobs

Alliance Boots leads Sunday Times list

West Mids dozen in Sunday Times list

Hotel to be unveiled at theme park

Clearwater adds to Birmingham team

Tongue untwisted with law firm change

Start-ups proposals unveiled in Staffs

REI to acquire with £15m placing

£7m-plus sales for Ansons

Bank windfall to fund Stewardson's houses

Export advice on offer in Coventry

Challinors swoops for Rosleys

Pensions plunge set for the Midlands

HEB exit for Bishop

Nottingham law firm taken over by Challinors

LEPs put bids in for final enterprise zones

Houseproud changes home

China scheme launched in East Mids

Timico powers to another takeover

Thorntons in high street meltdown

Sir Michael Lyons to advise CBRE

VINCI Energies powers up with joint venture

Sustainable development is here to stay

West Mids in management buyout lift

Caravan company bites the bullet with relocation

Galliford Try appointed to £29m care village

CIC Photographic snaps up investment

Solihull to cash in on £120m casino

Lincs duo snapped up by Arena

Crunch Bombardier talks set for Berlin

Drivers Direct takes off with Transport Solutions

Zero private equity-backed deals in 2011 - CMBOR

Experian concludes healthy US buy

£3.2m funding for East Mids uni project

Expanding McArthurGlen bucks retail trend

Talking Point: Motivational talk

Talking Point: Progress report

Blues boss arrested in money laundering claims

National Express drives revenue growth

Disposal talks underway as Hampson profits sink

Melrose makes £1.3bn Charter move

Jet fuels up with Long Marston expansion

Retail insolvency will worsen, says KPMG

Johnsons Coaches motors on with investment

Overseas operations boost Titan growth

Nelsons grows family law team

Rolls-Royce wins £630m Singapore deal

EvoEnergy lights up with growth plans

Purple Pepper Fruit Salsas bite into iNet funding

Scott Bader to open start-up centre

Finance Matters: Cost management

Melrose takeover bid turned down

Enterprise zone bid backed in Warwick

Projex bags deal to support expansion

Land purchased for £60m regeneration scheme

West Mids LEPs reveal RGF bid hopes

Something for the weekend

University to set up China site

Family Awards deadline extended

Finance managers need to step up, says PwC

Something for the weekend

Investbx backs funding platform

Mulholland warns competitors: "We're after you"

Seme Nedis swoops for Fameart

Gateley expands Leicester office

iCon opens doors to first tenants

Npower 'lined up for £5bn sell-off'

Insider’s June Deal of the Month

Vax unveils cardboard vacuum cleaner

Cashflow funding scheme launches

Abacus lights up WCCC

Government "stifling" Midlands deals market

Hines and Moorfield unveil Four Brindleyplace

McCarthy takes CEO award

EOS Energy lights up Coventry Cathedral

Paragon considers Northern Rock move

Grange Park project completed by Edmond Shipway

Next makes £65m with Ventura sell-off

Mark Group powers up with New Zealand buy

Flint Bishop appoints equity partner

Insider's June Deal of the Month

Robinson wraps up £2.6m sale

St Modwen builds on profit rise

LEP unveils 14 RGF hopefuls

University agrees China venture

Businesses displaying fragile confidence, says survey

In Focus: Eyes to the East

£5m healthcare centre gets green light

Harris & Harris heads for the sun

ACS bags Catapult funding

West Mids enterprise zone bids go head-to-head

Law firms' health could detoriorate, warns Grant Thornton

Desperate call to save UK rail as 1,400 Derby jobs axed

East Mids LEPs make enterprise zone submissions

University drinks to brewery project

Baggaley and Act on Carbon sign joint venture deal

Browne Jacobson expands into Mowbray House

In Focus: Melting moments

Talking Point: Double whammy could shape new high street

Anvil launches with Midven funding

Hone purchasing and save cash, manufacturers told

Birmingham will ride out retail storm, says report

WMG boss awarded honorary title

Deady joins Wright Hassall

Law merger to dominate Worcestershire & Herefordshire

Holiday Inn opens in Birmingham

Spam owner records a meaty £1.1bn sales

Cable to set up Task Force in Derby

Sports Direct in £7m retail acquisition

Peacocks signs in Glossop

Plantool Hire Centres powers up with investment

Lincoln Hilton in recruitment drive

Encourage sole traders to create jobs, urges chamber

Savills sells £2.7m Nottingham property

Houghton Hams beefs up with funding package

Staffs in £70m retail boost

Carillion aims for £1bn in foreign markets

Hundreds of jobs go as Homeform enters administration

Punch demerger draws closer

IM Properties in £55m refinancing deal

'I rejected Dragon role for mentoring' - Shortt

HS2 scrutinised by council board

No case for interest rates rise, says IoD

Zoeller enters acquisition trail after merger

Dunelm lights up weak high street

£15m housing scheme completed

£2.5m funding injection for dairy research

Nottingham eco-hotel gets lift-off

H20 digs into Loughborough Travelodge

Bonnington Plastics grows with funding

Hammond to hold Bombardier talks

Squire Sanders Hammonds acts on Spanish deal

Gateley leads £49m Redrow deal

Marco Pierre White defends 'passionate' Birmingham

West Mids retailers shut up shop

Holland & Barrett weathers retail storm

Something for the weekend

Online enterprise catalogue unveiled

Enterprise zones must be accessible, say businesses

Dealmakers' Wrap: Necessary funds

Waldeck wins £11m Queensgate project

Welbeck unveils multimillion pound accomodation plans

Savoy Cinemas eyes up investment

Mortgage applications up at Hinckley & Rugby

Funding package lights up BPC Circuits

Talking Point: Why is retail such a mixed bag?

Retailers shut up shop in East Mids

DfT criticised over National Express handling

900 jobs to be delivered with Amazon site

Profits up at Shoosmiths

Sandwell Homes weakened by funding cuts

BMW in £624m car lease deal

Nordic wins The Binding Site finance

Output and job creation rising, says PMI

Longbridge youth centre gets green light

Dechra reports "solid progress"

Shoosmiths posts £13.7m profits

East Mids businesses warned over data destruction

New director at MacIntyre Hudson

Pharminox given funding injection

Jobs and output on the rise, says PMI

Two in at Barclays Business

IM Properties takes debt financing to £150m

HomeServe UK boss to step down

Clearwater leads deal duo

Birmingham named in 'costliest city' list

'Fragile' economy is too slow, says BCC

West Mids nominations in Private Business Awards

Goldman Sachs adviser joins 2 Sisters board

Last call for Dealmakers Awards bookings

Lloyds funding boosts Shropshire Galvanizers

Finesse to grow in East Midlands

Ginsters owner up for business award

4See concludes deal hat-trick

MacIntyre Hudson leads Kingfisher buy

University signs LABA joint venture

Rent surge reported by REI

Mandate for change launched in Stoke

Gateley leads Silverdell buy

Change ahead for SME financing, predicts BCRS boss

Greencore makes £113m bid for Uniq

Centamin digs into Sheba for £7.5m

In Focus: Food for thought

Electric Center sold to rival

Aero and defence opportunities to be unveiled

Morgan Sindall wins £136m road scheme

Robinson takes stake in Scotplast

Thorntons continues to melt in high street heat

Inoapps grows with Teamsolve buy

Greencore makes £113m bid for Uniq

University launches coaching scheme

Giorgio's cooks up expansion with £6.5m funding

In Focus: Not such a soft landing

'Brand Birmingham' will attract investment, says Street

M&B boss to step down

Chamberlin back in the black

Sales hit £250m at RSM Tenon

West Mids unemployment levels fall

Joint venture unveiled for Lichfield scheme

Grant Thornton advises first Zambian AIM listing

Harrison Clark leads £46m deal sweep

Livery Place refurb kicks off

Pendragon reveals £75m rights issue plans

Prove Thameslink claim, chamber tells DfT

Topps aiming to expand despite revenue drop

Alstom directors lose SFO challenge

Emda agrees Blueprint deal

Fairline snapped up in £20m deal

Sales hit £250m at RSM Tenon

Booming revenues at Sports Direct

Ask the Expert: EU Food labelling legislation

The Apprentice must be about business, not fame - Melody

EV invests £3.7m in MBO

The Cube and Hotel La Tour interiors unveiled

Colliers homes in on £35m estate deal

Something for the weekend

550 jobs at risk as Kinetics Group goes bust

SSC Laser lights up with national growth plans

Something for the weekend

Growth outlook satisfactory, says PwC report

Growth outlook reasonable, says PwC report

QS Group recruits budget manager

Blacks Leisure eyes debt facility as sales slow

Solid start for Experian

£50m clinic to create 260 Northampton jobs

Worgas Burners is cooking on gas with £1m investment

The Apprentice must be about business, not fame - Melody

Hubaco grows with YourSchoolUniform.com buy

Pritchard Group goes to market on Lightworks

Quadnetics pounces on Indanet AG

GKN to buy Stromag in £174m deal

Charter turns down £1.4bn Melrose bid

Clarity called for on West Mids funding schemes

Eight in to head up PwC in the Midlands

New deputy head in at HSBC

Lavendon takes £1.25m hit to quit Spain

Sterling Capital to sponsor ThinCats.com

Leicester Tigers score with retail deal

Shakespeares grows Nottingham office

LPCA in Yorkshire Bank funding boost

LDC backs Original Additions deal

Charter 'explores demerger options' to avoid takeover

Two promoted at Colliers

SPB moulds future with funding boost

Catalyst secures Spanish waste deal

Garland strikes a deal with Strykers

EZs 'could be lifeline' for HS2 businesses

Listers speeds up to £621m turnover

Blacks' shares plummet

Emda legacy transfers to university

Winter boost fuels CPL to £137m turnover

Horror truck accident costs Revelholme Marketing

New associate partner for FHP

Multibuild appointed to East Mids projects

Steady start for Severn Trent

Angel Springs heats up with LDC deal

Paroh rescues Proteam from administration

£50m funding boost for Bishop Gate scheme

Wernick Group snaps up Eventlink

Start-ups must bide their time, cautions Maxwell

Wildgoose wins £4m youth centre projects

ECO Plastics in £24m funding boost

Comedy festival brings £2m to Leicester

Work starts on £2.5m HQ rebuild

Barratt Homes plans for 1,000 houses

Co-op finalises £22m Castlewood move

Pailton Engineering in Barclays cash boost

Your questions answered - Allergens

GVA targets acquisitions

Christie + Co brings pub chain to market

Pieta invention to create 500 jobs

Kick Sport scores with Catapult funding

DBK wins £10m Cube contracts

Martineau leads multimillion-pound solar deal

Outlook uncertain for Mitchells & Butlers

Talking Point: Are The Apprentice boardroom battles true to form?

Halfords motors on despite tough terrain

Midlands Co-operative merger green lighted

Nottingham law firms announce merger

International trade manager appointed to Barclays

Phoenix Partners signs IoD deal

DTZ sells listed Nottinghamshire site

Nottingham BSF appeal 'likely to have failed'

The Cube design has UK-wide potential, says manager

Credentials of £85m site have been proven, says developer

AmbiRad sold in £18m US deal

JBC Training expands into Leicester

JBC Training opens up in Leicester

Birmingham set to cash in on £5.5m cricket game

£515m of Olympics contracts secured in West Mids

Something for the weekend

Vion to close sausage processing site

Mightyfine Victorian development unveiled

Breedon Aggregates cements £10m C&G deal

Derby's Coyne joins employment commission

Bombardier workers given JLR lifeline

Herbert Baggaley digs into Newark refurb

Profits ripen at JO Sims Holdings

Hill & Smith in £5m subsidiary sale

Wolseley heats up with £310m sell-off

Profit hits £29m at NEC Group

Clearwater unveils legal advice team

West Mids businesses hesitant to invest, says report

Beachcroft merger to create £175m firm

£25m apprentice fund launched

£4m funding scheme set for council vote

Hollywood Monster signs up sports teams

New senior partner at Yorkshire Bank

Staffline snaps up Arnashade Recruitment

Citigroup continues Egg sell-off

Experian enters Brazilian market

East Mids businesses turn to exports, says survey

Pearson wings in for Hull FC

East Mids businesses 'to miss out' on Olympics

Weedon Holdings seals Rowpak deal

Orbis advises TDP Media Group sale

Gateley named top 50 firm

Birmingham businesses facing 'critical' issues, says report

Search begins for green leaders

Harrison Clark launches start-up division

Restructuring costs force Alstom into the red

Stoford dines out on Co-op contract

Cricket club bowled over with funding package

National Express goes 24/7

Sales slow at Games Workshop

German buy leaves Source Bioscience seeing red

Insolvencies down in East Mids

Thomas Solicitors grows Loughborough base

Original Cake Company in funding feast

Communicate East Midlands unveils tourism plan

Husky bites at freezer deal

Steady six months for Dignity

Shortland Horne Commercial gets revamp

Marston's drinks to sales growth

Short-term investment will boost GDP, says chamber

Howley swoops for Belpac

£65m project wins for Morgan Sindall

New partner at Drivers Jonas Deloitte

Laidlaw makes £14m SIG swoop

£20m funding bid gets green light

Newspaper group posts £3.6m loss

In Focus: Does size matter?

Commercial property sector is "evolving", says Trafford

Jobs saved with Brettex sale

Pudding company cooks up investment

Experian continues on acquisition trail

Goodeseats named £50k enterprise winner

National Express in profit drive

GKN makes £295m swoop for Getrag KG

Carillion on track with Canada contract

Kier makes Blythe Valley Park move

West Mids retail deals given £185m pricetag

Hall Engineering powers up with funding

Senior appointment at KPMG Birmingham

Packt closes Birmingham office deal

Perkins' job boost hailed by council

Rolls-Royce boosted by aero growth

East Mids fights "difficult" investment conditions

Abel acquired by rival

BSP Consulting finalises £15m leisure site

Browne Jacobson lawyers hailed in guide

Potter Clarkson on the move in Nottingham

Edmond Shipway wins Center Parcs deal

West Mids councils "unprepared" for policy changes, says GVA

Birmingham Airport returns to profit

Something for the weekend

Zone will be £700m boost, says chamber

DWF expands into Birmingham

TES acquires £15m rival

HomeServe agrees £250m credit facility

Something for the weekend

BCC appoints Pellew as president

International sales drive Manganese profits

Travis Perkins reveals profit jump

Nottinghamshire beating Red Flag alerts

Greenhalgh to merge with HSKS

NAO to scrutinise Thameslink deal

Hawley & Rodgers completes Nottingham move

Finance goes full-time at Tracsis

Umeco agrees £15m banking deal

Shire Foods secures Volvere funding

FAL bought in £11m deal swoop

Enterprise zone to fast-track £35m Digital Plaza

Saga swoops for Allied in £106m deal

Wates digs into £19m BSF scheme

NVC lights up with £5m factory refurb

Kennet to grow after turnover boost

Time is running out for Dealmakers' bookings

Talking Point: What's in a name?

BMI reports passenger losses

Prospect Leicestershire wound up

East Mids retail will pick up, says Cox

Liz Hobbs Group takes to Hickstead stage

Chamber launches trade apprenticeship

K-Tech revs up with investment

Murphy & Son brews up chemical deal

Wolseley reveals £820m credit deal

Willmott Dixon wins £61m university scheme

Sanderson banks on HSBC for growth

Pattonair sale enables investment – Umeco

LEPs launch cross-border RGF bid

Walsall Business Loan Fund unveiled

105 West Mids bids submitted to RGF

The Bear Inn calls in administrators

Rabjohns reveals merger plans

Warwick business centre sold for £10m

Moneysupermarket boosts HD Decisions

Norbert Dentressangle wins Asda deal

East Mids makes 95 RGF bids

Green light for Travis Perkins' Camden site

250 jobs created with Siemens project

Norton Motorcycles kickstarts ExEFG scheme

Morgan Sindall wins £150m framework deal

Sales hit £2.9bn at GKN

Carillion reaches close on £1.7bn Canada PPP

CBRE gets Mailbox stamp of approval

West Mids LEPs receive start-up cash

Cattaneo advises Hephaestus deal

Crocodile Works snaps into action

Smith Cooper in director drive

Resurgent manufacturer unveils record sales

CFS swoops for South East rival

Next set for 'benign' 2012 trade background

LEPs receive start-up cash

Balfour Beatty wins £230m Northants contract

Profits sink at Toyota

Airport hangar scheme takes off

Danaher & Walsh secures £220m support spot

Profits up at Portmeirion

Enterprise sell-off on track

Rural hot spots will be snapped up, says Grand Designs star

Lightning Aerospace takes off with new owner

Tree of Life branches out with MBI

Hulme Upright acquired by directors

C&L comes to Queensway

China expo calls for Cov & Warks businesses

Lloyds answers funding prayers

Greggs makes it five in Derby

East Mids advisers plant Tree of Life deal

T-Mac to grow with FAW Electronics

Henry Davidson secures Eastern Gateway funding

St Peter's Quarter granted BID status

Blacks chairman resigns

Mortgage growth boosts Coventry

Clarke Willmott sells investment management team

Squire Sanders looks to strengthen in Asia Pacific

BE Wedge Holdings in German expansion

Atchison Topeka bought by Bibby

55 Colmore Row set for revamp

Cadbury caught up in Kraft demerger

Hodson departs from London Midland

EIC in £2m Olympic success

West Mids welcomes unchanged rate

Something for the weekend

Lovell picks up Derwent contract

Construction industry bosses charged

Silvan signs up to Narborough Wood Park

Embrace no interest rate change, East Mids told

Barrett leaves Pointon York

Derwent awards Lovell one-year contract

Geneva calling for Optima

Webs Training expands with SFA funding

Hill & Smith Holdings performs in-line with expectations

Brintons Carpets set for takeover - report

Market hits Morgan Sindall profits

Bullivant bought by French rival

Continued growth in West Mids - PMI report

BAM to rebuild at Stafford College

High Court wind up petition presented

Confidence picking up in Midlands property market - survey

West Mids deal of the month revealed

Barratt investigates loan sales

Rolls-Royce 'may build facility overseas'

Edmond Shipway in £22m hotel project

Deal of the month revealed

Roof plunge costs Mansfield business

London calling after Derby leaders 'unimpressed' by Cable

Umeco in German expansion

Euro is hindering foreign trade, says Towe

Umeco chief joins BGF board

Palletways ties up two-year deal

£8m Longton retail park moves forward

Made in the Midlands 2011 – tickets now on sale

DHL and Amethyst Group take 250,000 sq ft

Distressed businesses in one in ten deals - research

Wright Hassall starts debt recovery arm

LEP uses cash to fund apprentice

Savills gets set for 'record' auction

Chamber backs HSE site plan

Spearing Waite in Connells role

Tourism income boost for Peak District

Mulholland slams "lazy" banks

West Mids TV nominations revealed

West Mids businesses face looting nightmare

Meridian moves to Warwickshire

Perfect deal for pizza chain

Expansion on the cards at The Works

£1m housing scheme launches at Talisman

More women needed in manufacturing, says MAS-WM boss

University reveals £175m Edgbaston investment

IMCS moves HQ to The Oaks

Full steam ahead for £25m railway project

Hobsons chooses Newby Castleman

Trelleborg Wheel rides into Willow Farm

Mids businesses secure £1m from online lender

Pindar steps in to save Key Personnel

Crips bites at Holland & Barratt deal

Timico grows Newark base with funding

Collins condemns "copycat" riots

Ask the Expert: Buying shares

Who will invest in Birmingham now? - IoD chairman

Morgan Sindall to work on £115m Chester project

Travel de Courcey speeds up with National Express win

Record nominations made for Family Business Awards

Lending figures up at Lloyds

TMG scores with Birmingham deal

Seven deals signed at Lakeside

Coventry artist to mould US career

Local economy suffering after riots, says chamber

North Lincs in biomass station boost

Blacks appoints interim chairman

Chantrey Vellacott DFK in Northampton move

MAG looks to budget airlines to boost numbers

BSP unlocks Cross Keys agreement

Exports heighten Euro Towers' income

High street stores oppose £100m regen plan

Council spends £18m on London property

Midlands export market to grow, says PwC

Long holidays could cut fraud, says Ernst & Young

Cobbetts and Mazars to help hi-tech start-ups

King takes the throne at Chase Chamber

Tata Motors stalls in first quarter

Something for the weekend

Silverstone complex to create 8,400 jobs

Tourism figures on the rise in Leicestershire

Ashley sells £87m sites to Sports Direct

Brayford bags funding package

Ask the Expert: Finalising the sale agreement

Investors will not be frightened off, says Business Birmingham

Manufacturing slowdown means bleak outlook, says BDO

Smith Cooper unveils Leicester shake-up

Mansell wins £13m care home deal

SE Controls to grow with investment

Dudley law firm wins HSBC framework deal

Molson Coors fined after forklift accident

In Focus: Calm after the storm

Smith Cooper unveils Leicester shake-up

Salloway markets Mechanics Arms

RPC sells off German cork maker for £2.5m

New recruit at Fraser Brown

Decision2day launches in Nottingham

Aspiren in joint procurement venture

Snape swings into Harborough

Sun shines on Riviera sales

Cut employers' NI payments, says Digby Jones

Pandora recovers after four-day closure

Dawes joins Squire Sanders Hammonds

House prices fall again – Rightmove

Logotron calls in liquidators

Deadline approaching for Morgan Foundation awards

Banks pledge retail funding

PPDG secures double property deal

Vinci wins £60m Nottingham Hub contract

DTZ takes trio to market

Sangha curries flavour with Nimboo opening

NMC appoints new director

Mills & Reeve advises Toyota deals

Zenith assets to be sold off

Hereford enterprise zone granted

WLEP launches development forum

New partner at Martineau

BBT Group swoops for Oakham

Hicorp95 speeds up with Leacy MG buy

Flint Bishop leads Altrad deal

Two East Mids enterprise zones get go-ahead

Unions seek answers over Bombardier contract loss

Cooney Marine sets sail with iNet funding

Senior appointment at MacIntyre Hudson

Robinson builds on Derby campus scheme

TJ Hughes shuts up shop in Coventry

Priory club swings into action with £6m funding

LEP reflects on "bittersweet" i54 decision

Enterprise support key to employment rise - chamber

Riverside eyes up UK investment prospects

Manganese Bronze drives international deal

Insider's International Breakfast – book your place now

Midven investments up 80 per cent

Nitenite Hotel on the market

Midlands bosses want positive discrimination

TJ Hughes to shut East Mids stores

LSH welcomes Northampton enterprise zone

Property partner joins Spearing Waite

Unemployment rise a worry, says Cowcher

Eco Tesco comes to Lincolnshire

Kier and Hall plans multimillion-pound student digs

Bannatyne-backed business is dressed for success

Profit on the rise at Headlam

St Modwen unveils Stafford housing scheme

D&J Steels gears up with refinancing deal

Something for the weekend

Chantrey Vellacott launches education arm

NGH acquires again

Something for the weekend

Cuttlestones makes Wolverhampton move

Soshi Games sets out for funding

Rolls-Royce wins second Brazilian deal

Sadlergate Café drinks to new premises

Buyer sought for PLC Labels

Igloo opens new chapter with £20m turnover

Deal activity down, value up, says Experian

BAM awarded £35m Derby project

Homeform collapsed with £80m debts

Morgan Sindall wins £3bn framework place

Promanex acquired for £18.8m

Barclays advises £121m BBC deal

£2m high street fund bid launched

St Modwen assigns £5m Longbridge contract

West Mids businesses make top ten

New director at Barclays Business

Evergreens completes Big Brother garden

Heb hits £6m auction figures

Novacroft dives into Oystercard deal

Derby to push for enterprise zone status

NMC awarded Wakefield Gateway work

Desford Dental Care is all smiles with funding

New director for RBS in the Midlands

Prawns net sales for CP Foods UK

Buildings demolished to shun rates tax, says Irwin Mitchell

Toys 'R' Us opening to bring in 50 jobs

Speth takes a seat at SMMT

New director at Wragge & Co

The Manor House opens with Lloyds funding

George Green kicks off academy opening

Old Square plans green-lighted

BCS brands merge

Revenues hit the brakes at Pendragon

Host Europe swoops for Heart Internet

Union calls for MP action over Bombardier

OPUN appoints chief exec

Herbert Baggaley goes back to school with contract wins

Hempsall's moves to Phoenix Square

Melrose gives "put up or shut up" deadline

Carillion pre-tax profits hit by acquisition

350 Uniq jobs to go in Shropshire

Gekko shines with Midven investment

Turnover will be no deal-breaker for £2.5bn fund

National Express rides to £8m refinancing deal

Business and Innovation Group unveiled

Solar project to create 100 jobs

UBS jobs fear for Birmingham

Breast implant sales swell at Nagor

CI Logistics drives Honda production line

MP calls for action on NI holiday scheme

D&G to expand in Nottingham

Browne Jacobson leads Focal deal

IMI reaches £1bn sales

Floors-2-Go collapses with 192 job losses

Poundland overtaken in Irish retail race

Morgan calls for businesses to get involved

West Mids insolvencies on the up

Netshield opens up in Birmingham

Fraikin accelerates with £27m boost

Solec Solutions powers up in Rugby

Sertec swoops for DPE division

99p Stores wins Irish retail race

Topps suffers sales setback

Clock is ticking on law firm mergers, says Wood

PXtech bites into Mooyah deal

City council refutes unemployment rate

Insolvencies rise in East Midlands

Hobbycraft opens new-look store

'We're not a bunch of fairy godmothers' - Dragon Devey

Yule engineers Weightmans move

Aga cooks up £2.9m profit

PwC takes on Parkridge collapse

'We're not a bunch of fairy godmothers' - Dragon Devey

Something for the weekend

81 jobs go as TJ Hughes shuts Lichfield site

Build-your-own strategy 'could catch businesses out'

Police HQ offered to developers

Doors and Hardware crumbles under HMRC debt

Salsa business heats up with Ocado deal

Profit and revenue boosted at Lavendon

Regent Place developer goes bust

Profits plunge at NMC

Monarch charges across the Channel

George Green leads foundry deal

Export sales make profit for Metalrax

Smith Cooper leads Australian acquisition

Northern Trust swoops for Cannock site

Staffordshire engineering business on the move

Click Travel hits £19m turnover

New director at LSH

Hampson Industries makes £51m disposal

Creditor pressure forced Kinetics under

Talking Point: Loose lips sink ships

Mattioli Woods makes £8.7m buy

Profits drop £4m at Wilkinsons

GP Motors into city centre

Housing scheme kick-started by £12m road

Ikanos Consulting sets up at The Point

Nelsons to sponsor IoD events

'Major bank' searching for Birmingham space

Gilbert & Co moves into Shropshire

Preston Bus drives Rotala income

Clinical Psychology Associates wins Midven backing

Pharmacy nursed by Lloyds investment

London calling for Residentsline after buyout

FGI to grow in Warwick science park

Fresh hope for Bombardier

Enterprise scheme unveiled in Derbyshire

Aerospace centre gets lift-off

Send plans expansion following merger

Amberol wins Indian order

Portfolio value hits £115m at IP Group

Worcestershire housing plans unveiled

Punch takes a hit as Spirit sales soar

Birmingham FC owner agrees £6m loan

Seven promoted at Deloitte

Jimmy's spices up NEC

HCB Solicitors expands with Walsall buy

Opus completes £8m Veolia HQ

High Street named among UK's priciest

Johnson Cars invests £10m in Solihull site

Sarantel boosted by military order

Notts trio appointed to Diocese scheme

Macpac wraps up Hamilton deal

Acquisitions boost Norbert Dentressangle income

Alkane wins 15-year council deal

Yorkshire Bank backs care home expansion

Former Little Chef boss to boost Stoneleigh turnover

Walmsley sinks into administration

Midlands clubs balance the books

Something for the weekend

Rossopomodoro takes a slice of Birmingham action

Dave's Discount buys up News Express outlets

Wardell Armstrong acquires Cumbria company

Karle takes the helm at BCRS loan fund

CPP acquires Browns Lane site

£15m planning project finalised

Gilder Group speeds up with acquisition

Marketing Derby serves up Egg campaign

Entrepreneurs unveil Wymondham Mill plans

Leicester site gains two

East Mids businesses feast on iNet funding

Melrose rival named

Buck & Hickman sold for £27m

Titan grows revenues to £253m

Warwickshire site sold for £21m

ART reports 'record' funding month

Shaylor wins £13m projects

Insider's August Deal of the Month

Diamond Home Care moves into Wolverhampton

Travis Perkins sells Buck & Hickman for £27m

Staffline revenues boosted by acquisitions

Barwood Developments swoops for Warwickshire site

RSM Tenon merges Leicester sites

Talking Point: Time Bomb

East Mids workers to score Rugby flexi-time

Cormack joins Wilson Organisation board

Forensic Science Service posts £104m loss

Turnover grows at Dechra

DCS Europe unveils jobs boost

Entrepreneurs power up with bio-diesel plan

RBS funds care home refurbishment

Revamped trains come to Birmingham

Council land to dominate auction lots

BES expands Birmingham site

Family Business Awards' finalists revealed

Rent levels crumbling, says LSH report

Alumasc builds on £106m income

Jobs generated with Synety opening

Sandford returns to RSM Tenon

Derby businesses back Bombardier

DACS signs up to Ivanhoe

Warburton kicks off care venture

Family Businesses shortlisted for awards

Shareholders urged to oppose Ashley deal

Occupancy and net debt rise at Mucklow

Wragge & Co expands in UAE

Saveker offered former family firm

West Mids must lead enterprise zone creation, says PwC

Far East will boost automotive sector, says KPMG

Apprentice star heads up Birmingham workshop

Clifford House acquired for £10m

Jobs and start-ups boost for Staffs

Morgan Sindall flies high with airport tower

Graduates make JLR history

Profits dip at Sports Direct

Restructuring costs are bitter blow to Thorntons

Nottingham park applies for Lottery funds

Businesses urged to attend Irish networking trip

Far East will boost fluctutating automotive sector, says KPMG

Clifford House sold in £10m deal

Green light for Mercia Marina retail site

Enterprise zone "will not be game changer", says LEP chair

Lib Dems to bring £12m into Birmingham

New manager at Barclays Business

Cocker appointed E.ON UK boss

Whg invests £3m in Walsall sites

Orega expands in Colmore Plaza

GVA Birmingham promotes four

Galliford Try scoops £120m NEC deal

Minerva lending figure climbs to £1m

Bombardier decision will not be reviewed, says Hammond

Sports Direct agrees £87m Ashley deal

Optima expands into East Mids

Soap star signs up to Bear IT

Derwent Living to invest £80m in acquisitions

TTG grows international sales

99p Stores to double with £20m Barclays funds

SEM LEP appoints chair

Interest freeze is chance for export-shy to shine, says Chamber

Business school to carry out Goldman Sachs scheme

Morgan to motor into Far East

Shakespeares targets Indian market

Something for the weekend

Irwin Mitchell wins Vistage partner deal

Widney in working capital boost

Deli hungry for trade after expansion

Righttrack secures Kuwait deal

Leicester needs to get its mojo back, says Borley

ADR acquires Northgate business

Losses narrow at RTC Group

Andersons opens up in Leicester

Easi deal for DCJ

Ask the Expert: Insolvency warning signs

Colliers "to complete JLR manufacturer move"

Mitchells & Butlers 'to buy New Orleans chain'

OPT sinking with £3.2m loss

West Mids companies planning for growth, says survey

Shortt launches Stratford Vision

Soho Cash and Carry opens Smethwick depot

Job creation strengthens amidst output drop - PMI

Revenues rise at PwC

Talking Point: A question of faith

Bombardier given Cross Country hope

Revenues rise at PwC

East Mids businesses preparing to invest, says survey

John Bowler's Eggs shells out on eco business

Britannia House given the axe

Red Hot eaterie comes to Nottingham

Octavian founder appointed to HSFA board

XMA in £55m supply deals

Revenues rise at PwC

Joe Lewis makes Mitchells & Butlers bid

REI acquires trio in £13m deals

National Express makes £126m US buy

Focus on exports, urges EEN

Lockton plans for Birmingham expansion

Confluence to grow in West Mids after MBO

Victoria rolls out red carpet for C&H

Crossflight lands on larger premises

Middleton pours further funds into bottle recycler

REI swoops for East Mids sites

Taylor recruited to FHP Living

Rail services harming domestic flight market - BMI

Funding service launched for architects' firms

ECO Plastics drinks to investment

WRG unveils £3m waste deal contractor

Turnover jumps at RSM Tenon

Birmingham office market heats up

Tarmac wins £40m maintenance deal

Property levy is sly taxation, says Truslove

Social housing team joins Shakespeares

Speight to lead RLF in Birmingham

Briggs powers up with £10m Homebase deal

Profits shrink as turnover grows at Makita Manufacturing

Aerospace drives Avingtrans

Exceptionals hit improving Barratt Developments

Next proves 'resilient' despite rising costs

Derwent Living in £45m property move

Turnover jumps at RSM Tenon

Mansfield retail and housing plans unvelied

Wright Brothers engineers finance deal

MHA secures £30m funding

Cornbrook finishes £4.4m care home refurb

Businesses unconvinced on bank reforms

West Mids TMT leaders make Sunday Times list

Big projects call for West Mids as unemployment soars

Port Vale score with £8m injection

Land sales at Ellesmere Wharf

CP Bigwood takes on 500 properties

Spurs owner could change M&B offer

Booker profits from fruit and veg

Store openings boost Dunelm

Derwent Living bags £1.65m HMRC contract

East Mids TMT leaders make Sunday Times list

Young CEO wants vibrancy at Mansfield Town

Bloor Homes clinches housing land

Call to cut red tape as unemployment rises

Altek relocates with funding boost

Pointon York confirms sale plan

Call to cut red tape as unemployment rises

Birmingham ready for 'huge' Lib Dem conference

Search narrows for the best manufacturers in the Midlands

M&B offer deadline set for Tottenham owner

Transport millions praised by LEP chairman

Forresters takes over Merseyside office name

Multimillion-pound West Mids contract awarded

Something for the weekend

Pension deficit plan boosts Uniq

Blacks exit for Lombardo

Pension deficit plan boosts Uniq

Bid for Crossrail - Hammond tells Bombardier

DHL warehouse sold for £9.2m

Rolls-Royce hails Japanese airline deal

Thirsty People move to Upper Bruntingthorpe

Staffline expands with Taskforce takeover

£400m JLR plant 'set for Midlands'

Blackstone checks in to Birmingham Mint

Finalists revealed for Morgan Awards

Clugston starts work on Staffordshire waste site

UGroup moves HQ and hires another hundred

Dragons' Den star added to Business of Food panel

Aero Engine Controls takes 24-acre Birmingham site

Steve Johnson Financial Services bought

Image Scan wins £1.46m x-ray contract

Funding won for ADA solar project

Belle Care snaps up Notts care homes

Leicester car sales director caged

Friar Gate Studios in Kings Chambers move

CityBlock opens up second Leicester site

Engine deal joy for Rolls-Royce

Investment for Kudos Blends

Whitchurch Sainsbury's gets nod

Offers in for Fortmere hotels

Hampson rubber-stamps £51m disposal

£355m JLR site will 'boost' up to 150 businesses

Birmingham Q2 office transactions hit £260m

All change for city organisations

Alkane secures £2m debt finance

Autologic eyes deals after "solid" year

Casepak opens £21m recycling centre

Holdsworth toasts £10.5m pub deal

Northampton Uni ties up leather project

Greene King snaps up the Peter De Wint

Profits double at eg solutions

Arena confirms Reuben brother interest

Pritchard Group moves forward with Lloyds

Work to start on £2.5m Goldmine

Jewson builds on savings despite 'stagnant' sector

CPP to build new Jensen Interceptor

Gateley advises on asbestos deal

Accessing finance easier than staff – survey

Delancey to invest in Derbyshire

BMI to offer MIPIM flights

Carlsberg drinks to profits amid beer market decline

Green light for £3m medical centre

Pochin invests in Leicester

TWL completes fundraising

FW Thorpe nears Mackwell sale

S&U on deals trail

Mercury Alliance rises with £28m contract

Opella bought by US business

National Express creates 150 jobs

First4Staff opens Telford office

Made in the Midlands judges unveiled

Dealmakers shortlist revealed

East Mids law firms merge

Interoute swoops for Quantix

Northampton investment body signs UKTI MoU

SITS brings in Nottingham recruit

Eco Plastics names Coca-Cola JV

Exco InTouch moves to new office

Draper scoops top Insider prize

Npower backs inquiry

Something for the weekend

Spirit care takes Albrighton space

E.ON cuts 500 Mids jobs

Made in the Midlands deadline extended

P&D Engineering expands with new premises

FreshLinc secures £6m finance package

Rolls-Royce scoops $400m China order

Kenny in at Lavendon

Lucion targets region with deal

Customer buys Belper deli

Ask the Expert: Facing difficult times

LEP makes double appointment

Profits sink at DM Group after court hearing

£30m development to create "hundreds" of jobs

Midlands Profit 50 revealed

Poundland wins retail industry accolade

Midlands economy performing well, says Gap

C Bastock grows with funding

Holland & Barratt scores with Coventry deal

Varley & Gulliver on £54m framework

Pavegen Systems powers up with investment

McCabe joins Shoosmiths

Trent Bridge secures Ashes tests

Northamptonshire 'to generate' 70,000 jobs with new LEP

Next and Sports Direct make Loughborough move

Briton Fabricators on £54m framework

Sales grow at Mitchells & Butlers

Leitch leaves Endless

Morgan nets Amorcare scooter sales

International trade fund unveiled

Clubs missing a trick on new signings, says BTG Tax

Bournville College completion kicks off Longbridge project

Harrison Clark leads £145m transactions

CP Northern lights up Olympic arena

Von Spreckelsen to step down at Thorntons

Butcher's feasts on £4m funding deal

Profits mashed at spud producer after "devastating" winter

Student digs set for Victoria Centre building

Work starts on £2.2m Beeston site

Lending up at Lloyds

St Modwen performing "in line with expectations"

Wallace named as PwC's Midlands tax boss

Profits plummet at Ricoh UK Products

CPBigwood auction nets £12m

Arvato signs £10m Bosch deal

Barclays Private Equity makes £71m exit

Seven units snapped up at Great Western

ACUTEC completes communications buyout

Topps Tiles forecasts revenue drop

CPMG Architects acquired in MBO

Jones Homes in Glossop win

New home for Graham Penny Auctions

Gala Coral pays out for Cumbrian bookie

Pegasus drives growth with funding package

TBAT Innovation obtains £1.2m grants

The Co-operative grows Derby team

Hacking Ashton 'boosted' by merger

BWC merges with Newcastle firm

Investors accept risky marketplace, says Coutts

Verint snaps up GMT

Customer numbers up at HomeServe

Profits sink at Bassi's REI

MBOs on the up in West Mids

'Pupil bulge' to help construction industry - Willmott Dixon

West Mids house prices drop

Aston Martin voted 'coolest brand'

Phoenix Health and Safety rises with Midven funds

Northbridge on acquisition hunt after profit leap

Condor plans Dove Valley distribution hub

Trew takes charge of Notts County after board shuffle

House prices drop in East Mids

Brett and Randall to bring 50 jobs to Leicester

Sills & Betteridge expands with second merger

Investor slams Miliband 'Dragons' Den tax'

Moore honoured at Insider dinner

Mar City posts losses but wins housing contract

Pre-tax profits tumbling, says Baker Tilly research

'Staycation' levels stagnant at Camping and Caravanning Club

Mids companies will struggle with pension changes, says PwC

Street reveals LEP framework

Something for the weekend

Private sector praised by property award winner Moore

Farm land among 'most resilient' East Mids property assets

Wage rise is barrier to job creation, says chamber

Radisson Blu wins £1m pre-bookings

Shakespeares reveals Leicester ambitions

Ask the Expert: Staff pensions and deals

NWF Group swoops for Swan

Urban Coffee Company unveils UK expansion targets

Work to start at Solihull village centre

McDonald's franchisee honoured

Randstad moves into Livery Place

Wragge & Co leads £32m Canada deal

Insider's September Deal of the Month

Airport pushes for APD rethink

Andrew Winterburn on the move with funding package

Rolls-Royce boosted with Environship order

Kier awarded £1bn framework deal

Profit tumbles at Humdinger

XMA joins Microsoft in recruitment drive

Businesses secure iNet cash injection

Acquisition boosts RPC turnover

Eversheds unveils Romanian collaboration

New contracts to hit £670m at Carillion

Wolseley heats up £160m investment plans

Director duo resign at Marston's

Midven gives addiction programme cash boost

Bamboo lays down roots in Worcester

Mazars appoints new partner

Advance LEDS makes Leicestershire move with investment

West Mids businesses worse off in 2011, says report

Staffline will continue acquisition hunt - Hogarth

Intercede wins $1m smart card deal

Nelsons promotes four

Newark's Fernwood opens up

Plain sailing for Quicksilver with cash boost

East Mids insolvencies drop

Sales climb at Marston's

Respect will come with good results, says BBA chief

Aston Wood Golf Club swings into deal

Aldi posts £56m losses

Technology start-ups boosted by £1m fund

Standard Life Wealth in Birmingham move

Insider's Skills Breakfast – book your place now

ICE expands with Coventry office

Ernst & Young introduces partners

Construction industry should prepare for slow recovery, says KPMG

Revenues rise at Dunelm

Interfleet sold to SNC-Lavalin

Sales fall at Thorntons

Mansfield hotel deals for Colliers

Northgate invests in Grantham depot

Palmers branches out with Ullesthorpe

Norcros completes £51m refinancing

Green leaders' winners revealed

Revenue slides at Halfords

Emmerson deflects to BDO

LDC Birmingham to lead £200m investment drive

Mids M&A value soars

Catalyst leads £40m learndirect deal

DCS eyes international growth with £19m deal

Bloomer Heaven moves to Rutland House

Exco InTouch wins £3m investment

Communicate East Midlands reveals overseas ambitions

Thorntons' shares take a dive

WS Atkins in £5m asset management sell-off

Syntax answers London calling

£8m investment for Leicester Ramada

Wolverhampton "supermarket war" nears endgame

Duo move into Hortonwood

Wrekin Circuits in investment drive

Green light call for controversial plans

Mask-arade to return to the Den

Something for the weekend

Errington takes on ART role

Deloitte welcomes 'record' graduate numbers

Chair's wife takes a seat on Notts County board

Nottingham presses Gove for BSF verdict

Longhurst to build on surplus despite funding knock-back

Jobs come to Derby with pub opening

Family Business Breakfast – book your place now

QE programme can't work alone, says chamber

£2m Matlock homes completed

Ask the Expert: Tax and entrepreneurs

Business Matters: Entrepreneurship UK 2011

Mills launches £60m venture in Studley

In Focus: On the make

Pinnacle swoops for RMS

Williamson & Soden poaches Carter

Get Me Staff grows with West Mids bases

Insider Skills Breakfast – final speaker added

West Mids profit warnings stable, says E&Y

EDM and Sala International in £52m merger

Chamber reveals new president

Davies Group bought in £60m private equity deal

Insider Midlands Entrepreneur Report 2011

Employment and orders up in September, says PMI

Parker Hannifin moves onto Pride Park

Cathedral Quarter sites restored

East Mids economy gaining strength, says PMI

£14m university scheme given go-ahead

University projects helps scoop £1m investment

Mark Group signs up to GDFC

Business Matters: Never give up

Front Up Rugby grows with angel investment

Chamberlin to seek out growth opportunities

£5m centre unveiled at Aston University

Sales and confidence levels up, says Q3 survey

A&F Williamson and Sons snapped up

BSPA names third incubator sponsor

Shakespeares leads Tangibal share deal

Made in the Midlands 2011 – shortlist revealed

Second student digs plans get go-ahead call

Growth slows in Q3, says chamber survey

Caterpillar UK digs into £372m sales boost

SEM LEP board members revealed

Headland grows with Odin Solutions buy

Construction starts on £5m leisure centre

Morgan Tucker unveils growth plans

JSJS sets designs on contract wins

Nom UK to create 350 jobs with £110m plan

Mids' small businesses more optimistic, says survey

Brum professionals advise London demerger

HS2 campaigners bring petition to government

Airport fires up with cargo deal

Proper Pies cooks up bakery deal

Boparan's Northern Foods hit by £50m costs

Last chance for tickets to Property Awards

Last chance for tickets to Insider's Property Awards

Travis Perkins reaps acquisition benefits

Highcross "poses challenges" to Leicester, says Coningsby

Lakeside House brought to market

Fledgling Macildowie division reports sales boost

Shaikh bolsters Bahrain links with West Mids

Wragges leads £120m pension scheme deal

Carillion wins One St Peter's Square contract

Jobseeker levels creep up in West Mids

CellFacts grows international base with cash boost

Birmingham below Manchester in Euro city poll

Wolves academy in £50m planning bid

IM Properties moves to Coleshill

Lexon records "significant" profit boost

Reid aims for growth at BioCity

Booker in profit windfall

Development fund strategy to be announced

Kerr defects to RSM Tenon

Access Point enters Alfreton property market

DB-Automation hits £1.1m revenues

Rolls-Royce wins £300m navy deal

Mitchells & Butlers deal collapses

Gidney launches apprentice project

Poundland reaps rewards from consumer squeeze

Aston Martin and bet365 shine on Sunday Times list

Perrys leads East Mids in Fast Track 250

Investors want Derby - Forkin

Job losses as Linford goes to the wall

Something for the weekend

M&B shares dive after Lewis drops bid

Aggregate takes on £3.9m Interchange scheme

Construction starts on £3.9m Interchange scheme

Service 2000 wins inaugural Walsall loan

Cranberry Foods in restructuring deal as profits drop

£61m relief road opened by Baker

RCF recycled by ELG deal

Recycled Polymers kickstarts with investment

Rolls-Royce shares surge after venture deals

G4S in £5.2bn Danish deal

Prisk shows support for 100 in 100 campaign

Portillo to host Insider Made in the Midlands Awards Dinner

Business Woman of the Year revealed

Lloyds loan funds BS Burner move

More Midlands businesses collapsing - report

Love joins Family Business Breakfast panel

Small business focus for new manufacturing service

Sertec expands with Evoque contract win

Care centre grows with Barclays investment

Virgin "in Etihad pair-up talks" over BMI

Candidates not good enough for East Mids jobs - survey

Plastics success for once-jobless Bird

Redundancies spark new businesses in Northants

Credit card spending hikes up Global Payments' profits

IMI pounces on £15m German company

Aston Ventures on Midlands investment hunt

Martineau launches Brussels operation

Creditors hit by Nite Nite administration

Elite Telecom picks up TRS

Apprentice star to lead Birmingham event

Instem awarded $1m deal

ISIS backs £27m MBO at Onyx Group

Refusal urged for Grade II building demolition

Put Birmingham into Edgbaston - Ward

Revenues to drop at Sarantel

Enterprise zone incentives "insufficient", says Sinclair

Pearson swoops for TQ

Notts business school ranked in world ratings

Glynis Wright exceeds revenue estimation

Red Rose grows with Santander cash boost

Net debt rises to £696m at GKN

Manganese Bronze hikes up overseas sales

Pottery museum company to be wound up

West Mids M&A market is "cause for concern"

Growth in the pipeline for UKDN merger

Celsa Steel agrees £55m refinancing package

Arena gives Reuben brothers more time

Olympic torch to fire up in Coventry

Amin's heats up with investment

IFB director general joins Insider breakfast panel

RAM takes on Brandplay UK

Sports Direct hits £329m sales

Lavendon swoops for Blue Sky

Cor!! green light makes way for 1,000 jobs

Local firms named as national award finalists

Nottingham office rent levels on the rise

University Technical College gets green light

Mids loses 24,000 public sector posts

Memorial to get £3m investment

Whitby to help Kraft Chicago links

Birmingham hotel revenue drops despite more guests

Mids manufacturer "outraged" as £2m deal goes overseas

Brampton makes Cheshire move

Begbies kick-starts Motor Books

Clearwater brings in new dealmaker

Punch suffers £359m losses blow after demerger

Makeover set for Horse and Groom

Mixed results keep Pendragon on course

Works starts on 'elite athlete' centre

Nottingham hotel stays on the up, says PwC

Staffline awarded £53m recruitment deal

£3.2m bonus for Queen's seed supplier

Marco Pierre White: Why I turned down Mailbox restaurant

Smiths News to launch 'flagship' Brum depot

Shakespeares grows Shipston office

Birmingham prison operator's deal in jeopardy

Logistics hub to create 120 Cannock jobs

Harvey Ingram eyes growth after job cuts

Something for the weekend

Mids Co-op makes £19m profit from sales boost

Something for the weekend

Soshi scoops Midven funding

Hall and Campey snapped up

Pressure Technologies to miss profit target

S Robinson & Sons crumbles with 118 job losses

NMC fires up with station project

Debenhams sets sights on Chesterfield

WLEP enterprise zone gets Pickles' backing

Sham recruitment company wound down

Mackay builds up Barclays Real Estate

Network Rail moves into Norfolk House

Waitrose snaps up Remarkable 'eco stationery' line

Christopher Wray demolition plans rejected

Sweet plans unveiled for British Sugar site

SV Wadsworth secures £380,000 funding

Talking Point: Clarity begins at home

Midlands hailed as Envisage aims for glory

Travis Perkins recruits new board member

Helical Bar in £70m Corby deal

Dr Martens to step up international growth

Smith Cooper joins worldwide network

Challinors signs up to Emita

Chamber launches business support service

Midlands hailed as Envisage seeks glory

National Grid in £275m sell-off

Insider launches Midlands legal guide

Revenues creep up in Bibby support division

Wilson Field opens Midlands office

Shares drop after National Grid disposal

Warwick site gives Happy Village supply boost

Blue Marble snaps up North East site

Libya crisis fails to hinder DCS sales

Profits flailing in private businesses - R3

Gin maker hopes to drink to UK growth

£38m council offices unveiled

ITV reprimanded for QualitySolicitors plug

Hangar Seven takes off with Catapult funds

£20m MoD contract to generate 50 jobs

Shale gas potential for Europa Oil & Gas

LEP needs quick win, says Blatherwick

OFT clears £151m Hill Hire deal

Morgan Sindall's Muse wins £200m deal

BT site snapped up in £15m deal

Pertemps targets overseas growth

LEP unveils Creative City project

Pelican swoops for £42m Brum food contract

Clearwater leads PCL Air Technology deal

ETP snapped up by German company

IM Properties wins £22m BMW deal

Middleport Pottery fires up with cash boost

Morgan proud to be British

High Court approves YBS-Egg deal

Widdowson wins £3m pallet deal

Space course gets lift-off in Leicester

£15m design school completed

William Woodsend site snapped up

Equip gets kitted out with Lowe Alpine buy

Paragon swoops for £43m RBS loans

28,000 more seats promised as Virgin Trains extends contract

Mitchells & Butlers in board shuffle

Mythe Farm secures HSBC funding

Horrobin steers removals MBO

West Midlands Property Awards – shortlists announced

Stable steel prices pay dividends for Hadley Industries

Alumet unveils £100m sales plans

Newman Park plant rises from the ashes

Losses mount up at Blacks

Luminar enters administration

150 jobs generated with The Range move

Friar Gate scheme "to cost Derby retailers £70m"

Lifestyle Living snaps up Scottish parks

Distance learning to bring in £2.5m

Energetics eyes growth with Warwickshire site

Show ambition, Saveker urges family firms

St Mods unveils future Etruria Valley plans

Mercia unveils new investment drive

Collins Hart makes a move with funding boost

Something for the weekend

Castle Hill scheme gets £10m investment

JLR boss to speak at Insider’s Made in the Midlands Awards

Packington Pork brings home the bacon

Racecourse auction fetches £2.5m

NMC in £12m contract wins

Russian delegates come to Worksop

Notts jobs created with £1.6m RGF funds

Mulholland rails against Technology and Innovation Centres

Floors-2-Go collapse leaves £12m unsecured debts

In Focus: Making their mark

Npower lands £2m fine

HomeServe staff in mis-selling probe

Jobs lost as Parry Bowen collapses

Businesses told to collaborate to avoid future riots

Awards to bring manufacturing home, says Duke

Shortt unveils LEP challenges

Insider's October Deal of the Month

Floors-2-Go merger bids snubbed

DAC Beachcroft merger goes live today

Deal signed on £100m Castleward scheme

Victoria bid outcome expected soon, says CSC

Leicester director fined after roof death

Lincs solar farm operator in profit fall

Jeffries takes on Loughborough role

West Mids in £100m RGF windfall

HomeServe shares plummet after mis-selling inquiry

Shareholders abort £5.2bn G4S deal

National Express in investment drive

Johnson Cleaners launches inaugural drive-thru

Businesses unveil RGF cash plans

Wolseley sells off Yorkshire division

Former tax boss charged with £5m fraud

Housing scheme gets set for green light

MCR bought by New York firm

Government cuts affect Grant Thornton sales

East Mids businesses in £67m RGF wins

Larkfleet Homes scoops European title

University worth its salt with Soda-Lo deal

Interserve goes green on Watermead

Just Car Clinics confirms AIM departure

BHW brings in new employment head

AGA scoops Insider manufacturing prize

Preferred bidders unveiled for £500m deal

Shellard unveils new property consultancy

AFH takes on Midlands trio

Modest growth but worries lie ahead, says KPMG

JLR to give Solihull recruitment boost

RCapital invests in former KPMG head

Two more added to International Breakfast panel

Zytek to create powertrain centre with RGF boost

Online sales boost Next income

RGF rejection is "major blow" for Boots site

CPMG steps aboard HMS Belfast project

Scrap Adderley re-election, recommends PIRC

Freeth Cartwright in Kimbells merger

Overseas expectations to double, says HSBC

Practice Plan all smiles with double deal

Acquisition costs mount up for Kraft

Greenwell Gleeson undergoes MBO

Aulak takes on national accountancy role

Aga to develop 'text cooker' and grow overseas

Willsco and Anystaff snapped up by Boardwalk

CBRE trades West Mids duo

Angel Springs drinks to Water At Work buy

Acivico plans unveiled

Major Burton-on-Trent housing scheme unveiled

Reid calls for lifescience investment

Northampton death club to close

Sywell Aerodrome takes flight with cash boost

Trent Pottery Furniture expands with storage deals

Loxton picks up Pentagon House

Pathway Care grows with investment

Sunrise to grow with Tesco deal

Alumet recruits Parry Bowen staff

BMI snapped up by BA owner

US sales boost Dechra growth

PxP completes speculative Sapphire scheme

Foleshill to hit £2m sales with investment

EJ Hales praises £25m Skydome deal

Jobs windfall with Monarch expansion

Something for the weekend

Virgin slams BMI takeover announcement

Timberline up for sale after going bust

Boots' sales climb with acquisitions

Herbert Baggaley kicks off Loughborough scheme

Grantham land scam shut down

Paul Cummins Ceramics takes on Olympic contract

HOW appointed on Pochin scheme

Aston eyes up Spectrum Théa KTP

Shakespeares grows with Wood Glaister

Wolseley gets £145m sell-off clearance

UK tax regime 'unsupportive' of enterprise - survey

LEP trio help secure £25m RGF bid

RBP swoops for £13.6m Cemex arm

Creditors face £13m Walmsley's debts

Banking trio join The Co-operative

MPEC buy boosts Tracsis income

East Mids LEPs in £50m building boost

Network Rail's 400 job boost to "aid bruised Derby"

Miliband attacks Business Growth Fund lending

Victoria Centre unveils Christmas refurb

John Pye disposes of Julious arm

Deal value soars at Clearwater

Sales rise as Umeco looks to the East

Building fund welcomed by West Mids leaders

Jobs concern as Best Buy closes

Inactive companies cost £88m, says Deloitte

Halfords Autocentres on the move

Committee backs £32bn rail plans

£200m fund to target high-growth Mids companies

Marches eco-tech sector thriving, says survey

Robson to leave Thorntons

Australian bidder for DTZ

William Sinclair grows with YHS buy

Inactive companies costing £57m, says Deloitte

Businesses in £800,000 iNet investment

Sterling Capital reveals borrowing woes

Oasis film reaps rewards for Document Productions

Restructure unveiled at The Pritchard Group

Carillion in £450m deals

Darwin Matthews Solicitors to open up in Shrewsbury

"Quiet" property market impacts A&J Mucklow

International Trade Breakfast – book your place now

Police HQ part of £23m sell-off plans

Freeth Cartwright to grow Brum base

LEP on 'female' board hunt after Kaye departure

RSM Tenon reports "flattened" demand

Orders fall short at Morgan Sindall

Luxus invests after European demand

May Gurney drives £65m TransLinc deal

Partner promotions unveiled at Smith Cooper

Eco Environments targets Derbyshire

David Barnett Farms power up with funding

Telesales on but HomeServe reviews continue

Halfords in profit slide

Sales creep up at IMI

New Wesleyan business up 19 per cent

LDC gives Evander funding boost

220-bed student digs scheme to complete early

Have your say on takeaway limits

Construction frameworks on the rise, says WMCF boss

JLR announces 1,000 jobs windfall in Solihull

Global growth strategy boosts Experian

Westfield sells Broadmarsh in £55m deal

BWB makes senior appointment

Dolls House Emporium taps into international trade

Center Parcs tops energy poll

Proactive PR launches TV studio

Arc Business Centre opens its doors

Aston site to boost East End Foods' profit drop

Aga to up prices after sales fall

PowerKut agrees RBS investment deal

Something for the weekend

1,300 jobs planned for Dudley

Dental hospital plans unveiled for BBC site

Marketing Birmingham unveils £17m investment drive

New development head at Bramall Construction

Rolls-Royce on track for a good year

Shopping centre sell-off continues with FH Mall buy

Connells makes a move on Burchell Edwards

Pro-growth policies needed, says chamber

Insider Property Breakfast 2011 – book your place now

Chinook to grow Nottingham site

Something for the weekend

Ask the Expert: Access to Finance

Sales to reach "record high" at Delcam

Funeral locations boost Dignity profits

HCA boost given to Stoke scheme

East End Foods unveils £10m Aston site

Profits slip but sales up at One Stop Stores

Shropshire poultry farm prosecuted

New orders soar in October, says PMI

Apex Park gains new tenant

LEPs need to collaborate, says Hollis

In Focus: A positive reaction

Supply chain to benefit from JLR move

Organic Seed and Bean unveils sweet growth plans

Notts Police moves into Crown House

East Mids Airport in New York take-off

iNet launches funding drive

Employment up but activity slows, says PMI

Sainsbury's holds West Bridgford consultation

Geldards appoints clinical negligence trio

Tributes paid to industrialist David Grove

TIP makes a move on Rhodes Wood

Endless takes on two in Birmingham

Atalanta Motors prepares for relaunch

Tributes paid to "industrial hero" Grove

Selas swoops for Maxsys Fuel

China sales help JLR to £2.9bn income

International sales up at Eversheds

Technology Park development gets go-ahead

Craig Croft gets £8.4m cash boost

£15m contract 'little comfort' to Bombardier

Sales lift at Source BioScience

Rolls-Royce in £490m contract boost

Pub duo go to market

Lodge Farm reaches full capacity

Troops drives retail growth with funding

College snaps up Aston Recruitment

Strong sales growth at Melrose

Hampson Industries sinks into the red

Insider reveals Midlands Rich List

Tasty deal for Relish shareholders

FW Thorpe offloads Mackwell arm

ITF Stockists grows supplies with investment

Cannock companies secure £400k funds

EDM Group signs £1.8m Avis deal

West Mids manufacturers fly high with Heathrow deal

New home orders rocket at Barratt Developments

Lands' End eyes European growth after profit boost

Insider reveals East Midlands' wealthiest

Sarantel in $1m antenna deal

Scaffold collapse leads to director fine

ICCM to grow with private equity deal

Belstane targets Rok growth with investment

Storms hit National Grid profits

Funding boost for Cobbetts as fee income rises

Michelin joins forces with NSCCI

Store Twenty One to grow from Blythe Valley

Long Lea grows care services with cash boost

£300m MIRA scheme green-lighted

Apprenticeships key to unemployment, says chamber

Positive Cashflow sets up Brum operation

Pertemps swoops for Xchangeteam

Storms hit National Grid profits

Action needed to tackle youth unemployment - chamber

Bulwell Riverside project revealed

Fothergills snapped up by Ever So Sensible

Foster makes Shepshed move

Revenues up at Fowler Welch

Pebble Mill revamp gets go-ahead

JLR posts draw 8,000 applications

Hill & Smith targets overseas income

£10m housing scheme set for Edgbaston

Localism Act is huge growth opportunity, says GVA

Family Business award winners named

Apartment block scheme to get go-ahead

Jobs lost as Capps & Capps collapses

Something for the weekend

iPhone surge hikes Mobile Fun sales

NMC reports third quarter losses

Jobs windfall for Leicestershire with Redrow schemes

Plastribution to grow with RBS funds

East Mids firms advise MBO

£6.5m enterprise zone building tendered

Acquisitions boost HW Martin's revenue

CSC agrees £375m finance deal

Cable seeks to wind up Brum company

CeWe Colour to take on greeting card market

100 jobs saved with hotel buy

Jobs bonanza for West Mids as trio announce growth plans

Knipe Whiting Heath buys up rival with funding

£19m leisure centre unveiled

Hard Anodising site rises from the ashes

Accomodation plans set for green light

Lifetime Brands plates up Creative Tops deal

WebHostingBuzz creates Lincoln hub

Jessops in 'excellence store' expansion

Hufcor makes Castle Donington move

Norman joins RSM Tenon director team

University goes East with China deal

CSC agrees £375m finance deal

Samuel Heath warns of bleak future

Mixed fortunes for West Mids pub giants

HomeServe promises "decisive action"

A-STAT and Eco Copiers join forces

MFM to target high-growth Mids investments

CES UK drives profit growth

Cannock housing scheme to create 1,000 jobs

Jamie Oliver deal heats up Hartman sales

Victoria back in the black

Ideal Care Homes expands Midlands footprint

TMAT to grow with £1.6m investment

Controversial student digs to get go-ahead

New chair in at Nottingham Racecourse

MacIntyre Hudson rebrands

Four Seasons in bloom with Christmas extension

Nationwide in profit hike

Ask the Expert: Priorities for staying healthy

Clearwater recruits healthcare adviser

Food sales can save pubco industry, says Watts

2 Sisters sales sneak up after Northern Foods buy

The Cube drinks to latest venture

Raynorwest in Blusource merger

IoD seeking South Worcs housing plan rejection

Colliers completes Malta assignment

Brunei Halal to expand with relocation

Omnium snapped up by Outsource UK

Whittington's uproots to new HQ

Rolls-Royce in UAE education deal

Smith Cooper to pilot new offering

Nelson Distribution expands with contract wins

Travis Perkins loses out on debtor's payment

Blusource reveals Raynorwest merger

Duo to boost sales with web partnership

Cobbetts acts on £1bn of deals

Nestlé to pour £110m into Tutbury site

Evida drives £100m turnover target

Opus 40 unveils Premier Inn addition

Credit access must be priority, says PwC

Sevacare targets acquisitions with £5m deal

Wright Hassall wins legal panel placing

Arrowsmith flies high with £1m revamp

Controversial accommodation plans get thumbs up

East Mids is "important engine" in UK economy - Hester

FHP close to Steps sale

Jobs generated with £2.5m waste scheme

KSA takes on East Mids manager

Stoford boss wins top Insider prize

Toughest ever property market – Stoford chief

Exceptionals slash Severn Trent profits

BGF moves into 45 Church Street

Something for the weekend

Skipton Business Finance unveils £25m Midlands fund

£7.5m restaurant quarter launched at Bullring

IM Properties injects £12m into Chicago deal

Something for the weekend

Golf company swings into action with product drive

Funding-hit Blacks expects bleak Christmas

CSC snaps up remaining Broadmarsh stake

Pointon York declines takeover offers

Agents must boost property confidence, says Ballard

Derbyshire 'to flourish' with Toyota investment

Hamilton boosted with tech investment

Employment struggle set to continue, says IPPR

Begbies in tax subsidiary sell-off

Profits grow at Sanderson Group

Astle Park unit snapped up

Income up at Martineau

Osborne must tackle skills shortage, says Hardman

B.C. Barton & Son calls in administrators

Meaty deal for Spam producer Tulip

Perfection Foods grows with Leicester site

Perfection Foods to create 100 jobs in Leicester

Phoenix changes focus after profit drop

Forge ahead with deficit reduction, urge businesses

Trio in at Howes Percival

TWL delays Soccerdome scheme

Fake vodka gang jailed

Node4 named in Deloitte rankings

Chamberlin seeks acquisition targets after profit rise

Government recruiter in profit hike

Home Instead starts recruitment drive

Zone incentives won't move multinationals - Barrow

REI's Peter Lewin dies

House prices nudge up in the East Midlands

Cattaneo funds eco company expansion

LSH gets Mediasat3 scheme call

We Want Any Car drives network growth

House prices down in West Midlands

Topps suffers as home refurbs delayed

Travis Perkins reveals restructured team

Platts Harris buys agricultural parts dealer

Countrywise picks up Lincoln Vending

Experian takes on London company

Norbert Dentressangle drinks to Carlsberg deal

Ashbourne airfield in housing revamp

Krushr in product investment drive

Cautious welcome for finance schemes

Marston's toasts profit rise

Osborne welcomed but action wanted now

IM swoops for 45-acre Nottingham site

Mansfield drives forward with £4m

Two million shoppers hit Birmingham

Investors to profit from PRS boom, says CBRE

More overseas success for Rolls-Royce

Superfos deal doubles RPC profit

Midlands forms core of Hilton jobs plan

45-acre Nottingham site bought

East Mids' £540m joy over A453 plan

Wellglade in jobs vow after takeover

Funding approved for Notts road scheme

Costly strikes come at wrong time, says chamber

MHA takes on £11.5m Welland House

GKN disposes of aerospace business

Up to 4,500 Carillion jobs at risk

Birmingham ranked 'most attractive' regional UK city

Hawkins Hatton lead way on deal

Thomas Cook in Coventry Olympics project

£9m Bromsgrove scheme launched

Starbucks expansion to hit the Midlands

Office take up boost for Birmingham

Biodiesel deal for West Mids

Staffs factory completed

Rolls-Royce wins £223m Hawaiian order

Rotork swoops for Prokits

Millions lost by 'big mistake' strikers

Kadima back in black

UK Regeneration targets the Midlands

New bank deal as Allied Textiles looks to grow

Louise Mensch opens £2m pastry factory

University launches Asia business hub

Clegg Food completes Staffs factory

Martineau completes London merger

Titan Europe grows South African operations

HomeServe takes Doméo SA control for £83m

Brum depot 'could cost 88 Smiths News jobs'

Something for the weekend

Aston Villa in property blow

DLA Piper leads Clarity acquisition

Something for the weekend

Morgan Sindall targets billion-pound nuclear deals

Gleeson back recruiting

Skanska expands into the Midlands

Winfield Construction sinks into administration

EVS in potential closure blow

MIRA zone to generate £7m by 2017, says LEP chair

Eurocell unveils £3m recycling site

Dalepak moves onto Prologis Park

Norbert Dentressangle drives growth with China buy

Morningside becomes chamber patron

Ask the Expert: Business health checks

Ask the Expert: Starting to export

Carillion JV wins Qatar work

Mask-arade in festive sales drive

Manufacturing growth easing, says BDO/EEF report

VCs could speed business investment – EV

Brilliant bought by media giant

Harrison Clark advises £70m of deals

Five housing schemes set for green light

Redditch jobs boost with care home growth

Willow Farm site bought

POS Direct increases Leicester footprint

Manufacturing growth tumbling, says BDO/EEF report

Robert Horne Group heads towards the black

Morecrofts win £1m contract trio

Jobs boost as KFC sets up in Ilkeston

Wragges takes on science park role

Ramada Warwick bought out of administration

UK sales dip at Wolseley

Kraft joins R&R for JV

Midven makes ceramic investments

Boom time for West Mids manufacturers

Look beyond Britain, urges JLR director

Turnover boost for DAC Beachcroft

Blue Sky in Baskerville move

Pressure on takeover trail

Jobs joy for Northamptonshire

Airline heads for the mountains

Expansion sparks Positive hunt for staff

Deane and Amos clinches £1.5m

Mazars predicts growth after purchase

Artifex deal brings music to Derby

The Kitchen Lab trades in Arnold

Williams seeks to buy up DM shares

Profits and cost savings to increase at Carillion

JCB unveils £31m engine investment

Northfield at full capacity

Airport reveals Far East ambitions

Amazon and JLR boost Staffs job generation

Kraft to cut 200 jobs through investment drive

Metafin boosts production with Barclays loan

Gateley recruits former Eversheds partner

Dark days for Blacks as buyer sought

Flint Bishop gets business bank appointment

Charity makes Eastgate House move

PCT Healthcare plans get green light

Euro crisis hitting business confidence, says survey

International sales load up Crytek

Express & Star jobs under threat

Ernst & Young signs up to Marketing Birmingham

Accountancy firm eyes up new HQ

Blues deal boosts Rational FX's Brum site

Grove Industries appoints new chief exec

Garlick launches family law arm

PJD Group engineers LDC backing

Jobs go as Mercedes dealership folds

DHL flies high with airport deal

Fox pounces on RBS funding

Denby in £12m hub deal

Budget to get rubber stamped at Derby Council

Eversheds serves up Tasties deal

Customer numbers up at S&U

Morgan Sindall in £250m contract boost

Jamie Oliver meat supplier grows sales

We need a metro-mayor, says new CBI boss

Hingley & Callow oils up profit line

Jamie Oliver meat supplier in sales hike

Party Shop Supplies dressed for success with funding

New managing partner at Yorkshire Bank

Something for the weekend

Power shift can liberate Birmingham, says chamber

Next lines up to pick Best Buy outlets

Cummins Solicitors makes business park move

City deals must be used to boost growth, says chamber

Cabico to rise with HQ move

Mundys takes on PPM Lets

Something for the weekend

Talking Point: Closing the gap

REI strikes up £20m banking deal

Green Belt land will succumb to development, say property bosses

Shepherd makes Lawyers2You move

£11m CoRE building unveiled

Mailbox duo invest in art portal

Patisserie Valerie to serve up 400 jobs

Manufacturers eyeing up funding, says Venture Finance

West Mids employment down, says PMI

2 Sisters takes Premier Foods arm for £30m

PLC activity to dominate deals market, says Lloyds director

Green belt land will succumb to development, say property bosses

East Mids exports 'at record levels'

Orders up but activity sluggish, says PMI

Work starts on £5m housing scheme

Premier Foods' Leicester arm bought by 2 Sisters

Wells McFarlane grows with rental arm

Northbridge swoops for Singapore business

The Anglesey Group launches after £6m bank deal

HomeServe signs up to SBW venture

MFG Solicitors recruits new partner

Public aid avoids needy businesses, says Mackay

Green Investment Bank launch edges closer

CPBigwood pulls in £46m of sales

Planters grows with Stafford buy

Shepherd wins £17m campus project

Priddy takes on chamber role

Sleaford biomass plant sold for £170m

Inflation costs eat into Pukka Pies' profits

Virgin heats up BMI battle

Derwent Living reveals build targets

Pall-Ex drives European expansion

CPMG sets designs on Dunelm HQ

Sales creep up at Travis Perkins

Brum lined up for local TV

Board changes at Manganese Bronze Holdings

Education partnership signs up JLR

NIA plans growth with £20m injection

TM Factors on the move with funding deal

Construction charges will destroy sector, warns architect

Export-led turnarounds on 2012 agenda, says PwC

Coffee maker drinks to Birmingham launch

Sports Direct hints at Blacks lifeline

Objections urged for student scheme

Staffbay.com aims for global domination

Nottingham lined up for local TV

Image Scan Holdings aims for the black

Chess makes Lincoln move

MB Aerospace Holdings flies high with US deal

Beetham Hotels Birmingham in administration

Morgan Sindall secures £2.2bn workload

Mining giant fined after Midlands deaths

Zone locations "to boost investment prospects"

CAPPitalise in Birmingham unveiling

Red tape is hampering employment, says chamber

Food duo launch Life Fork & Spoon

ISIS in £180m Wiggle sell-off

Jobs boost with Brum care home opening

West Mids transport given £46m boost

Innovation Cube gets go-ahead

Sales boost paves way for Sports Direct expansion

BMC fuels up with £1.4m

HOW to submit Barwell revamp plans

Medical centre given funding injection

East Mids unemployment on the up

East Mids transport links given £27m boost

Football star on recruitment trail

Cameron praises E.ON's £736m wind scheme

Grant Thornton relocates to Colmore Plaza

Management team buys Assura business

Something for the weekend

Housing scheme set for council office site

Jobs go as Exitile shuts up shop

Turkish Embassy moves into Birmingham

Something for the weekend

Controversial Co-op set for refusal

Northbridge swoops for DSG Rental

Fortunes mixed at Midlands pubcos

Travis Perkins signs £550m banking deal

Sports Direct pulls out of Blacks move

HEROtsc to bring 700 jobs to Derby

£25m airport schemes take flight

RSM Tenon leads Wild deal

Mr Pickford's bites into dental expansion

West Mids sites in multimillion-pound sell-off

Midlands mojo is rising, says Hollis

Mobile Money expands in Redditch

Yearsley invests £1.4m in its fleet

Midland Industrial Glass in MBO

Aylott eyes Ricoh progress

Euro Glazing seals £200k factory deal

MAG in passenger boost

Silverstone masterplan gets go-ahead

East Midlands sites in multimillion-pound Conygar deal

Full steam ahead for Nottingham tram network

LincUpLive to return in February

Simpson back at RSM Tenon

DG Professional fits out concept store

KPMG in promotions drive

New managing partner at Yorkshire Bank Northampton

Talking Point: All presents and correct

LDC in Benson Group buyout

Commuters boost National Express income

K3 buys up Retail Systems Group

Paragon makes £55m portfolio swoop

Penso Group gets royal visit

Student bed plans touted for go-ahead

Nightingale Club to get £1m makeover

Carter takes on deputy CEO role

MBO unveiled at Benson Group

Farnsworth takes on Howes Percival role

Take care of bribery law, warns PwC

Rolls-Royce wins £210m nuclear reactor deal

Alstom agrees £1.1bn banking deal

PRB Drainage secures RGF funding

Trent Bridge boss catches award win

Arden Partners in profit boost

Green light given for £350m JLR site

Sir Kevin Smith to retire from GKN

Mids companies need overseas vision, says report

JCB heir takes on BAE site

Coleman & Company digs into new venture

Headlam makes Minworth move

Benchmark set with RBS funding deal

RS Components hails profit boost

Thorntons predicts profit dive

Lincs companies grow with iNet investment

Panel lines up for Insider’s special Euro event

University signs up to Next partnership

Miller Construction wins £44m BSF work

DFS Fixings moves to Foundry Square

Bramble Lodge grows with Santander deal

RS Components hails profit boost

Consortium "planning takeover" at Victoria

Brum advisers lead £40m deal

Backing the Black County: The Insider Economic Forum

National Grid Gas in hot water with fine

Property scam director disqualified

LEP puts forward Growing Places plans

Insolvency rates soar in West Mids

Buyers to submit bids for Blacks

IAG takes BMI in £172m 'binding deal'

AIM market set for boost, says Deloitte

William Davis wins £1m medical scheme

Restaurant sector set for M&A feeding frenzy

Parfetts breaks £300m-turnover mark

Insider's November Deal of the Month

Insolvency rates rise in East Mids

Profit and turnover up at Goodwin

New ceramics line planned for Steelite expansion

The Belfry 'up for sale after £105m debts unveiled'

Altec Solar bursts into UK market

CHH CoNeX in 2011 sales boost

Land acquired for Dudley supermarket

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Shrewsbury health club sold out of collapse

Catalyst taps into Brazil market

Varley joins Positive's Midlands launch

Blacks faces collapse as shares sale "unlikely"

Magna Park site sold by London and Stamford

£12m Lace Market office scheme to go ahead

Payout battle rumbles on for William Sinclair

Ph9 moves on up to Derby

Probate requests up at Taylor & Emmet

Thai aircraft deal powers up Rolls-Royce

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DeltaRail steams into Hudson House

Paul Smith sizes up expansion with £24m profits

Marston's in £257m investment win

Vinci wins Stoke bus station appointment

Carillion speeds up with M6 contract win

West Mids' confidence up, says report

2012 Worcestershire LEP business agenda gets moving

Skills shortage could halt manufacturing boom, warns Dunne

Design and build to take off in West Midlands, predicts JLL

Volatile market to live on, says Clearwater

Don't miss Olympic gold – Bennett

Added-value businesses will triumph in 2012, says Hollis

Rider calls for more government action

Source BioScience picks up HQ with £3m deal

East Mids business confindence up - survey

Commercial deals to drop, says Rigby & Co

Pro-growth policies needed urgently, says chamber

Garratt sees "glimmer of hope"

International trade to boost 2012 success

Explore growth options, urges KPMG

East Mids has reasons to be cheerful

Jobson launches Stafford law firm

Stoford secures £59m Admiral investment

Assura rebrands after buyout

Vanderlande Industries UK rakes in £11m profit

New MAS service gets lift-off

SP Holding swoops for Trailercare

Midlands deal activity soars

Willmott Dixon dives into £8m leisure scheme

Atkin & Co makes Blythe Valley Park move

Profits blooming at William Sinclair

Next reveals "disappointing" winter sales

Ashley 'edges closer to Blacks deal'

Travis Perkins snaps up Toolstation shares

Earl Shilton recruits new chief exec

WNDC unveils zone development plans

National Grid awards £750m contract

Carillion in £100m Canada deal

'Birmingham Bolt' unveiled in Delhi

Worcester City FC plans touted for go-ahead

IML Technology to grow with £6m investment

Paul Napier division buought by Burley Group

Entrepreneurs seeking foreign growth, says report

Seddon connects with £1m deal

Mids property market among most confident, says report

Royalties create model profits for Games Workshop

Lawrence swoops for Northern Engraving

Jobs go as John Lewis supplier collapses

Sluggish recovery to stay, predicts Lynch

Heb hits £9m auction sales

TF Bell becomes Towergate Insurance

HS2 needed to avoid 'embarrassment' - leaders

Busy Bees buzzing with childcare buy

New panellist joins Euro debate

TMG CRB secures £2m deal

Brum office take-up soaring, says Savills

Walsall economy in £1m WOW boost

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Jobs saved with Manchester Hosiery sale

Jobs boost with flagship hotel plans

CPMG in director drive

Yorkshire expansion for recruiter

Blacks to enter admin as salvage deal nears

Blick in MBO at Finesse Hotels

Business Matters: The eurozone crisis - rising to the challenge

Manganese Bronze issues profit warning

M&A work boosts KPMG

A1 Trade Print Services sold

Fraudsters increase Midlands activity - report

Mason Law merger goes ahead

Lloyd's Animal Feeds boosts profit

Office take-up boost for Birmingham

Inflation hitting trade hard, says chamber

Belvoir reveals £8m flotation plans

JD Sports in advanced talks over Blacks deal

M&A work boosts KPMG

Experian reveals dividend plan

Airport site flies onto market

Cash funds Harry Needle expansion

Aga to look overseas after revenue slide

HS2 to get government go-ahead

Brum makes top 20 'must visit' destinations

Co-op funds stack up Keele development

Clearwater leads US chemical deal

Autotech drives growth plans with relocation

Three move into Brockhampton

West Mids PE deals on the increase

Derbyshire rails plans 'to create 2,000 jobs'

Topps Tiles finds the going tough

Sports Direct condemns £20m Blacks deal

"Robust" first-half trading at Dunelm

Grant Thornton takes on Leicester rival

Rahu Catalytics bought in overseas deal

East Mids PE market slumps

Goodman secures Oz investment

"Nervousness" surrounds Brum elected mayor, says Barrow

Dechra grows half-year income

West Mids suppliers 'losing £245m in R&D'

HS2 must have European impact, says Street

ISIS link-up a "marriage made in heaven" – Onyx chief

Envisage takes on CPP Manufacturing

La Senza sale saves 100 West Mids jobs

Indian marathon win for Junction 15

Marwood snapped up by John Shepherd

OFT to inspect Broadmarsh takeover

East Mids needs to feel HS2 benefits, says chamber

La Senza sale saves East Mids jobs

Utilyx acquired in £16m deal

Vertu snaps up Northants dealership

Dairy Crest site primed for housing estate

Seamless move for clothing company

Cromwell looks overseas with £17m profit

HS2 'most important rail scheme in 100 years'

Crossley crosses from Core

Alstom to recruit following £42m deal

Reid moves into GBR Phoenix Beard

Jobs saved in Clearway MBO

Red Advertising plumps for growth with funding

Rumenco swoops for Net-Tex

Cala Group secures £180m banking deal

Halfords sales drop with milder weather

Thorntons unveils bitter Christmas results

Blacks purchase to hit JD Sports' earnings

Booker grows with Chef Direct plans

Profits surge for Barratt

Bookings on the rise at Center Parcs

BioCity Nottingham launches Scottish site

Jobs threat as Tradeteam announces closure

Castle Gate properties on the market

Pickles endorses £300m MIRA development

Metalrax adds to board

Green light for Birmingham's Park Central

Stafford car park sold in £17m deal

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Philip Cornes makes Longbridge move

LEPs 'leaping to old mistakes' on science parks

Catalyst leads SFA disposal

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E.ON gets educated with joint venture

Pickles endorses £300m MIRA development

£9m expansion for Molecular

Hundreds of Barclays jobs at risk

Insolvencies down in East Midlands

Mattioli Woods rebrands

Alumasc Group profits to fall short

Experian partners up with Amex

Ex-Saab boss joins Chamberlin

New base for Mechatronic Solutions

Tata opposed to AWM abolition, says Balls

Victoria up for sale after shareholder pressure

Expansion is horseplay for MFG Solicitors

Redhead finds Czech mate with frieght deal

Business booming for West Mids private sector, says PMI

Best Buy's UK dream is over

Sports Direct fishes out Hot Tuna bid

SIG Manufacturing fined after hand-trap mishap

Landlords must 'think hard' about Blacks rents

Job creation and expansion on the rise, says PMI

Best Buy's UK dream is over

Derby's Co-operative team leads MBO

Crocker spells out BioCity expansion plans

Leicester laughing all the way to the bank with comedy fest

Euro-protectionism hitting Midland businesses, Insider experts claim

Retailers in Indian law boost

JLL tees off Belfry sale

Law firm appoints chair as ABS move gathers pace

Nestlé pours another £200m into Tutbury

EDM Group wins £7m NHS deal

LEP managing director revealed

Green Compliance snaps up Pyramid

Breedon Aggregates cements Nottingham Ready Mix deal

Experian in worldwide sales boost

Nestlé pours another £200m into Tutbury

Yeomans acquires camping business

Boots has a happy Christmas

Leicester leads on £2.4m transport project

Fund manager buys Lincolnshire farm

Nottingham unveils MIPIM team

Malvern B&Q sold for £7.75m

Deloitte appoints partner in Birmingham

Auto-Sleepers rests easy after growth

TV hotel secures loan

Bargain Pages moves to city centre

Former Savekers chief executive to head up ICFIB

Mood Bars enters administration

Shropshire lobbies for London link

Mobile Fun storms £1m sales barrier

Redding hired in East Mids

Contract win for Pressure Technologies subsidiary

Spireites ground sold to Barratt Homes

Property progress for East Mids

Avid appointed at Castlewood Business Park

Co-op funds youth hostel expansion

Expansion for New Century Windows

Paragon Interiors Group secures three contracts

Plaza reveals Premier League ambition, says Glick

Karl Dungs expands in Nuneaton

More record sales for Portmeirion

Tesco commits to Hednesford Gateway project

Reeves appointed to M&A advisory board

Untangling the tape: you and HR legislation

Rippleglen to cut branches

Cobbetts and DWF confirm merger talks

Family Business Awards raises thousands for charities

Customark secures loan to fund acquisition

Government must act quicker to curb unemployment - BCCG

Inspired Gaming wins exclusive William Hill contract

Rolls-Royce wins £23m Brazilian contracts

Topps Tiles appoints non-exec director

Inward investment brings 1,160 jobs to Derby

All go for gateway in Northamptonshire

Hannah "confident" of Broadmarsh green light

Sterling helps Customark secure loan

Business organisations support an elected mayor

HTC track down CS Electronics

Something for the weekend

West Mids job fears as Peacocks falls

Look north for air traffic relief, says BCCG

Second stage Shrewsbury plans submitted

£2m refurb for Embassy House

First Impressions expands into China

Timico opens £5m data centre

Sigma Precision Components bags finance

Derby could be 'flooded with grade B offices'

East Mids jobs fears as Peacocks falls

Midlands firms lead on national deal

Something for the weekend

Ask the Expert: Trading overseas

Talking Point: Back to school

RSM bosses quit as loss looms

Carillion lands £100m academy contracts

Sanderson Group sells EPOS business for £11.7m

Daw Mill improvements needed - UK Coal

Marston's appoint director

Morgan Sindall wins £200m partnership deal

BC Barton saved by sale

Sales growth at Boparan as buys bed in

Polymer Latex factory in Bromsgrove sold

Energetics wins £1m New Street contract

West Mids profit warnings up 70 per cent

Partner at DLA Piper dies

Nottingham students join IoD

Derby: zero to hero

Car Audio Centre turns up the volume

High hopes for Brookes Avana

Direct Reclaims and Demolition crashes into new home

AIS snapped up

Managing director appointed to Baggaley Construction

£20m injection for Staffordshire's highways

PM calls on entrepreneurs to 'get it done'

Rackline ends 2011 on a roll

Tyrrells snaps up Glennans

Farrow & Ball opens in Solihull

Reclaiming bad debt relief

Broadway Casino undergoes refurb

The Money Shop to open 50 new stores

Spyware company in asset sell-off

CW Sellors on the hunt

JLT Specialty to open Nottingham office

70 new jobs at Riverlights in Derby

99p Stores to sell for £60m

Barclays Wealth boosts East Mids presence

Ask the Expert: Becoming a franchise

DLA Piper leads M&A league table

West Mids industrial property stock to run dry

Historic Griffin Bros calls in administrators

BXL Services enters administration

Mids regional head appointed to RBS Invoice Finance

The Vinden Partnership appoints Mids director

99p Stores to create 350 West Mids jobs

Profits up at The Loughborough Building Society

Barwood Development Securities launches £15m property fund

Tesla Exploration in search of Lincolnshire oil

Catalyst Corporate Finance advise on £46m deal

£4.5m boost for University of Leicester

99p Stores in UK expansion

George to expand in Middle East

Paragon increases profits

Mitchells & Butlers boosted by Christmas weather

Big four put weight behind Birmingham mayor campaign

GVA appointed to sell Beetham assets

Alstom orders and sales down

Alstom Grid boosts orders

Harrison Clark hears London calling

Connells moves Birmingham home

Thorold Arms owner drinks to six-figure loan

Recession fears as GDP falls

BioCity Nottingham Indian boot camp

Two Leamington Spa businesses liqudated

110 job cuts at Tata Steel in Corby

Push the boat out at MIPIM, says Boyden

BHW Solicitors promotes two partners

Proludic out of the blocks

Luxus apprentice to manage trade mission

New manager at Fosse Shopping Park

Rotala results as expected

Marston's drinks to Christmas

Six of the best – then more – says BGF

Manufacturing misery in West Mids

Manufacturing jobs lost in East Mids

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D-Drill in £1m investments

LEP appoints PR agency

OFT to probe Mortgage Brain deal

Morrisons clinches Dudley Best Buy

Work begins on Sunesis School in Rugby

Something for the weekend

RPC Group boosted by Superfos

Sales grow at Worldwide Fruit

JMC Aquatics dives in for Pedigree Wholesale

Miraj Hotel owner in administration

Morrisons clinches Nottingham Best Buy

£100m Castleward plans unveiled

Challinors adds to its family team

Three lettings at Minworth Trade Park

Hovi Developments eyes property deals

Majorfax secures first US order

BSPA and LUX-TSI create test centre

Inward investment boost for Stoke and Staffs

Resource Services Group appoints security director

Rank confirms Gala talks

Staffline appoints former Randstad chief exec

Derbyshire international trade event to be held

Waitrose phases out Boots' beauty range

Shakespeares appoints partner

Trade Appliances site goes under the hammer

National Grid pledges £3bn investment

Dechra takes on HY-50 rights

New director unveiled at LEP

West Mids homes drop to under £130k average

£100m windfall claimed

Stoke digs into bus station work

HomeServe makes executive appointment

Black Country needs self-help rather than handouts - LEP leader

Profits down at Mattioli Woods

House price rise in East Mids

Team Durango and ARRMA ride to US deal

Call for government to improve school leavers

£5.4m uni building completed

Tetenal in warehouse deal

Engine contract win for Newburgh

Cost-cutting boosts Mediwatch profits

San Carlo invests in Birmingham

LEP in funding access call

Appointment for Worcester leisure centre

Losses for Brilliant Media creditors

Cobbetts and DWF look ahead after merger collapse

Black Country funds "neet" way of creating apprenticeships

Tax windfall boosts Webster & Horsfall

Berry's swoops for £900k Birmingham site

Northamptonshire set for business angel network

Balfour Beatty in £335m rail deal

Takeovers boost Norbert Dentressangle

Payroll plan could be painful - expert

Board hires for RKH

Shopping site enters the market

£1.5m clinched by Phase Vision

MTC appoints BDO

Flight school takes off with Cable

West Mids secures £50m infrastructure boom

Oakland to double workforce after investment

Cobbetts launches HR venture

Transfer window spending plummets - Deloitte

Chamber speakers unveiled

REI grows with new appointment

Record apprentices for JLR

Alkane Energy snaps up Greenpark

Lowbridge "in talks" over £20m Derby site

Bulwell Riverside opens its doors

3AAA to get 2012 unemployed into work

East Mids in £50m infrastructure boost

Eco Plastics wraps up funding deal

Waldeck appoints new MD

Former Nottingham school site goes to market

JSJS Designs appoints director

Enterprise Inns sells 15 pubs

West Mids companies in Sunday Times table

Half-million investment for Cobra Seats

42 Under 42 awards launched

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Three Volkswagen sites sold in Mids

Turnover boost for Silentbloc

Risk assurance head appointed at PwC

Something for the weekend

Bruntwood to develop in Brum

OFT to review Toolstation deal

East Mids companies in Sunday Times table

Duckworth Square for sale

Sight and Sound Technology snaps up rival

Talking Point: Apprentice week

Victoria in plea to shareholders

£150m plans for Shrewsbury shopping centre

£425m business created with Pertemps Network Group

Nationwide to miss out after Beetham collapse

Ludgate opens third office

Wells Fargo buys Burdale

42 Under 42 awards

Tributes to Nottingham Forest owner

Smith Partnership commercial promotions

Healthcare at Home in £100m bank deal

RSM Tenon opens new Leicester base

Developer appointed for £100m Derby scheme

£8m hotel opens in Leicester

Orchard Energy to open in East Mids

St Modwen boosts profit

Staycity to make £16m Newhall Square move

Gateley advises Go Outdoors on Brum store

Dudley town centre tops vacancy rates

Browne Jacobson promotes in Birmingham after record turnover

Midlands should combine strength, says Burgess

National Grid contract extension for Morgan Sindall

Villa net new kit deal

Pinsent Masons and McGrigors confirm merger

Triumphant year at Bloor Holdings

Pressure Technologies boosted by oil rig work

Nottingham city centre tops vacancy rates

Browne Jacobson promotes in Nottingham after record turnover

ISG awarded £100m East Mids contract

Revised plans submitted for Lighthouse

OFT to review Experian's Garlik buy

Gateley in Hotbed deal

Work starts at Five Way Morrisons

HomeServe puts jobs in jeopardy

Coventry Arena Taxis expands

Midlands manufacturers network event

Worcester accountants merge

Jobs to go as RBS winds down LVM

Digby Jones calls for 'mayor of West Midlands'

Dunelm new stores boost revenue and profit

CI Logistics wins Caterpillar contracts

Wates Living Space lets Lockington Hall

Luxus swaps apprentices with Loadhog

Hammonds Furniture Group opens new showroom

Cobbetts help Whitbread extend hotel portfolio

CBRE to build on revenue growth

Jewson in yard sell-off proposal

ACE overseas sales boost

Barclays' jobs boost in Brum and Coventry

Bank funding for Rectory Care

Midven funds East Mids business

£300m plan to transform Coventry

Villa relegated from Deloitte's money league

Record year for Rolls-Royce

Jobs saved as UGO bought

Persimmon Homes to build in Kegworth

Barclays in Northampton jobs boost

Activ8 Intelligence bags funding

Further investment for University of Derby

Leicester mayor cuts ribbon at Wheatsheaf Works

Peter Cook eyeing acquisitions

Enterprise Inns starts year well with new boss

Hotel boost for Birmingham

Steel & Alloy accelerates sales

BGF in first Mids deal

Building on success at West Midlands Constructing Excellence Awards 2012

Scientific and Technical Gases exports success

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Demolition work clears path for UCB site

Brum bags skills cash

GCI Com bags £10m from BGF

Whitworth Bros pump dough into expansion

Macildowie invests £250,000 for growth

Nottingham waits on 'massive' office pipeline

Something for the weekend

Greening hails Bombardier's Derby decision

Nottingham bags skills cash

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