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• CSC plans development in Nottingham 23rd Feb, 2012

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  Capital Shopping Centres (CSC) has reported revenue of more than £500m in its latest results - £300,000 of which came from Nottingham's Broadmarsh Centre. The group,...
• Record volumes for Paterson despite 'choppy waters' 23rd Feb, 2012

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  Turnover rose by 20 per cent and edged closer to £50m at Shrewsbury-based Paterson Enterprises thanks to record volumes in its lubricant business. That's despite having...
• Redrow builds 80 per cent profits rise 23rd Feb, 2012

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  Wolverhampton Wanderers owner Steve Morgan, the chairman of housebuilder Redrow, said he was optimistic about the Flintshire company's prospects as it unveiled an 80 per cent...
• Notts venues boosted by Light Night trade 22nd Feb, 2012

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  More than 30,000 visitors attended Nottingham's Light Night Festival earlier this month, according to organiser We Are Nottingham.
• Big name tenants sign up to Highcross 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Retailers including Pizza Express and Midlands Business Insider's...
• Tyseley sold in pre-pack administration 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Tyseley Electrical has been sold in a pre-pack deal after entering administration, saving all six jobs at the business.
• Flogas snaps up UFW 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Syston-based Flogas has acquired Blaby energy company UFW for an undisclosed sum.
• CBRE and GVA advise Deb Group on £12m sale and leaseback 22nd Feb, 2012

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  The Birmingham offices of commercial property companies CBRE and...
• Deb Group in £12m sale and leaseback 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Deb Group has sold its 154,000 sq ft research and production facility at Denby Hall Business Park for £12m to David Samuel Properties.
• SCMC invests £2.4m in properties 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Sutton Coldfield Municipal Charities (SCMC) has acquired the freehold interest in two Worcestershire properties for £2.4m.
• 'Good year' for Travis Perkins 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Builders' merchant Travis Perkins has increased pre-tax profit by almost 40 per cent to £269.6m as it boosted its market share despite a "depressed" construction market.
• G4S to build and run Lincolnshire police station 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Private security company G4S has signed an agreement worth £200m to design, build and run a police station in Lincolnshire. The ten-year contract is the first of its kind...
• New customers boost Avingtrans 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Avingtrans has improved revenue by 20 per cent, boosted by a number of "important new customers".
• Barratt back in black 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Coalville-based Barratt Developments has returned to profit as average selling prices increased and after it acquired "high margin land".
• A&J Mucklow plans to regenerate 20-acre Birmingham site 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Halesowen-based A&J Mucklow has plans for a mixed-used development at a 20-acre site in Birmingham, which it claimed would create more than 1,000 jobs.
• New leader of Growth 100 22nd Feb, 2012

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  There's a new company at the top of the Insider Growth 100 – our annual list of the hundred fastest growing businesses in the Midlands. The top ten is made up...
• G4S to run Lincolnshire police station 22nd Feb, 2012

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  Private security company G4S, which operates Birmingham Prison, has signed an agreement worth £200m to design, build and run a police station in Lincolnshire.
• Ascott Transport takes up Hilton Business Park warehouse 21st Feb, 2012

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  Ascott Transport has let a 75,000 sq ft warehouse at Hilton Business Park in Derbyshire, leaving just one unit remaining at the 700,000 sq ft park.
• Ivygrove snaps up Derby industrial site 21st Feb, 2012

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  Ivygrove Developments has bought a derelict eight-acre site in Derby and has plans to construct 12 industrial buildings on it.
• 99p Stores expansion continues 21st Feb, 2012

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  The expansion of Northampton-based budget retailer 99p Stores is set to continue with three new store openings.