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Egg poached by Barclays
Barclays Bank has agreed to acquire Derby-based creditor Egg's UK credit card assets. Barclays will purchase Egg's 1.15 million UK credit card accounts, with approximately £2.3bn of gross receivables. The assets were bought from US-based lender Citigroup.
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Pension deficit to be resolved at Uniq
Shareholders of chilled convenience food group Uniq have approved a proposed restructure that aims to resolve a £400m pension deficit. Under the agreement, most of the shares of Uniq – which has sites in Lincolnshire and Northampton - in the hands of the pension trustees.
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Property
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Work starts on £30m college venture
Construction work has started on the £30m town centre campus for Dudley College. Leicester-based architectural and engineer practice Pick Everard and Birmingham contractor ISG have both begun work on site.
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Business
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Gleeds secures Mumbai development role
Construction management consultancy Gleeds has been assigned to cost manage a mixed-use scheme in India. The Nottingham-based company is to manage the first phase of The Trees, a 2.8 million sq ft development in the centre of Mumbai.
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Briggs wins £5m Travis Perkins contract
Briggs Equipment, based in Cannock, has won a £5m contract to supply almost 400 trucks to Northampton builders’ merchant Travis Perkins. The new flexible hire contract is the latest agreement between the pair.
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Gulf glory hopes for East Mids businesses
Three East Midlands businesses have said they are aiming for growth after signing contracts with Gulf countries. It follows Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to the Gulf region.
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Two in at EDF Tax
Nottingham-based EDF Tax has appointed two senior managers to its tax consultancy team. Alan Garratt and Ian Flood have joined the firm from Grant Thornton.
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EPN event to take place in Leicestershire
Encouraging enterprise and volunteering will be discussed at an enterprising places network (EPN) event in Uppingham next week. Organised by Unleashing Enterprise, the event will also focus on the importance of developing enterprise in rural communities.
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Help retail deliver growth, urges BRC
The British Retailers Consortium (BRC) has called on the Chancellor for measures that will promote a "retail-led recovery". The BRC have a released 20-point plan for George Osborne ahead of his Budget announcement on 23 March.
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