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Cameron 'good for region'
David Cameron's government will have a positive impact on the region, a leading property expert has claimed. Graham Cartledge of Benoy, winner of the Special Achievement Award at Insider's East Midlands Property Dinner, made the comments to about 500 fellow professionals last night.
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Deals
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Capita buys FirstAssist Services
Capita has bought FirstAssist Services for £12.5m. Barclays Private Equity sold the company, which has operations in Hinckley and Surrey and employs 360 people.
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Law sector consolidation predicted
The Midlands legal sector could see “considerable consolidation” before the end of the year as it faces a major date in the calendar. Insolvency expert Matt Hardy, of Birmingham-based Poppleton & Appleby, believes small and medium-sized law firms could be absorbed by larger and more successful rivals.
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Property
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Park owner looking to double up
Lifestyle Living Group, the owner of three caravan parks in Lincolnshire, is looking to double the size of its business over the next 12 months as it embarks on ambitious acquisition plans.
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Widdowson wins £1m contract
Widdowson has won a £1m contract with German business Omni-Pac. The Leicester company will store and distribute moulded fibre packaging to UK egg producers and fruit packers under the three-year deal.
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Desford Hall fully let
Desford Hall is now fully let, Lutterworth property management business Wells McFarlane has announced.
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Business
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Rose retires from Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce, the Derby-based power systems giant, has revealed that Sir John Rose will retire from the company at the end of March 2011.
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Plans for 'more accountable' WNDC
The government has outlined plans to make the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation (WNDC) more "locally accountable". It was one of the quangos earmarked for dissolution in a recent leaked government document.
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Intercede wins US contract
Intercede has won a major contract in the US. The Lutterworth business will supply its MyID, Identity and Credential Management System to a US manufacturing and defence systems business.
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Lavendon says goodbye to Hollywood
David Hollywood has tendered his resignation as chairman and a director of Lavendon Group. He has stepped down from the Lutterworth-headquartered company due to a high number of other business interests.
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