RPC Group closes in on £100m sales increase

RPC Group's £204m acquisition of Dutch brand Superfos has attributed to an increase in sales of nearly £100m, the company said this morning. Northamptonshire-based RPC Group, which supplies plastic packaging for brands including Nescafe, Heinz and Dulux, said operating profit had increased by a record 36 per cent in its year-end results this morning.   READ MORE...

JCB to invest £20m after sales lift

JCB's Derby plant is set to benefit after the manufacturer pledged to inject £20m in its UK plants. The investment comes after earnings soared 149 per cent in 2010.   Read More...

ASHA Healthcare grows with £3.9m funding

A Nottingham-based nursing home group has expanded with the purchase of its fourth property. ASHA Healthcare secured funding worth £3.9m from Barclays Corporate to complete the deal.   Read More...

Green agenda for Charles Lawrence Group

A Newark-based tyre recycling group is aiming to become more sustainable during its 50th anniversary year after securing a finance package from Lloyds TSB Commercial.   Read More...

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

Up to 1,300 jobs are set to be created in Leicester with the introduction of an innovation centre. Leicester City Council said it will purchase land at the city's Science Park to build the site, which will focus on supporting start-up businesses.   Read More...

Commercial property funding to rise, says PwC

More than a third (38 per cent) of lenders in the Midlands are intending to make more finance available for commercial property development in the next year, it has been claimed.   Read More...

Savills unveils auction lots

Property agent Savills has revealed several sites which will be on offer at its next auction at the end of the month. Among the lots is a Grade II-listed building just outside Nottingham city centre.   Read More...

Environcom England fined over safety hazard

Environcom England, the electrical equipment recycler, has been ordered to pay more than £23,000 after a worker was injured at its Grantham plant.   Read More...

Nine days remain for Family Business Award nominations

Family-owned or run businesses in the Midlands have nine days left to enter the 2011 Midlands Family Business Awards, of which Insider is media partner.   Read More...

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