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Revenue boost for Source BioScience
Revenue is up 6 per cent at Nottingham-based Source BioScience. The genetic analysis business said that sales hit £13.5m in the year ending 31 December 2010. The results were boosted by the recent acquisition of imaGenes, said the company. Following a positive set of results, Source BioScience said there were now “good opportunities for future growth across all divisions”.
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Deals
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Agfa buys Litho Supplies
Sixty-four jobs have been saved at Breaston-based Litho Supplies UK. The business was bought by Belgian digital printing company Agfa. Litho Supplies was sold by corporate restructuring firm Valco Capital Partners and advised by Leamington Spa-based law firm Wright Hassall.
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Weightmans and Mace & Jones agree merger
Law firm Weightmans, which has offices in Birmingham and Leicester, has agreed terms to merge with North West firm Mace & Jones. The deal will create a firm of more than 1,000 staff with a combined fee income of £75m.
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Uniq restructuring agreed
The proposed restructuring of chilled convenience food group Uniq, which has sites in Spalding and Northampton, has been given the green light by the High Court.
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Property
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Mark Group completes university eco-project
Energy saving specialist Mark Group has completed an installation of 362 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at the University of Nottingham. The £400,000 project aims to cut energy bills in several halls of residence by about 10 per cent, said the Leicester-based business.
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Business
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Villiers calls on leaders to support £32bn rail plans
Transport minister Theresa Villiers has urged business leaders in the Midlands to make their voices heard if they want the government’s plan for a £32bn high-speed rail network to go ahead. She told Insider: “For years, governments have tried to address the north/south divide, but this is going to provide the most effective way to deal with that than anything that’s been tried over the past half century.”
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Pera set on continuing Coaching for High Growth
Pera, the Melton Mowbray-based business support organisation, has told Insider it will continue to run the Coaching for High Growth programme with the support of the East Midlands Development Agency (Emda), despite the agency’s demise early next year.
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Dawson joins Aldermore
Aldermore has expanded its East Midlands team with the appointment of Lee Dawson as regional sales manager. Dawson joins the bank’s invoice finance team from Lloyds TSB Commercial.
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Octavian revs up for Luxury Motor Show
Derby-based Octavian Security has won the contract to be the sole provider of security at this year’s Luxury Motor Show in Nottinghamshire.
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Community
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In focus: In high spirits
Attending the launch of Spirit Nottingham, Sam Metcalf observed first-hand the flourishing arts and culture businesses in Nottingham.
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Talking Point: The generation game
Annabel Prow from The Wilson Organisation considers the latest thinking on succession planning.
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