Urban Coffee Company unveils UK expansion targets

Birmingham coffee shop chain Urban Coffee Company has revealed to Insider plans to open up ten outlets over the next three years. Hannah Wolsey, managing director of the company, said it would target the UK's major cities outside London as it continues to take on high street brands such as Costa Coffee and Starbucks.   READ MORE...

NWF Group swoops for Swan

Shropshire-headquartered Swan Petroleum has been acquired by agricultural and distribution business NWF Group for £2.75m.   Read More...

Wragge & Co leads £32m Canada deal

Law firm Wragge & Co has advised lenders BNP Paribas and HSBC on a $50m (£31m) cross-border deal.   Read More...

Insider's September Deal of the Month

National Express' takeover of US-based Petermann Partners has been selected as this month's top deal by Midlands Business Insider's assistant editor Sam Metcalf.   Read More...

Andrew Winterburn on the move with funding package

A Bromyard-based accountancy firm is expanding and has purchased new premises with a £200,000 European Investment Bank (EIB) loan from Lloyds TSB Commercial.   Read More...

Work to start at Solihull village centre

The North Solihull Partnership is expected to start work on its first village centre project in late 2011, parent company Sigma has revealed.   Read More...

Randstad moves into Livery Place

Property developer Highcross has let 9,000 sq ft of its Livery Place scheme in Birmingham to HR company Randstad.   Read More...

Airport pushes for APD rethink

Birmingham Airport has urged the Chancellor to abandon the 'one-size-fits-all' approach to air passenger duty (APD).   Read More...

McDonald's franchisee honoured

West Midlands businesswoman Afia Sirkhot, who runs two McDonald's restaurants in the region, has been crowned the Midland’s 2011 BFA HSBC Franchisee of the Year.   Read More...

BCC tells the MPC to be more radical

The Monetary Policy Committee must increase quantitative easing and use more radical methods, the British Chambers of Commerce has said.   Read More...

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