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Success in the mortgage market has led to record profits and increased turnover at Coventry Building Society. In the first half of 2011 its net mortgage lending was £846m – which it said is 25 per cent of the UK's total mortgage lending. READ MORE...
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Willenhall-headquartered manufacturer BE Wedge Holdings has secured £11.5m of funding from Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets to grow its stake in German business Siegener Verzinkerei. Read More...
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Cadbury owner Kraft has announced plans to demerge into two independent businesses. Read More...
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Clarke Willmott has sold its wealth management group to Brooks Macdonald Asset Management – a subsidiary of Brooks Macdonald Group – for up to £6m. Read More...
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Droitwich-headquartered Atchison Topeka has been bought by Liverpool-based Bibby Distribution for an undisclosed sum. Read More...
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Lloyds Banking Group has revealed it is on track to deliver its full year contribution to the Project Merlin lending agreement and said it has already lent £6.7bn to small businesses. Read More...
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Alcester-based EIC has won a £2m contract for the revamp of Olympic sporting facilities in Birmingham. Read More...
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Plans have been submitted to revamp 55 Colmore Row to make it the "premier business address in Birmingham city centre". Read More...
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Derwent Living has awarded a one-year maintenance and repair service contract to Tamworth-headquartered Lovell Partnerships. Read More...
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West Midlands business leaders have welcomed the Bank of England's decision to leave interest rates unchanged. Read More...
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Law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has revealed it is on the verge of opening in Australia as it finalises talks with partners from Minter Ellison Perth. Read More...
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