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Coventry-based Jewson has offered to sell off branches in 22 separate local areas to remedy the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) competition concerns over its purchase of Build Center. The builders' merchant agreed to buy Build Center from Leamington Spa-based Wolseley UK last year for £145m. READ MORE...
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Rectory Care has secured bank funding for a £1.5m project to convert a 19th-century building into a residential care home, creating 35 jobs. Read More...
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Birmingham-based commercial venture fund manager Midven has invested in Nottingham-based Activ8 Intelligence from its Early Advantage Fund. Read More...
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Property consultancy CBRE, which has an office in Birmingham, has announced a 9 per cent increase in European revenue in final quarter of 2011 to $334.6m (£211.7m). Read More...
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Birmingham law firm Cobbetts has helped hotel and restaurant operator Whitbread add more than 750,000 sq ft to its Premier Inn portfolio across the UK. Read More...
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The £300m plan to redevelop Coventry city centre is set to take a step forward with the release of a detailed blueprint. Read More...
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Barclays is to create jobs in Birmingham and Coventry as part of plans to take on 1,000 new apprenticeship roles for its offices across the UK. Read More...
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Aston Villa have dropped out of Deloitte's newest Football Money League, highlighting the world's highest earning football teams, after scoring 20th position last year. Read More...
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Telford-based Advanced Chemical Etching (ACE) said it increased sales to a record £3.6m in 2011 as a result of overseas business. Read More...
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Midlands Business Insider has officially launched its 42 Under 42 awards, where we uncover the region's young raw talent, entrepreneurs and business leaders - and we need your help in finding them. Who will be running the Midlands tomorrow? Help Insider find out. Read More...
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