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Convenience store retailer Rippleglen plans to further reduce branch numbers this year by shifting its focus away from tobacco retailing. In accounts for the £100m-turnover Birmingham business, it revealed plans to split into three trading divisions following a management buyout last year. READ MORE...
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Law firms Cobbetts and DWF have officially confirmed that "preliminary discussions" have taken place over a possible merger. Read More...
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Manufacturer Customark, which has a large operation in Wiltshire, has received £200,000 from peer-to-peer lender ThinCats.com to fund an acquisition. Read More...
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Corporate financer Mike Reeves has been appointed to the international board of directors to exclusive mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory organisation IMAP. Read More...
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Tesco will open an 80,000 sq ft store at the £50m Hednesford Gateway town centre development in Staffordshire. Read More...
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The UK arm of European gas control company Karl Dungs has doubled the size of its Nuneaton warehouse after the branch had its "best ever year". Read More...
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Stoke-on-Trent pottery and tableware business Portmeirion expects to report record revenues as sales in its three largest markets increased in 2011. Read More...
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The government is not acting quickly enough to stop unemployment, according to business leaders in the West Midlands. It comes as the latest jobless figures in the region increased by 9,000 in the three months to November. Read More...
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"The most radical reform to the employment law system for decades" - that's how business secretary Vince Cable has described legislative changes planned by the government. But how badly has your business been tangled up in HR red tape? Read More...
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The Midlands Family Business Awards has raised more than £4,000 for two charities supporting young enterprise and young people. Insider is media partner of the initiative to recognise family businesses and their leaders. Read More...
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