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Royal wedding bonanza for Mask-arade
A Warwickshire mask manufacturer rejected by investors on Dragons' Den has cashed in on the royal wedding with its 'Kate and Wills' range. Ray Duffy, co-founder of Mask-arade, told Insider it expected sales of the cardboard masks to top 200,000 by Friday. Duffy said: "The response has been phenomenal. We've tripled our staff numbers and have signed a lease on an additional warehouse to help with the growth we're experiencing."
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Deals
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Whittles drinks to Oddbins purchase
Whittles Wine Merchants, based in Solihull, has snapped up half of the failed Oddbins chain. Whittles has rescued 37 of the retailer's stores after it went into administration last month, saving about 200 jobs.
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Property
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RGF snub leaves railway station project off-track
The developer behind the development of Kenilworth Railway Station has withdrawn from the scheme. Warwickshire County Council and developer John Laing said they had "reviewed their relationship" regarding the project after failing to secure funding through the government's Regional Growth Fund (RGF).
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£5.75m university scheme completed
Work has been completed on a £5.75m project to refurbish two buildings at the University of Birmingham. The refurbishment was carried out by Nottingham-based Clegg Construction.
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DTZ cleans up warehouse deal
Midland Cleaning Supplies has signed a lease on a unit in Gravelly Industrial Park in Birmingham. The cleaning company has taken a unit on the 80-acre park in a deal brokered by the Birmingham office of property agent DTZ.
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Business
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Confidence rises in manufacturers, says survey
Manufacturing companies in Coventry and Warwickshire are more buoyant after the first quarter of 2011 than those in the service sector. That's according to the results of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce's first quarterly economic survey (QES) of the year.
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Big-name companies 'most attractive' to employees
Fears over job security in the Midlands means that more employees want to work for big-name organisations, according to a new industry survey.
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Businesses told to allow time off for royal wedding
Companies are being urged to give their employees a holiday for Friday's royal wedding. The TUC has also called on the government to change the law so that everyone can enjoy the Queen's diamond jubilee bank holiday next year.
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Manufacturing recovery will drive job creation, says PwC
The revival demonstrated by manufacturers is evidence that the sector is "best placed to provide a platform for the economic recovery". That's the view of David Martin, manufacturing sector expert at PwC in the Midlands. His comments come as the latest industrial trends survey is released.
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