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The much-hailed 'staycation' holiday boom has failed to materialise this summer for the Coventry-based Camping and Caravanning Club, Insider has been told. Matthew Eastlake, a director at the £43m-turnover company, said that although bookings had improved on 2010 levels, numbers were "not as high as expected". READ MORE...
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Policy makers may have to make judgements about the "right level of credit in the economy" to ensure greater financial stability, the chairman of the FSA has said. Read More...
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Solihull development business Mar City has announced pre-tax losses in its interim results. Read More...
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A senior executive at Lend Lease is to co-chair the government's Green Construction Board alongside business minister Mark Prisk, it has been revealed. Read More...
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Andy Street, chairman of the Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership, has unveiled the organisation's strategy based on the elements 'business, people and place'. Read More...
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More than a fifth (21.8 per cent) of small and medium sized businesses in the West Midlands experienced a 50 per cent decline in pre-tax profits last year. That's according to research from accountancy firm Baker Tilly. Read More...
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Greater emphasis needs to be placed on the UK’s entrepreneurial culture, according to Deepak Jayaraman, executive director of corporate engagement at Goldman Sachs. Speaking at Insider’s Business of Education conference at The Point he said the “mentality sometimes gets in the way of the truth” when comparing our achievements to those of the US. Read More...
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Many Midlands companies are struggling to over the complexities surrounding next year's pension reforms, according to accountancy firm PwC. Read More...
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