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The latest business news from across the West Midlands including Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry and Solihull. The region's biggest employers include Aston Martin, Birmingham Airport, Jaguar Land Rover, JCB, HS2, HSBC UK and NEC Group.

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New property joint venture launches
West Midlands
Nurton Developments has teamed up with industry specialist to launch new firm focusing on roadside and retail opportunities
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Aurrigo International seals £5.25m share placing raise
West Midlands
Coventry-based manufacturer or airside transport products will use capital to increase production
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West Midlands retail park sold for £27.6m
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Orbital Retail Park in Cannock has 11 stores and is expecting a new deal to replace DIY chain
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Private healthcare platform secures £402,000 in new funding
West Midlands
Birmingham-based Get Well Soon is aiming to help people compare the cost of elective surgery procedures
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Footasylum expands presence at Merry Hill
West Midlands
Fashion and shoewear brands has more than tripled its footprint at the Black Country retail hub
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£2m grant awarded to Botanical Gardens revamp
West Midlands
Julia Rausing Trust has included Birmingham tourist attraction and event destination in new round of funding
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GSF launches new national hub set to create 400 jobs
West Midlands
Car part distributor has invested heavily into the West Midlands following takeover last year
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EnterpriseBusinesses urged to back Brumwish
Annual campaign to buy toys for vulnerable children in Birmingham is back again and here is how your company can be involved
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Hortons offloads city centre units
West Midlands
Retail and office space in Wolverhampton has been acquired by London-based investor
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Amazon buys rights to Warhammer 40,000 games
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Games Workshop has said it had agreed 'creative guidelines' and reached a deal with Amazon for it to adapt the Warhammer 40,000 fictional universe into films and television series
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Property deal provides new home for fleet firm
West Midlands
Multifleet Vehicle Management is relocating from Henley-in-Arden to Solihull
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Car repair duo secure growth funding
West Midlands
Evolve strikes deal with Midlands Engine Investment Fund to support expansions plans
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Jo Malone London to open new West Midlands store
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Perfume and beauty product retailer has signed terms for a town centre unit
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Observer newspaper sale to Tortoise Media approved despite staff strike
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The boards of the Scott Trust and Guardian Media Group have given their blessing to the sale of the Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media - only days after Observer newspaper journalists went on strike over the proposed sell off
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Glencar wins brief for new Birmingham industrial units
West Midlands
Company is working with Aviva Investors on quartet of new buildings in Washwood Heath district
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Ardent relocates Birmingham team to new base
West Midlands
Development consultancy takes space at Northspring to accommodate growth plans
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Council takes over ownership of shopping centre
West Midlands
Tamworth authority now has leasehold interest in Ankerside
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Avanti West Coast achieves £1bn turnover despite ranking low on UK reliability charts
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Avanti West Coast has a turnover of £1.01bn in the 12 months to 31 March, 2024, newly-filed accounts with Companies House show
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Software firms expands presence on business park
West Midlands
Widgit takes extra space while second deal see trade counter change hands on Warwickshire estate
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Birmingham chosen to host global manufacturing conference
West Midlands
The 12th International Ceramics Congress will take place in 2028 at The Eastside Rooms in Birmingham and bring together more than 600 experts
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Enterprise

West MidlandsBlack Country move for pork pie maker after funding deal
TC Morris has also created new jobs and plans an apprenticeship programme following injection of capital
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Private healthcare platform secures £402,000 in new funding
West Midlands
Birmingham-based Get Well Soon is aiming to help people compare the cost of elective surgery procedures
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£2m grant awarded to Botanical Gardens revamp
West Midlands
Julia Rausing Trust has included Birmingham tourist attraction and event destination in new round of funding
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Car repair duo secure growth funding
West Midlands
Evolve strikes deal with Midlands Engine Investment Fund to support expansions plans
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Wain Homes appoints new managing director for Severn Valley region
Appointments
Nick Moore will be based in Bristol but will oversea the company's operations in Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and the West Midlands
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Retail & Consumer

By City AMGymshark finance chief departs as apparel giant reveals reduced profits
The company said Mat Dunn, who had been with the business since December 2022, had been 'instrumental in evolving our finance and commercial functions'
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Avanti West Coast achieves £1bn turnover despite ranking low on UK reliability charts
By City AM
Avanti West Coast has a turnover of £1.01bn in the 12 months to 31 March, 2024, newly-filed accounts with Companies House show
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Marston's profits jump 64% as pre-Christmas bookings offer hope for bumper year
By City AM
The Wolverhampton-headquartered firm said its total revenue for the year ending 28 September, 2024, increased to £898.6m, up three per cent from £872.3m the prior 12 months
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Mitchells & Butlers issues profit warning as All Bar One owner faces £100m tax hit
By City AM
The All Bar One and Toby Carvery operator has warned that a string of tax changes outlined in Labour's first Budget at the end of October will lead to a 'sharp increase in wage costs'
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Halfords faces £23m cost impact from Budget changes but maintains 2025 guidance
By City AM
In its latest interim results, the retailer said that the combined effect of policies announced in the Budget would put up costs by around £23m, of which around £9m was already fully mitigated
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Professional Services

West MidlandsPrivate healthcare platform secures £402,000 in new funding
Birmingham-based Get Well Soon is aiming to help people compare the cost of elective surgery procedures
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£2m grant awarded to Botanical Gardens revamp
West Midlands
Julia Rausing Trust has included Birmingham tourist attraction and event destination in new round of funding
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Law firm to move Solihull team
West Midlands
Davisons Law says larger new home will enable it to accommodate recruitment plans
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New regional lead for law firm Irwin Mitchell
West Midlands
Laura Daly has started a three-year tenure with a focus on business development
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One of Britain's biggest building societies to take over Co-op Bank
By City AM
The takeover is expected to be completed on January 1, 2025, with Co-op Bank returning to mutual ownership as a subsidiary of Coventry. The lenders will retain their own banking licences.
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Tech

West MidlandsPrivate healthcare platform secures £402,000 in new funding
Birmingham-based Get Well Soon is aiming to help people compare the cost of elective surgery procedures
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Birmingham tech entrepreneur launches new legal venture
West Midlands
Nick Holzherr says he hopes GitLaw will enable start-up and growing businesses to access legal documents free of charge
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Fresh funding boost for West Midlands creative tech firms
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Initiative is bringing together the RSC with local universities and industry to enable firms to connect with the region's arts sector
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Coding school to create new edtech jobs in Birmingham
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School of Coding & AI is expanding its operations by taking new base in the city centre
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Fintech firm secures £1.35m prize at pitching competition
West Midlands
Inicio AI was chosen ahead of 140 other applicants to take home the reward at the One to Win event
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Commercial Property

West MidlandsWest Midlands retail park sold for £27.6m
Orbital Retail Park in Cannock has 11 stores and is expecting a new deal to replace DIY chain
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New property joint venture launches
West Midlands
Nurton Developments has teamed up with industry specialist to launch new firm focusing on roadside and retail opportunities
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Footasylum expands presence at Merry Hill
West Midlands
Fashion and shoewear brands has more than tripled its footprint at the Black Country retail hub
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Hortons offloads city centre units
West Midlands
Retail and office space in Wolverhampton has been acquired by London-based investor
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£2m grant awarded to Botanical Gardens revamp
West Midlands
Julia Rausing Trust has included Birmingham tourist attraction and event destination in new round of funding
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Manufacturing

West MidlandsAurrigo International seals £5.25m share placing raise
Coventry-based manufacturer or airside transport products will use capital to increase production
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Black Country move for pork pie maker after funding deal
West Midlands
TC Morris has also created new jobs and plans an apprenticeship programme following injection of capital
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15 stunning pictures of Jaguar's new electric vehicle as Type 00 is launched in Miami
Jaguar Land Rover
Carmaker says new design concept 'embodies the essence of Exuberant Modernism'
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Birmingham chosen to host global manufacturing conference
West Midlands
The 12th International Ceramics Congress will take place in 2028 at The Eastside Rooms in Birmingham and bring together more than 600 experts
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Jaguar shares first look at new Type 00 electric car following 'Copy nothing' rebrand backlash
David Bowie
New vehicle available in Miami Pink and London Blue
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Economic Development

TransportBristol, Birmingham and London City Airport up for sale
It is understood the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is looking to offload its stake in the transport hubs
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New funding backs West Midlands innovators and inventors
West Midlands
Combined authority has secured a fresh round of funding to support brace of business support programmes
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BBC's West Midlands investment 'to bring £282m' to the region
West Midlands
New report outlines potential impact of corporation's investment into the West Midlands
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Black Country Metro extension to Merry Hill set to start in New Year
West Midlands
Scheme will extend the West Midlands Metro line from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill
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Mell Square 'urban village' plans latest as residents urged to share views
Solihull Council
Multi-million pound scheme to transform the shopping centre has progressed this year
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Opinion

The BudgetBudget 2021: Rishi Sunak's statement 'most important' day in history of hospitality sector
Alex Reilley is co-founder and chairman of Loungers PLC, a listed bar-café business with 170 venues located across the UK
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OPINION: Rishi Sunak and Covid-19 amid the UK tax system's best-kept secret
West Midlands
Dains LLP, a regional firm of chartered accountants based in Derby, believes Chancellor Rishi Sunak will have a difficult job ahead of him managing the UK's tax strategy during the pandemic in 2021
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Has lockdown changed your work and will you ever return to the office?
Opinion
We want to know if you love working from home, have you saved money and do you feel Covid-secure on the commute
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Opinion: What next for post-Covid manufacturing in its Midlands heartland?
Engineering
“For centuries the Midlands has been at the heart of manufacturing in the UK.
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Five predictions for Britain's high streets in 2020
Retail & High Street
Rick Smith, managing director of business rescue and recovery consultancy Forbes Burton, shares his predictions
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