23 May 2013
Leading automotive PR consultancy Prova has been awarded the public relations account for Alphera, the financial services organisation for multi-make vehicle dealerships in the UK. Prova, which has clients across the automotive manufacture, fleet management, vehicle remarketing and automotive classifieds sectors, will be driving a corporate campaign for Alphera to position its key personnel as [...]
Posted in PR, Warwickshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
WAE+, one of the fastest growing online retailers, is targeting SMEs (small-to-medium sized businesses) with its new business account team.
Posted in Retail, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
The second estimate of the GDP figures which grew by only 0.3 per cent over the last three months would be boosted by major infrastructure projects, such as HS2, say West Midland business leaders.
Posted in Business Services, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A £6million trade park development in Leamington has reached a major landmark.
Posted in Building and Construction, Warwickshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A Hinckley automotive company is driving forward after expanding with the opening of new premises thanks to a six-figure funding package from Yorkshire Bank.
Posted in Automotive, Banking and Finance, Leicestershire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Over 1000 employees from across the West Midlands swapped their usual job at work for a day giving something back to their local community and schools recently.
Posted in Business Services, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Clean Slate, one of the region’s largest independent commercial cleaning companies, has reported a 18% rise in turnover from £1.36 million to £1.6 million. The bumper start to the 2013 has seen Clean Slate secure thirteen new contracts with an annual worth of more than £340,000. And with even more new contracts in the pipeline, [...]
Posted in Business Services, East Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A unique Shropshire online company, which aims to inspire people to learn new crafts and hobbies while showcasing beautiful products for the home, is celebrating its first anniversary.
Posted in Retail, Shropshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A successful Telford hairdressing business has expanded with the launch of the beauty side of the company.
Posted in Retail, Shropshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Harborne Academy is celebrating the topping out of its brand new £12million building.
Posted in Building and Construction, Education, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A Shropshire financial planning firm is celebrating after recording its best ever trading figures – and all during some of the toughest economic times the UK has ever faced.
Posted in Financial, Shropshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Mondeléz International volunteers from the home of Cadbury in Bournville recently helped rejuvenate a garden for pupils at Broadmeadow Junior School in Kings Norton.
Posted in Manufacturing, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
This year RAF Cosford celebrates its 75th Anniversary and the annual Air Show aims to provide one of the greatest family orientated summer days out in the West Midlands
Posted in Leisure, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Derby-based insurance brokers and risk management specialists, Franklands, has become the first insurance broker in Derby and Nottingham whose entire commercial team is fully qualified to industry standards.
Posted in Business Services, Derbyshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
The delightful Georgian Grade II listed Hodgkinson’s Hotel & Restaurant in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, has been sold by the specialist property adviser Christie + Co. Matlock Bath is a former spa town set in the stunning Derwent Valley and is a hotspot for tourists all year round. It is located just one mile from the [...]
Posted in Derbyshire Business News, Hospitality0 Comments
23 May 2013
Derwent Living’s smartphone app, which allows customers easier access to the housing provider’s services, has hit the 1000 downloads milestone.
Posted in Derbyshire Business News, Household Works and Services0 Comments
23 May 2013
A former star of BBC’s The Apprentice is set to bring her successful women’s leadership academy to Cannock to help inspire local businesswomen.
Posted in Business Services, Staffordshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
The Team GB ball hockey team will support the name of a Coventry business on its kit as it takes part in the Ball Hockey World Championships this June.
Posted in Business Services, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
One of the UK's longest established construction forums; the Forum for the Built Environment (fbe) has announced the appointment of Howard Gadd as National Chairman.
Posted in Building and Construction, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A Trade Finance Company is to showcase its solutions and services to companies, at Finance Expo. The Commercial Finance Expo is the only show in the UK dedicated to the business finance community, which is being hosted at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on 26th June 2013. Legion Trade Finance is committed to serving [...]
Posted in Financial, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
The first charity ever supported by West Midlands-based employment and training specialists Pertemps People Development Group was Race for Life when a team of ladies from its Erdington
Posted in Recruitment, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A former newspaper executive who specialises in working with the business community has joined the team at Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, based in Telford.
Posted in Business Services, Shropshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Award-winning restaurant, Henry Wong in Harborne, has marked the fifth anniversary of the restaurant’s new-look with a special VIP event.
Posted in Restaurants, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
One year after being unveiled in Birmingham’s Gay Village, the Rhinestone Rhino is celebrating its first milestone in the city’s Southside district by launching a merchandise store.
Posted in Retail, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A Coventry office complex has changed hands in a £2.2 million deal.
Posted in Legal, Warwickshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Small and medium sized businesses from across the West Midlands are attending an exclusive event, held at the Warwick Arts Centre, part of the University of Warwick, on 23 May to celebrate and promote exceptional business growth across the region. The Santander Breakthrough Live event will give local entrepreneurs the opportunity to hear from successful [...]
Posted in Banking and Finance, Business Services, Warwickshire Business News, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A Shropshire IT firm has expanded its team by taking on a new apprentice who decided it was time for a career change.
Posted in IT, Telecommunications and Web, Shropshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
An American-themed sports bar chain which was first launched in Staffordshire by a top former amateur boxer has just opened another venue to add to its growing franchise portfolio.
Posted in Hospitality, Leisure, Staffordshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
A Government planning move to allow the change of use of offices to residential accommodation is set to benefit North Worcestershire and Warwickshire, according to John Truslove director Ben Truslove.
Posted in Commercial Property, Warwickshire Business News, Worcestershire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Staff at Shropshire’s largest independent furniture retailer are proving they have what it takes when it comes to helping others in need across the world.
Posted in Retail, Shropshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
People in the Midlands would most like a change in fit out of offices space, according to survey What Workers Want by YouGov, as commissioned by Savills and BCO. The research reports on views of 1,168 office workers across the UK located in offices. Whilst it reveals location is of key importance to workers with [...]
Posted in Commercial Property, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Homebuyers are being urged not miss out on the last chance to buy at Barratt Homes’ Churchill Park development, on Scotia Road in Stoke-on-Trent, as there are only 12 houses left available.
Posted in Building and Construction, Residential Property, Staffordshire Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation is investing in a new state-of-the-art Apprentice & Skills Training Centre in the West Midlands that will set the standard for world class manufacturing education. The bespoke training facility at Nexus Point, Witton, in Birmingham will replace EEF’s current centre at Tyseley. The investment is designed to ensure that companies are [...]
Posted in Manufacturing, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Fred Shaylor, founder and Chairman of Shaylor Group plc, passed away at his home in Little Aston on Saturday 18th May 2013, after losing his fight with cancer.
Posted in Building and Construction, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Cogent Elliott has joined forces with celebrity gardening expert, David Domoney and exercise & health scientist, Dr Julie Alexander-Cooper to launch a national summer campaign for Hozelock, the UK’s leading supplier of gardening products.
Posted in Advertising and Marketing, PR, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
23 May 2013
Birmingham-based national lifting equipment specialist Lloyds British Testing is set to save almost £1/4m a year with a complete overhaul of its fleet of over 90 commercial vehicles operated through a network of 11 centres nationwide.
Posted in Automotive, Staffordshire Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
After an exciting, eventful year, the Invest in Nottingham Club has appointed five, new board members to push the city to the forefront of inward investment.
Posted in Business Services, Nottinghamshire Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
A state-of-the-art eye hospital and dental practice has selected one of Leamington Spa’s most ‘visible’ retail sites as the base for its brand new operation.
Posted in Commercial Property, Retail, Warwickshire Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
The West Midlands Contractor Framework (WMCF) has been nominated in the prestigious Celebrating Construction 2013 awards, which will be held on June 7th in Birmingham. Shortlisted in the Integration and Collaborative Working category, the WMCF was nominated for its impressive work to involve local communities – and businesses – in the framework’s construction projects across [...]
Posted in Public Sector, Worcestershire Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
Peak District businesses are the cream of the crop when it comes to eco-tourism – for two of the area’s accommodation providers have scooped top awards for their commitment to the environment in a prestigious national competition.
Posted in Derbyshire Business News, Tourism0 Comments
22 May 2013
Shrewsbury-based Morris Lubricants have recently purchased their 100th vehicle from Greenhous DAF. Both companies have been working together for over 70 years and the recent investment cements the on-going relationship between the two.
Posted in Automotive, Shropshire Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
Lincoln BIG is preparing to unveil a new scheme which aims to reduce shop-related crime and unwanted behaviour in the city. “Shopwatch”, which is being launched on Friday (May 24), is an exclusion scheme, which has been devised by Lincoln BIG in partnership with its Security Group members, Lincolnshire Police and the City of Lincoln [...]
Posted in Lincolnshire Business News, Retail0 Comments
22 May 2013
Celebrity chef and Yorkshire Bank ambassador Brian Turner is preparing to put a group of Birmingham business owners through their paces at a cookery challenge. Twelve customers of Yorkshire Bank’s Business and Private Banking Centre in Birmingham will be counting their red tomatoes or green peppers in the cook-off at The Orange Kitchen Cookery School [...]
Posted in Banking and Finance, Food, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
Darren Boocock, Birmingham-based partner at the business advisory firm Deloitte, has managed the sale of Giles Foods Limited, a leading speciality bread and pastry manufacturer, to Warburtons
Posted in Business Services, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
A new initiative which is helping to get young Worcestershire people into jobs has proved to be a success.
Posted in Recruitment, Worcestershire Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
IM Properties has shown a major sign of confidence in the economic recovery by becoming the UK’s first developer in five years to speculatively build large scale industrial warehousing.
Posted in Commercial Property, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
A planning consultancy specialising in natural resources has relocated to sustainable offices in Normanton-on-Soar in a deal overseen by Mather Jamie.
Posted in Chartered Surveyors, Leicestershire Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
A project management and consultancy team that was started from scratch in Birmingham from five years ago is continuing to beat the economic slump by expanding.
Posted in Commercial Property, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
Interior architects Monteith Scott is working with The School of The Arts at The University of Northampton to create a captivating space for its students and visitors.
Posted in Building and Construction, West Midlands Business News0 Comments
22 May 2013
Holidaymakers could find themselves hundreds of pounds out of pocket – even if they have travel insurance cover in place.
Posted in Business Services, Shropshire Business News0 Comments
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