Midlands Business News

In an exciting strategic development to help maximise value for business owners, Cooper Parry Corporate Finance has joined Global M&A, one of the World’s leading independent Mergers and Acquisitions advisory firms.

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Corporate finance and banking lawyers at Browne Jacobson have strong hopes for the Midlands deal-making scene in 2013 after the firm ended 2012 with a spate of high profile transactions. In 2012 the firm completed over 100 deals worth in excess of £750m. Chief amongst the deals included acting for General Healthcare Group and management [...]

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French Aures Technologies has acquired UK-based J2 Systems Technology for an undisclosed sum, in a deal advised on by the TMT team of Clearwater Corporate Finance, which has an office in Birmingham and Nottingham.

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Leading Midlands corporate finance advisors Springboard are pleased to announce the successful completion of another deal having advised the shareholders of Wiltshire Medical Services Limited (WMS) on its acquisition of Telehealth Solutions Limited (THSL), together with raising substantial investment from Moonray Healthcare, to create a new breed of telehealthcare provider. WMS, a primary care services [...]

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IMAP, the global partnership of leading M&A and corporate finance firms of which Birmingham-based Clearwater Corporate Finance is the UK partner, has consolidated its position as the world’s leading advisory network for mid-market deals in the latest Thomson Reuters rankings.

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A business advisory and legal firm have advised on the sale of one of the UK’s oldest manufacturers of English fine bone china to leading ceramics manufacturer Steelite International plc. Cooper Parry Corporate Finance and Flint Bishop LLP advised the shareholders of Royal Crown Derby, based at Osmaston Road, Derby on its sale to Stoke-on-Trent [...]

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Midlands headquartered global chemicals and surface coatings specialist Norman Hay plc has acquired SIFCO-Applied Surface Concepts (SIFCO-ASC), a subsidiary of US giant SIFCO Industries, in a deal advised on by the chemicals team of Clearwater Corporate Finance. SIFCO-ASC, which is based in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the world’s largest manufacturer and suppliers of process [...]

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Clearwater Corporate Finance, the Birmingham-based corporate finance house, is on target for its most successful year with total deal values set to exceed £1billion in 2013.

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GB Group plc, the leading Identity Management business that provides services in both the UK and internationally, has announced the acquisition of tmg.tv Limited (TMG CRB).

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Lutterworth-based independent corporate finance brokerage Embark Finance has joined a growing band of businesses pledging their financial support of the East Midlands’ only hospice for children and young people, Rainbows.

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The Midlands corporate finance team of RSM Tenon is celebrating its high ranking in the year to date 2012 league table of corporate finance transactions across the UK. The accountancy and professional service firm was ranked second place corporate finance adviser in terms of deal volumes, for both the Midlands region and nationally in the [...]

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FF&P Private Equity, the private equity business of Fleming Family & Partners, has backed the management buyout of specialist property services company David Phillips. The Birmingham office of Clearwater Corporate Finance advised shareholders on the deal. David Phillips provides furniture to the UK’s professional residential property market and has sites in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. [...]

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Leading Midlands Corporate Finance Advisor Springboard is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Seabrook as Chairman.

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Leading mid-market corporate finance advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance, which has an office in Birmingham has launched a specialist real estate team in response to the dramatic correction of asset-backed businesses’ capital structures over the last few years. The team will be led by partner Marcus Archer and will advise on fundraising, mergers and acquisitions, [...]

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Clearwater Corporate Finance has announced its move to a bigger and brighter office space in the heart of Nottingham after enjoying its most successful year to date.

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A property development company in Cradley Heath is increasing its sustainability credentials after investing in renewable energy sources using part of a £2.3 million loan from Lloyds TSB Commercial. Established in 2002, Stewardson Developments has a portfolio of 125 commercial and residential buildings that it has refurbished and successfully let to clients across the West [...]

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The deal is the sixth transaction to be completed by LDC Midlands’ team using capital from LDC’s £200million Manufacturing and Specialist Engineering commitment.

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Six Degrees Group, whose technical HQ is based in the West Midlands today announces it has raised £8 million in new funding from Penta Capital and that it has completed the acquisition of Cloud Computing Centre (CCC), a Surrey-based managed cloud hosting expert established in 1999. CCC focuses on the cloud market and brings over [...]

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A sustained period of success, which has seen their investments out-perform the stock market despite the turbulent economic conditions, has enabled BRB Wealth Management to create three new apprenticeships. Over the past five years, the value of the Stoke-on-Trent firm’s Moderate Portfolio has risen by 23%, compared to the FTSE 100 Index, which has grown [...]

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Deloitte partner cautions Midlands businesses against blanket assumptions that capital markets are closed as AIM listings hold firm despite economic woes.

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Leading mid-market advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance has continued its support of young talent in the Midlands by launching its internship programme for the second year running. The firm has announced that it will be recruiting undergraduates to its London, Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham offices. The year-long paid placements commencing in July each year are [...]

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Leading Midlands corporate finance advisors Springboard are pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Ward as a Partner. Ward is a well known figure in the corporate finance market across the Midlands through his time with PwC; Catalyst, RBS; ISIS and most recently leading the Birmingham based office of SME focussed venture capitalist EV Group. [...]

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Three Counties law firm Harrison Clark has launched Eagle HR, a sister company which will aim to help businesses fly high by providing guidance and support around human resource issues.

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Thousands of out-of-work job hunters fail interviews before they even sit down, according to a leading Midlands HR expert.

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When Kelly Mansell founded ABC Human Resources Consultancy in January 2007 her aim was to achieve a better work/life balance. Following a career as an HR Team leader with House of Fraser and HR manager for Alcontrol, a nationwide food testing laboratory service, she needed the time and space to bring up her children without losing her professional edge.

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A leadership book written by the founder of a Birmingham human resources consultancy which ploughs all of its profits into charities to conserve wildlife in Africa has been launched in the United States. The book is aimed at helping managers and leaders get the most out of their people.

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Shropshire employers are being encouraged to adopt a flexible and fair approach to help employees balance work and family commitments during the upcoming school holidays.

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A Worcester based ‘people’ consultancy, Williams, has undergone a total brand review and unveiled its logo, strap-line and website to reflect a new range of services it can offer to clients.

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A local HR consultancy is reminding Shropshire employers to put plans firmly in place to deal with an upcoming crackdown on corporate hospitality.

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Midlands-based employee benefits provider, BHSF, will be adding to the £21,500 its teams have raised for Birmingham’s St Basils when they take to the road again on June 25.

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There’s a change in format planned for the next meeting of HR Exchange, Derby’s only dedicated HR networking group.

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The Human Resources division of Nottingham based PBS UK Ltd, has reported that it is logging a steady rise in the need for online business support. Its website features a specialist HR document shop where up-to-date policies and guidelines can be downloaded.

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The founder of a Birmingham human resources consultancy which ploughs all of its profits into charities to conserve wildlife in Africa has launched a book to help managers and leaders get the most out of their people.

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To be made redundant in your 60s might signal early retirement for many – but not for one businessman.

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Kidderminster-based Roots HR (Human Resources) is celebrating this week, having beaten off stiff national competition to achieve preferred supplier status for the Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support (GMVSS) Market Place.

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Nottingham based, PBS UK Ltd (Payroll Bureau Services), has launched a new service division. The company which has continued to expand through the recession has now established a full Human Resources Training operation …. and local businesses have already signed up for the service.

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A local HR consultancy is reminding employers that pay rises aren’t the only way to reward employees’ efforts and contribution to their business.

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Kidderminster businesswoman, Jan Golding of Roots HR Community Interest Company, is celebrating success after being shortlisted for her second award in two weeks. Already nominated for Start-Up of the Year at the Social Enterprise Awards, the company has just been shortlisted for Social Enterprise Mark Holder of the Year.

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Kidderminster-based businesswoman, Jan Golding of Roots HR Community Interest Company, has been nominated for the Social Enterprise Awards. Organised by the Social Enterprise Coalition, the UK’s national body for social enterprise, the human resources and people management company has been shortlisted as Start-Up of the Year in the England heat.

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Employees may naturally assume that they have the right to take April 29th as an extra day off, but this all depends on their contract of employment, warns Donna Fairbrass, HR specialist at Spirit HR.

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A Shropshire-based human resources consultancy is reminding local businesses about the importance of having robust staff IT policies in place.

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A local HR consultancy is warning businesses across the region to issue clear reminders to staff of the potential consequences of unprofessional conduct as the Christmas party season gets underway.

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To mark Social Enterprise Day 2010 on Thursday 18th November, Roots Human Resources CIC is offering a one-year retained human resources consultancy service of up to two hours per month FREE OF CHARGE for two social enterprises working towards sustainability.

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Redundancies may be unavoidable in this economic climate, but third sector employers now have an affordable way to support displaced employees as they move on. Human resources services provider Roots HR CIC has launched ‘ADAPT’, a range of services tailored to suit the third sector, that helps employers, redundant employees and ‘survivors’ left in an organisation to cope with the necessary changes.

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A local HR consultancy is celebrating real success thanks to the exciting expansion of both their team and their service offer, plus the confirmation of a number of new clients.

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PBS (UK) Ltd, a Nottingham-based company specialising in UK and International Payroll, BACS and HR services have completed a move to their new premises this week.

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As the World Cup kicks off and football fever grips the country, businesses across the region are set to experience increased numbers of employee absence as they dedicate themselves to watching England’s attempt to win the contest for the first time since 1966.

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