Midlands Business News

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.

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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 [...]

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Irresistible Materials (IM), a UK materials technology company spun-out from the University of Birmingham,is pleased to announce £290,000 of further support from its investing shareholder Mercia Fund Management and new business angels from the US and UK, coupled with the appointment of Stuart McIntosh as its new Chairman. Stuart has 40 years experience of the [...]

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A Shropshire firm of financial advisers is celebrating after seeing a member of its team secure a prestigious industry accolade.

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In the wake of the government extending the ‘Funding for Lending’ scheme until January 2014 and ongoing mixed views on the Business Bank

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A local firm of financial advisers is urging local residents of the importance of putting appropriate safeguards in place, to protect their income if a long-term injury or sickness should keep them from working.

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LaSer UK, the Solihull-headquartered consumer finance specialist is delighted to be partnering with Birmingham’s biggest further education college to create the UK’s first ever Professional Services Academy for 16-19 year olds.

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Positive Cashflow Finance (“Positive”) has secured a £22million funding line from RBS Invoice Finance (“RBSIF”) and NatWest in a deal that gives the directors a majority shareholding in the business they founded five and a half years ago.

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Loughborough-based Santorini Financial Planning have become one of just 10 firms to be recognised with the BS8577 business standard.

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A dearth of debt to support transactions hit the values being paid for private equity deals hard in the first three months of 2013, according to BDO’s latest Private Company Price Index/Private Equity Price Index (PCPI/PEPI). The index, which compares the EV/EBITDA ratios being paid on the sale of private companies to trade (PCPI) and [...]

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Independent private equity house Key Capital Partners has promoted Richard Thomas to investment director in its Birmingham office.

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Venture capital fund manager Mercia Fund Management (MFM) has participated in an equity raise of more than £900,000 for Ventive Ltd. MFM joined an angel funding round which was also supported by the Angel Co-fund.

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Specialist logistics recruitment company Templine Employment Agency Limited, which is backed by private equity house Key Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of A&A Recruitment Limited. Ashby-de-la-Zouch-based A&A Recruitment is a well-established agency with 27 years’ experience, a reputation for high service levels and a significant profile in the area’s industrial andcommercial markets. This is [...]

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Birmingham-based Positive Cashflow Finance has marked its fifth anniversary with an impressive £652,000 profit for 2012, on a turnover of £3.6 million. The company, which enables businesses to manage their cashflow by advancing funding on invoices, completed 78 deals over the year, advancing around £14million to its clients. Positive provide funding facilities from £10,000 to [...]

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A West Midlands-based financial planner has become the youngest ever Personal Finance Society (PFS) chartered champion.

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Leading pensions and wealth management provider, Mattioli Woods plc, is calling upon Leicestershire and Rutland business leaders to support the Mattioli Woods Executive Quest in aid of LOROS and PROSTaid.

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Bromsgrove based credit management and debt collection specialist Controlaccount Plc has launched a brand new website to match its enhanced identity.

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The launch of a new Midlands based financial support company will provide companies with the key to unlocking business potential at a time when access to finance continues to be limited by poor economic growth.

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Wind farms could potentially be a pension goldmine for farmers and landowners across Shropshire. But the controversial schemes need to scale many hurdles before they get the go-ahead, not least securing planning permission from local authorities. Now though, Robin Melley, a chartered financial planner from Matrix Capital, near Bridgnorth, says they could bring in a [...]

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Following the announcement this week that a leading lender has launched a scheme that pays 100% of stamp duty for first time buyers, Shropshire-based Carl Summers Financial Services is welcoming the news as a positive step for the region’s housing market. Carl Summers, Practice Principle, commented: “This new mortgage scheme provides a fantastic opportunity for [...]

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Brewin Dolphin, one of the UK’s largest independently-owned private client wealth managers, has appointed David Bellamy

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Leading mid-market advisory firm Clearwater Corporate Finance continues to invest in talent in the Midlands with the promotion of Sebastian Saywood to director.

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A Shropshire finance expert says there is joy to be found in the housing market, despite challenging conditions.

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Derby-based Oviso Financial Services is celebrating after being named ‘Protection Independent Financial Adviser of the Year’ for the second consecutive year.

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The current economic climate is undoubtedly having a negative effect on consumer behaviour.

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Crystal Mortgages’ first quarter figures have eclipsed those from the same period last year, with the company also reporting the most completions in a month since the start of the recession.

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Finance Birmingham, the funding arm of Birmingham City Council, has appointed five new members of staff over the last two months

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Thousands of people are losing track of potential pension funds due to the trend towards switching jobs regularly. A new poll shows almost a quarter of all adults have lost track of at least one pension pot. And with the average Britain now having numerous jobs during their lifetime, the picture is getting more and [...]

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This year has already seen an unprecedented number of contractors in the building trade services turning to alternative finance such as invoice finance to fund working capital as well as growth, according to corporate finance brokerage Embark Finance.

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Venture capital specialists Midven has appointed Tim Grasby as an investment manager.

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Central Finance, a firm of Alternative Business Finance experts, is expanding its services into the Black Country in a bid to support local enterprises.

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Leading pensions and wealth management provider, Mattioli Woods plc, has attracted £150 million of clients assets under management on its discretionary portfolio management service, after a mere eight months since its launch in August 2012.

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With new statistics suggesting continued signs of cautious optimism across the UK housing market, a local financial adviser has reminded potential buyers across Shropshire of the importance of receiving professional guidance when purchasing a property.

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West Midlands financial experts Spencer Gardner Dickins has strengthened its management team with the appointment of a new director.

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A respiratory equipment manufacturer has breathing space after securing five-figure investment on better terms than that available from high street lenders.

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Derby and Burton businesses are invited to a free seminar by local pension specialist, Jay Financial to understand how new pension legislation will affect them.

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People saving for retirement and to build nest eggs for their families risk being hit by unnecessary VAT bills that add 20 per cent to their investment costs, a financial adviser has warned.

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Venture capital fund manager Mercia Fund Management (MFM) has announced that its first Open House event aimed at companies seeking start-up or growth funding.

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The Engineering Technology Group has added to its portfolio of customer services with the launch of a new Group company, ETG Finance.

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Independent finance brokerage Embark is celebrating its fifth birthday by hitting a total of £50 million of funding for clients since the firm launched in March 2008.

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Solihull-based business the Paragon Group has been awarded the coveted Gold Standard by Investors in People.

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Birmingham-based Key Capital Partners has invested £2 million for a minority stake inspecialist recruitment firm EarthStream, which supplies specialist staff to the global energy & resources sectors.

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As access to finance continues to be one of the greatest headaches for businesses, commercial finance brokerage Embark has launched a finance scheme linked to Purchase Orders to create a new and quick route to working capital.

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Financial and legal experts gave valuable advice to businesses at a debt recovery workshop in the town. Leading Tamworth accountants Baldwins joined forces with award-winning Pickerings Solicitors LLP to host the event. Mark Selby, corporate finance director at Baldwins, discussed his top ten practical tips to help companies get their bills paid more quickly and Katie [...]

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Leading pensions and wealth management provider, Mattioli Woods plc, is proud to announce a sponsorship deal that will see it supporting teenage wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn.

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LaSer UK, a leader in innovative finance solutions, has bolstered its Premium Finance team with two senior appointments

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Venture capital experts Midven are among a number of investors providing a cash boost to a specialist software firm. Activ8 Intelligence supplies business intelligence tools which help firms increase the performance of staff and deliver cost savings. The firm – founded in 2005 – offers HR reporting and analytic solutions, helping organisations recruit the best [...]

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A firm of financial advisers has appointed a highly experienced industry figure to its team, as part of an ongoing period of expansion.

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Paragon Group, the Solihull-based specialist finance provider and acquirer of loan portfolios, opened the London Stock Exchange on the day that trading began on its inaugural retail bond.

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According to recent figures from the Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) invoice finance and asset based lending (ABL) growth remains pretty small with just two percent growth in the last 12-months

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