Midlands Business News

A picture taken by local photographer Claire Mackintosh from Clickers Photography, based at Farnsfield near Nottingham, is to hit the road on the back of Marstons Pedigree lorries.

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A one-off outdoor photography exhibition is currently on show at Brindleyplace, displaying various pieces of art by local photographers.

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A Shropshire-based video production company has teamed up with one of the country’s largest housing associations to help put tenants firmly in the picture.

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A leading housing provider has joined forces with a creative film-making partnership to produce a powerful new campaigning video that highlights the growing shortage of homes across the country.

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A Derby based wedding photographer has gone to huge lengths in his quest for efficiency by developing a unique piece of business management software designed to streamline the admin duties of any busy professional wedding photographer or videographer.

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Television presenter Nick Hancock has made a film to show how University Hospital of North Staffordshire spend the money that is raised.

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Film production company Boxset Media has today announced it has been shortlisted for a prestigious Royal Television Society (RTS) Midland Centre Award for a promotional programme produced for a New York-based client.

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Midland rock musicians and the photographers who snap them are launching a unique exhibition celebrating the best of live music photography. Wolverhampton-based bands The Lines and up-and-coming Jump the Shark are playing one-off sets when images in the Midlands Music Photography Exhibition are launched at a private view on Friday (October 26). The exhibition, at [...]

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Innovative fashion photographer Gavin Kemp from Nottingham, is set to welcome small businesses, new brands, PR companies and those with modest budgets to his studio this November in a unique promotion known as ‘Hours’.

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A Coventry University Photography teaching assistant has developed a fantastic new free online resource that offers photography fans the chance to rediscover an underground cult classic photobook called Invisible City. Matt Johnston, 25, is a teaching assistant on the University’s internationally-acclaimed Photography course who has created Ken Schles: Invisible City, A Digital Resource, offering audiences [...]

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A recent graduate from Coventry University has made it through to the finals of the prestigious Guardian Student Media Awards, a leading competition for future journalists and creative industry talent.

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A Shropshire-based video production company has teamed up with a leading local furniture store to create a number of videos providing virtual tours of its showrooms.

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A printmaking artist at Derby College will be exhibiting and talking about his work at an international convention in Japan next month.

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A marked increase in planning business over the past six months and significant work in the pipeline has prompted Jones Lang LaSalle to appoint a new graduate recruit, Ravinder Bains.

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Nurton Developments’ TriGate House on Hagley Road West in Quinton has seen LAS Claims Management Ltd treble its space, taking a whole floor, 12,000 sq ft in total, which is being fully refurbished for them.

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City shopping arcade the Flying Horse Walk will soon be opening its doors to students in Nottingham, after permission has been given to convert its upper floors in to student accommodation.

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A leading international video games publisher is set to create job opportunities in Herefordshire after moving to a prestigious office development in the area.

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During the past five years over £60 million has been invested in Northampton by the West Northamptonshire Development Corporation says commercial property agent Prop-Search, ranging from award winning roads and flood defences, to town centre regeneration.

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A landlord who has created and protected hundreds of jobs in Coventry has spoken of his desire to continue that trend.

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National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has successfully acquired a 73,000 sq ft warehouse in one of the biggest modern warehouse deals in Leicestershire this year. The deal was completed in record time.

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National commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has brought a warehouse with showroom and office accommodation totalling nearly 20,000 sq ft to the market on a prime site between Nottingham and Derby.

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Cushman & Wakefield’s Birmingham-based asset management team has won a prestigious national health and safety award – for the second year running.

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The much heralded National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has now been released and adopted by Government says commercial property agent Prop-Search. This 59 page policy document forms the backbone of National Planning Policy Guidance and replaces guidance in a more concise form.

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Factory units at one of the last developments by the former Redditch Development Corporation are on the market through business property agents John Truslove.

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Up to 15 new jobs are being created in Lincoln which is setting the pace with the launch of a new name in healthy eating.

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Innes England has let 16,000 sq ft of office space at Meridian East in Leicester, to a company which provides specialist disability and rehabilitation services to the NHS, and manufactures and supplies prosthetic and orthotic equipment products both in the UK and overseas.

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A Nottingham city centre hairdressing salon is to expand following a deal by national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), acting on behalf of Urbanfirst Nottingham Limited.

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A vacant retail premises could be the perfect opportunity for a small, independent company to expand their business, according to Halls Commercial.

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Mansell’s Stourbridge-based Western Region hosted an evening networking event on the importance of skills and corporate social responsibility.

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A major shortage of modern and good quality industrial buildings in the Midlands is threatening to delay a manufacturing-led economic revival in the region.

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An 80-year-old Birmingham manufacturer is closing the file on a lifetime in business.

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The Government has been accused of “whitewash politics” by Redditch property consultant John Truslove.

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A London based developer has chosen the West Midlands to launch a multimillion pound investment programme in a mixed use property portfolio.

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A fast-growing firm providing on-demand cloud computing and communication services to UK businesses has expanded into the Midlands at Blythe Valley Business Park.

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The fast growing Birmingham office of leading global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has announced two further promotions in its asset management team.

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National property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has let the 4,922 sq ft Unit A on the Amber Trading Centre in Giltbrook, Nottingham.

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The Birmingham office of DTZ, part of UGL Services, a division of UGL Limited (ASX: UGL), has appointed Katherine Price as Senior Surveyor.

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Alex Carr, Associate Director in the Birmingham Office of national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has triumphed in the Property and Construction category of this year’s Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Awards (BYPY).

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Two legal cases have highlighted the need for commercial tenants top take prompt professional advice when lease break clauses are due to come into effect, according to experts at national commercial property firm Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). In both cases, tenants lost out when rulings went against them.

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Casual dining and fast food outlet Roosters Piri Piri has opened in the centre of Nottingham following a letting by national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH).

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Redditch-based commercial property agents John Truslove have cooked up a restaurant opportunity for aspiring chefs.

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A global supply chain has moved its UK head quarters to New Zealand Court in Derby, in a deal secured by Innes England and Peter Clarke & Co.

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A director of national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has been awarded the accolade of Leicestershire’s Most Active Dealmaker of the Year in a prestigious commercial property contest.

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The drive at Coventry’s Skydome to create a family-friendly venue has helped new businesses on site hit targets in the first six months of trading.

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Innes England has been instructed to handle full service commercial property advice at a popular district shopping centre in Oakwood, Derby.

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A husband and wife team are set to cook up a storm in Worcester after expanding their catering business and creating employment opportunities.

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Derby-based property specialists the Alps Group have appointed Chartered Surveyor Jonathan Sayer as part of its expansion plans.

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Redditch chartered surveyor John Truslove took third place overall after a weekend of flawless driving around the street circuit in the Grand Prix Historique de Pau.

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Intellectual property specialists Forresters have leapt up to second in a list of UK firms filing the most Community Trade Mark applications, new figures have revealed.

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A new baguette takeaway shop is to open in the centre of Derby following an acquisition by national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH).

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