Midlands Business News

Derbyshire is set fair for a Summer of Vintage as traders set up their stalls in three well known venues. Fair organisers, The Vintage Suitcase, have reported high demand for pitches at the three events in Matlock, Buxton and Bakewell. Now organisers Allison Elkes and Gemma Miller are hoping to attract large crowds to the [...]

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Major retailers in the UK are fundamentally missing the point when it comes to attracting customers into their stores, according to one of Europe’s leading shopping behaviour experts.

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A mother-of-two’s unique Birmingham-made dessert has been snapped up to go on the shelves of two of the most prestigious stores in the UK.

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Young people at a Leamington Spa school have been given practical lessons to prepare them for the world of work thanks to community retailer The Midcounties Co-operative.

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Wolverhampton’s retail recovery is being hampered by the Government’s decision to postpone the revaluation of business rates.

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Excellent local customer support and reliable products, backed by global resources, have proved to be an award-winning formula for Hereford’s HFT Forklifts.

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The Guildhall Shopping Centre has received one of the most prestigious retail industry awards to recognise the success of last year’s ‘Design a Jubilee Plate’ competition.

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A leading Shropshire glazing firm is celebrating after reaching its 15th successful year in business and having just invested a five-figure sum in new showrooms.

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Community retailer The Midcounties Co-operative has announced record annual gross sales of £943 million in its annual results for 2012/13, some 20% higher than the previous year.

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Retail Birmingham, the Business Improvement District (BID) for city centre retailers, has won a prestigious British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) Purple Apple Award in the events category for its flagship fashion and shopping event Style Birmingham Live AW12.

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A gift retailer which faced an uncertain future following HMV’s slump into administration has won a major order from Live Nation. The tour promoter has asked TheGoldDisc.com to produce 500 discs for VIP packages for the forthcoming nationwide Big Reunion tour featuring 90s pop acts 5ive, Atomic Kitten and Blue. TheGoldDisc.com’s Managing Director Dave Breese [...]

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Kidderminster’s Brockway Carpets has held a special presentation to celebrate its first employee to achieve 50 years’ service.

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Design-savvy youngsters can have a bedroom to be proud of thanks to a new range of children’s furniture being introduced by Birmingham retailer Lee Longlands.

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An award-winning kitchen company in Shropshire has launched a new website to upgrade the company’s web presence for 2013 and meet the demand of online customers.

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A successful entrepreneur and Loughborough University graduate is riding the economic downturn as her bead business grows from strength to strength. Bojangle Beads – launched in 2009 by Woven Textiles graduate, Katy Widdowson – stocks 2,233 products and the online store attracts orders from as far afield as Australia. The Loughborough-based business also runs a [...]

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LaSer UK, the consumer finance specialist behind some of the UK’s best-known High Street names, has launched a new affinity loan offer. The first partnership to launch is with Argos, part of Home Retail Group and the UK’s largest high street retailer online, for whom they have developed a new personal loan offer for their [...]

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Staffordshire based company; Smith & Morris Retail Ltd appoint financial controller to support continued growth.

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Customers from across Europe and Africa are beating a path to the West Midlands for vital training in operating high-powered water blast systems used mainly in the off-shore oil and gas sector

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TV gardener David Domoney will be sharing his passion for plants and food at a special Outdoor Living day at Webbs Garden Centre in Wychbold on Saturday, 18th May.

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The Guildhall Shopping Centre is teaming up with major fashion retailers including River Island, TopShop and Wallis to host an exclusive free makeover event. The Style Doctors will be giving presentations at the Style and Shop event on 31st May and 1st June (10am-4pm) to explain how to select and accessorize outfits as well asaccommodating [...]

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Coronation Street star ‘Tyrone Dobbs’ will help draw the crowds at a free community fun day in Warwick this summer. Popular actor Alan Halsall, winner of this year’s National Television Award for best serial drama performance, will be a special guest at the carnival style celebration on Sunday 23 June organised by member-owned retailer The [...]

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Hammerson has acquired an additional 16.7% stake in Bullring, taking its ownership to 50%. The acquisition underlines Hammerson’s commitment to prime retail destinations and generating income growth through investment in winning sectors of the retail property market. In a 50:50 Joint Venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPPIB”), Hammerson has acquired Future Fund’s 33.3% [...]

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For the second year in-a-row a Bewdley hair salon has made it through to the finals of a national hair styling competition.

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A Lincolnshire gifts wholesaler is looking to an even brighter future after “treating itself” to new premises.

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A new independent body art studio ‘Inkling’ is the latest creative business to move into Leicester’s digital media and arts centre, Phoenix Square.

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Online retailer WAE+ has unveiled sales figures for the first six months of its financial year, at £4.48 million, compared to previous six months at £1.4 million.

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Leading Midlands independent tile retail chain, Tile Choice, is celebrating after winning a prestigious award for the second year in a row at an industry awards.

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A Shropshire artisan chocolatier has picked up a coveted national award in the most prestigious chocolate awards ceremony in the UK.

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Hammerson, the owner and manager of Bullring hosted its annual We Love Retail award ceremony which celebrates the best in customer service from its 10 shopping centres across the UK.

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Bamboozled supermarket shoppers are just as likely to buy promoted products that have INCREASED in price as cut-price products according to startling new experimental research

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As the sun shone down on Battersea Park and the National Antiques Awards last Thursday, the nail-biting wait was over for one Warwickshire couple.

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Hammerson, the owner and manager of Highcross hosted its annual We Love Retail award ceremony which celebrates the best in customer service from its 10 shopping centres across the UK.

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A pie made by Derbyshire farm shop Croots has been rated as one of the best pies in the country at the British Pie Awards 2013.

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A family run Worcester based business is to have a room named after it at a specialist house in Birmingham that takes in and looks after families who have sick children staying at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

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The lingerie and swimwear design and manufacturer Eveden who is responsible for market leading brands such as Freya and Fantasie, is celebrating after it was presented with two prestigious awards

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Aston Manor Cider has won a top drinks accolade and may also be in line to scoop a further award as a top supplier to supermarkets. The Midlands-based business has been voted category winner for Own-label Alcohol in The Grocer Gold Awards 2013. It means Aston Manor Cider goes onto the shortlist for the ultimate [...]

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West Midlands-based eco-luxury skincare brand, Bodhi, is now available at the prestigious Fortnum & Mason store in London.

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Two friends will open a bridal boutique in rural Lincolnshire after deciding it was time to follow their dreams.

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The Midcounties Co-operative today said ‘thanks a billion’ to colleagues, members and customers after the business achieved landmark turnover of one billion pounds.

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A beautician has opened the doors to her new treatment and therapy room at the centre of one of Telford’s growing communities.

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Staff at Shropshire’s largest independent furniture store are celebrating the first year anniversary of their personal shopper service after helping more than 50 customers create their dream home.

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A Nottinghamshire town is set to flood its streets with even more colour after a floral display last year helped to attract shoppers despite ongoing disruption caused by the installation of a tramline.

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The Midcounties Co-operative Travel has been named the best large travel agency in Central England at a top travel industry awards ceremony.

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Latif’s Stores have been honoured at the Midlands Arts and Business awards as Business Champions following a successful collaboration with Birmingham based music development agency Punch Records.

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A new company which will sell and lease coffee machines and supplies to cafes, restaurants, bars and offices has been launched by a Whitchurch man.

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East Midlands-based coffee producer Cherizena is celebrating a string of new trade orders after introducing new labelling equipment.

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Long established flooring specialist Walsall Carpets has opened a branch at ‘Chase Gateway’, part of St. Modwen’s £50 million transformation of Hednesford town centre. Established in 1974, the growing retailer is leasing a 1,250 sq ft unit on Rugeley Road, joining existing retailers Barnardos, Whitehouse Brothers Meat Market, Boyd’s Hair Design and Hednesford Bingo. An [...]

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An enterprising brother and sister from Belper in Derbyshire have been named as the inspiration for the launch of two competitions designed to find the next generation of entrepreneurs in the UK

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The Mayor of Dudley visited a Black Country interiors firm to find out more about its ongoing eco-friendly campaign to reduce costs and help the environment.

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The Midcounties Co-operative Travel has celebrated a successful first year for its new homeworking division, Personal Travel Agents at Co-op Travel, by exceeding sales expectations and making plans for further growth.

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