Midlands Business News

Three major projects in Coventry and Warwickshire are set to benefit from funding to the tune of over £21 million through the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The CW LEP has been awarded around £24.4 million from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund (RGF) which has now been approved and is available to spend. The money will [...]

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A fashion show in aid of a Coventry based charity organised by Warwickshire law firm, Alsters Kelley LLP took place on Wednesday 15th May at Nailcote Hall Hotel with over 200 people attending.

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The Pet Show, which takes place at Stoneleigh Park on 20th and 21st July, have announced that they have already sold a total of 179 exhibitor stands, making it the largest multi-pet event in the UK. The amount of exhibitors secured is doubly impressive given that the 2013 event will be the first time that [...]

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Funding has been secured for a Warwickshire company which has developed novel fuel efficient and low cost electric turbocharger technology. The investment, through leading venture capital specialists Midven, will help Aeristech, based in Kenilworth, to further develop its technology and look to win new commercial projects. The progress made by Aeristech from a commercial perspective [...]

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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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A West Midlands law firm has helped pave the way for the National Trust to take on the management of its latest historic property. Stratford-upon-Avon-based Lodders Solicitors negotiated the lease of Eyam Hall, a Jacobean mansion in the Derbyshire village of the same name, which came close to being wiped out in the plague of [...]

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Compensation for Midlands land owners affected by the proposed HS2 high speed rail line could in some cases be more than a decade away, an expert has warned.

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Construction of the CLA Game Fair has started at Ragley Hall – with the first batch of workers arriving to build the show on the 500-acre site in Warwickshire. As the world’s largest countryside show, the CLA Game Fair generates around £80million for the regional and wider rural economy with upwards of 144,000 visitors and [...]

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Michelin star restaurant chef and healthy eating expert, Sophie Michell, is the latest celebrity cook to join the all-star line-up at this year’s Stratford Food Festival, which is set to take place on the 14th & 15th September 2013.

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Companies could face a major headache tackling the government’s new auto-enrolment pension legislation, according to Stratford accountancy firm Leigh Graham Associates.

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Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire is now part of a new network of science and technology parks being launched that will be the largest of its kind in the UK.

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A Warwickshire MP has urged the region’s manufacturers and engineers to come together to help drive forward the economy. Chris White, the MP for Leamington and Warwick, has agreed to speak at a major event organised by the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce on Friday, May 24. The breakfast event – ‘Masterclass – Supporting [...]

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A Midlands law firm has appointed two new partners internally – as part of its continuing plans for growth.

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Specialist Insurance Broker, Heartland Events Limited has launched an innovative insurance policy aimed at protecting businesses and other organisations against the effects of the (not so) Great and often unpredictable British weather. Policies are designed to cover against a business’s additional costs and/or reduced turnover which has occurred due to the weather conditions over a [...]

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The Accredited Chamber Network is launching its national Brand Campaign to showcase the value in being a member of an Accredited Chamber of Commerce. In an online video, Chamber members from across the UK talk about the ways in which their local Chambers have helped to support the success of their businesses. Accredited Chambers of [...]

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Firms across Coventry and Warwickshire will get to know their Nordics from their Baltics at an event to promote international trade. The event is being held by the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) team based at the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce on Friday, May 17 from 10am until 1.30pm. It is taking place [...]

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One of the Midlands’ largest agricultural shows has secured major sponsorship deals with two familiar organisations.

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Studley-based ENER-G Procurement has been shortlisted for two major energy industry awards for its achievements in championing the rights of business energy consumers.

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Companies across Coventry and Warwickshire are gearing up for a major event at the start of next month. The Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce is holding its annual Business and Trade Expo at Mallory Court Hotel, in Leamington, on Friday, June 7, from 10am until 3pm. The free event is predicted to be one [...]

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A law firm is extending its corporate arm with the appointment of a new consultant solicitor.

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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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Pershore College, part of Warwickshire College, has been appointed by The Royal Parks to provide its apprenticeship scheme from May 2013. Apprentices will train at Pershore College, a Centre of Vocational Excellence for Horticulture in the heart of England, in a new scheme which will run for three years. As part of the Scheme, apprentices [...]

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Work is to get underway later this month on a £250,000 project to renovate a former community centre in Rugby into a day nursery. Around a dozen jobs will be created when the Brownsover Community Centre in Hollowell Way is rejuvenated by specialist commercial property developer, UK & Maine. The company, who bought the building [...]

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Award-winning communications consultancy, Prova, has taken another step in its continuing expansion with the appointment of Tim Franklin as senior account executive. Franklin brings with him a host of skills from his previous role as editor of business-to-business magazines within the automotive, logistics and construction industries at Hamerville Media Group. Passionate about the automotive industry, [...]

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Two students from Warwickshire College are climbing new heights after launching their own business and becoming self-employed tree surgeons.

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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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A business network to inspire more women to progress in business in Coventry and Warwickshire has achieved a UK first.

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A national index has highlighted the opportunities for firms in Coventry and Warwickshire to export more to grow their businesses. The index, produced by the British Chambers of Commerce and DHL, says the exporting activity to non-EU countries was at its strongest in the first quarter of 2013 since the first quarter of 2012. It [...]

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As part of a £1million refurbishment programme, Woodland Grange Conference Centre in Leamington is donating all of its quilted bed throws to Guide Dogs for the Blind

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Exhibitor sales are showing the CLA Game Fair is the place to be for businesses looking to benefit from a presence at the world’s largest countryside show. Organisers of the CLA Game Fair, which will take place from Friday, 19 July to Sunday, 21 July, in the grounds of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire, say bookings [...]

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Details are being finalised to submit Coventry and Warwickshire’s future plans for major transport schemes to request government funding. The Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) organised a meeting last September to discuss Coventry and Warwickshire’s Major Transport Scheme Priorities for 2015-19. Transport providers across the sub-region have now been urged to submit their [...]

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A leading housebuilder has acquired land to develop new homes in the picturesque village of Long Marston in Warwickshire.

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A co-founder of premium burger business Muddy Boots is the keynote speaker at the third Women in Business Lunch at a top hotel in Stratford next month. Miranda Ballard, who founded the company with her husband, Roland, will discuss the highs and lows of running your own business to around 60 guests at the Legacy [...]

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Lord Jeffrey Archer was the guest speaker at the Stratford-on-Avon Conservative Association’s first Chairman’s Dinner at a leading hotel in the town.

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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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A leading light in the insurance industry has been named as Coventry and Warwickshire’s Professional of the Year.

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A Warwickshire firm of chartered accountants has found the ideal location for its new head office with support from national commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH).

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A pair of enterprising Alcester Grammar School girls are hoping to raise £500 to help young footballers achieve their sporting goals

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Warwick Works! – a diverse networking group of Warwick-based businesses – hosted the latest in its regular series of business breakfast meetings

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Stratford-based chartered accountancy firm Murphy Salisbury has been shortlisted for one of the industry’s most prestigious regional awards. The firm has been named as a finalist in the category of ‘Accountancy Firm of the Year (up to five partners)’ in the ICAEW West Midlands Chartered Accountant of the Year Awards. The awards are organised by [...]

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Leading PGA Professional Julian Mellor is to launch a new golf school in Warwick.

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The economic output in the first quarter of 2013 should nurture the growing confidence among businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire. That is the view of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce on the back of the report from the Office for National Statistics that said the economy grew between January and March by 0.3 [...]

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LV= County Champions Warwickshire CCC have agreed a new deal with Scrivens Opticians to be the Club’s first Official Opticians Partner and sponsor the back of their white championship shirt as part of a two year package.

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Ten companies across Coventry and Warwickshire are to receive £4.8 million from a national funding initiative which will create more than 1,000 jobs and lead to nearly £42 million being invested in the sub-region. The Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board has approved the applications for ten projects to receive grants from round [...]

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One of the leading figures in British business paid a trip to Coventry – and had the chance to see one of the city’s manufacturing success stories.

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Business leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire have welcomed the extension of the ‘Funding for Lending’ scheme – but want the Government to go further in helping small and medium sized businesses access finance. The scheme, devised to encourage banks to lend more money to businesses to get the economy growing, has been extended until 2015 [...]

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A Coventry radio station has a new home after a neighbouring law firm proved to be in tune with the broadcaster’s needs.

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A Warwickshire archery club is on target for a record year after a surge of interest in the sport post-Olympics.

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Stratford-based chartered accountancy firm Murphy Salisbury has welcomed a new client service manager to its expanding team.

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A fashion show in aid of a Coventry based charity is being organised by Warwickshire law firm, Alsters Kelley LLP.

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