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Europcar becomes first tenant in Leicester’s newest Grade A office block – two years after it was completed
Offices
Offices are part of £50m redevelopment which included a 10-storey Novotel and six-storey Adagio aparthotel
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Online car retailer Cazoo opens Newcastle customer centre following £1m investment
Employment
The fast growing motor firm has created a raft of new jobs at the centre - its second in the North East
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Vehicle cleaning products specialist Nielsen completes £100k upgrade of National Forest training centre
Automotive
Five people will initially be employed in the facility, with a dedicated trainer coming in in 2022
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Car parts company ElringKlinger highlights 'catastrophic fall' in automotive sector
Automotive
The Redcar business is the latest firm to reveal the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on its
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US firm swoops for Yorkshire salvage specialist Synetiq in £225m deal
Deals
Synetiq is headquartered in Doncaster but has 14 bases across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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Britishvolt likely to list on London Stock Exchange as it aims to build Northumberland factory
Manufacturing
The company has to raise £1.2bn to fund a gigafactory at Cambois, near Blyth
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Impact of pandemic on automotive sector laid bare in Unipres and Nifco accounts
Automotive
The North East firms both saw significant reductions in revenues as car manufacturers closed down and suffered other problems in the pandemic
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New figures show regional scale of º£½ÇÊÓƵ HGV driver crisis
Armed Forces
'That isn’t the fault of migrant workers – it’s the fault of a flawed economic model which holds down workers’ rights and pay'
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Dozens of potential drivers come forward after haulage firm offers free HGV training
Logistics
º£½ÇÊÓƵ needs 100,000 HGV drivers due to combination of Brexit and Covid - with shelves and petrol stations empty
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GKN owner Melrose warns over impact of chip shortage on car production
Automotive
The business said automotive order cancellations from customers had risen as much as 25%
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JCT 600 chairman Jack Tordoff MBE passes away
People
Bradford car dealership founder transformed father's fledgling business into a £1.3b entity operating across several counties
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Britcom sees revenues fall almost £5m in Covid year but MD encouraged by buoyant vehicle demand
Company Results
Supply chain issues impacting for commercial vehicle and heavy plant specialist but new year sees improvement
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Interest in family-run rental firm Hey Campers soars after featuring on Channel 5's Million Pound Motorhomes
Leisure & Touism
‘We had over 4,000 website visitors during the evening the show aired, which is fantastic’
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Triumph launches limited edition Tiger 900 Bond bike to mark its role in new 007 film No Time To Die
Automotive
Only 250 Tiger 900 Bond Editions are being made – inspired by the Tiger 900 Rally Pro ridden by 007 Daniel Craig
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And the 2020/2021 LeicestershireLive Business Awards winners are….
Mazars
Black tie event – postponed in 2020 – celebrates the most influential and successful businesses in the city and county
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Britishvolt signs up with green monitoring firm to check on gigafactory construction process
Construction
The company wants to build a factory in Northumberland to build batteries for electric vehicles and is keen to be green in other ways
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In Pictures: 2021 LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards
Technology
TV presenter Jason Bradbury hosted the event in the planetarium of the National Space Centre
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Nissan º£½ÇÊÓƵ sales drop nearly £1bn as pandemic wreaks havoc on automotive sector
Automotive
The company's Sunderland plant suffered a three-month shutdown and later had to content with shortage of parts
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Construction training centre built at 238-acre Mercia Park distribution park being built in Leicestershire
Construction
The site includes a 2.94 million sq ft global parts distribution centre going up for Jaguar Land Rover
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Family-run electric heater company Fischer Future Heat launches smart home car charging system
Energy
Bosses say the new smart charging system ensures vehicles are charged at the cheapest times to keep energy bills down
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New milestone in Northumberland gigafactory development as work starts for construction phase
Automotive
Britishvolt and construction partner ISG are starting enabling works at the site at Cambois, near Blyth
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Nissan supplier Faltec outlines range of challenges in automotive sector
Company Results
The firm has recently moved to a new base in Sunderland but has filed accounts showing falling revenues and major losses
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Jobs hope as Nissan supplier opens new factory in Sunderland
Economy
Canadian firm Magna says it will employ 280 people at the new plant when it is at full capacity
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º£½ÇÊÓƵ car production plummets as pingdemic and chip shortage bite
Automotive
Lowest levels of July production since 1956 show ongoing challenges for the sector, it had
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