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BusinessLive 2021 East Midlands Review of the Year: May and June
Economy
A look back at the big East Midlands headlines from the end of last spring
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2021 East Midlands Review of the Year: March to April
Post Office
We look back at business activity in the spring of 2021, as the country battled its way through the pandemic
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Henry Brothers appointed to Department for Education Construction Framework
Ƶ Government
Company successful in the Medium Value Band – projects from £6 million to £12 million – for the East of England
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Experian to make big changes at Nottingham headquarters
Finance
It will become Experian’s biggest Ƶ site as it cuts the number from 17 to five in a post-Covid business model
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2021 East Midlands Review of the Year: January and February
Economy
Year started in the midst of lockdowns, but things started looking up with the vaccine roll-out
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Reconomy buys Casepak to create an £800m turnover national recycling group
Deals
It is the Reconomy Group’s fourth acquisition of 2021 and follows its purchase of the £50 million turnover Eurokey Recycling
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LeicestershireLive and De Montfort University joining forces for 2022 Leicestershire Top 200 companies list
Company Results
Top 200 list is our countdown of the biggest companies by turnover
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Britain’s biggest brick maker Ibstock announces plan to turn its operations green by 2040
Climate Agenda
It has 36 sites and 2,044 staff and 220 million tonnes of clay reserves and resources
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State of Qatar takes £85m stake in Rolls-Royce mini-nuclear power station business
Energy
10% Investment means mini-nuke developer now fully funded and talking to potential overseas customers
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Former Rolls-Royce site could become industrial estate
property news
Derby site is of a 'size and location such that it could accommodate a large variety of uses'
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JCB celebrates major milestone for Derbyshire-built engines
Anthony Bamford
Management at JCB are celebrating the 750,000th engine to roll off its production line in Derbyshire
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Housing association boss Lindsey Williams becomes 2022 president of East Midlands Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Lindsey Williams has headed up Futures Housing Group for two decades - it manages more than 10,000 homes
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TMS plans new £10m Kia and Volvo dealership in Leicester
Retail
Family owned group already operates from five Volvo and Kia sites in Coventry, Hinckley and Leicester
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Joules share price drops 23% amid supply chain issues, higher costs, stock delays and labour shortages
Retail & High Street
Also 'increased consumer uncertainty as a result of the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant'
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D2N2 local enterprise partnership hits back at reports that LEP system not fit for purpose
Ƶ Government
'Since it was established, the D2N2 LEP has secured more than £1.5 billion in investment for the region'
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Dunelm chief finance officer Laura Carr leaving for pastures new
Retail
Ms Carr has been with the group for three years, having previously worked for contract food service company Compass Group
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November saw strong growth in East Midlands business activity, says NatWest
Enterprise
However companies said inflation continued to cause concern while order backlogs hit “unprecedented” levels
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£1.1bn turnover Galliford Try construction group moves to Leicester after a century in rural Leicestershire
Construction
Previous Wolvey campus had been a major base for the business since around the time of the First World War
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Dunelm signs up to £185m of Net Zero credit
Climate Agenda
Homeware chain vows to half greenhouse gas emissions within eight years
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Watches of Switzerland on mission to become US market leader and take bigger chunk of EU luxury watch sales
Retail & High Street
Group, which includes Goldsmiths and Mappin and Webb, also building on strong position in its home territory
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Nottingham tech firm Ideagen raises more than £100m for global acquisitions
Technology
Clients include Heineken, British Airways, BAE, the US Navy and Bank of New York as well as 250 Ƶ and US hospitals
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Games Workshop gives staff £2,500 in shares and says trading in line with expectations
Retail & High Street
But profits hit by unfavourable foreign exchange rates and higher costs for shipping goods and staff
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Pick Everard and Wood Group join forces to bid for big government construction schemes
Construction
Pick Everard employs more than 600 staff across its 13 offices while Wood employs 40,000 globally
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Poundstretcher to give staff a 10 per cent pay rise
Retail & High Street
Chain employs 5,500 people and sales have stayed strong over the past half year, despite a CVA and cost pressures
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