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East Midlands Top 500
10:07, 20 DEC 2021
2021 Leicester Business Festival under way, with 90 events over next two weeks
Economy
Business community attended launch of festival at the new Ninja Warrior Ƶ Adventure Park
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Almost £200m secured for new generation of low carbon, Rolls-Royce nuclear power stations
Climate Agenda
Each power station would be one-tenth the size of current nuclear plants and generate power for 1m homes
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Region’s biggest business festival kicks off today
Marketing
More than 90 business events taking place over next fortnight as part of 2021 Leicester Business Festival
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East Midlands business activity growth quickens in October, says NatWest, but company bosses still glum
Economy
The cost of materials and services continued to rise and business confidence has dropped to a nine-month low
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In Pictures: The 2021 LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the year Awards
LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards
Night was hosted by broadcaster Martin Ballard and guest speaker was former Charlton manager Chris Powell
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EarthSense becomes latest tenant at Space Park Leicester
Technology
Air quality specialist moves into £100m national space research and innovation centre
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Winners revealed at the 2021 LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards
LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards
The 2021 Business Executive of the Year award went to Jason Ashby, founder of Ƶ Flooring Direct
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Science zone in shadow of National Space Centre wins £19m for high tech jobs and satellite factory
Technology
Levelling Up Fund money will help projects in and around Pioneer Park and Exploration Drive
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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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Roads and logistics park among finalists for Infrastructure Project of the Year in the 2020-21 ProCon property awards
Awards
Giant logistics park, a major junction and a pedestrian link to a nature reserve are the three finalists.
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Next warns of slower sales in run-up to Christmas
Retail & High Street
Inflation, staff shortages and international supply chain problems set to slow sales growth
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Rolls-Royce signs green tech partnership with Qatar Foundation which could lead to 1,000 new jobs
Climate Agenda
Together they hope to support the creation of five new-tech "unicorns" - each valued at $1bn - by 2030
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£160m turnover Leicester-based property management firm Bellrock sold
property news
Bellrock has 1,000-plus property and facilities staff based at 75 client sites across the Ƶ
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Marks Electrical raises £30m through AIM flotation
Retail & High Street
Business was set up by Mark Smithson in 1987, selling second-hand cookers out of his dad’s Leicester garage
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US entrepreneur meets Wayne Rooney to discuss his interest in buying Derby County
Insolvency and Administration
Chris Kirchner previously penned a football love letter to Rams fans as he revealed he was lining up a bid for the club
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Octopus Energy among big firms helping value of Ƶ’s net-zero tech sector double in a year
Technology
In all eight Ƶ net-zero tech firms have passed the billion-dollar - £730 million - valuation “unicorn” status
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University takes on brewer in Leicestershire Procon property awards
property news
Beer and business are the key themes in the final of the Large Non-Residential Scheme of the Year
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Contract packing specialist WePack which works with Boots, Costa, Interflora and Tesco expanding Ilkeston base
Retail & High Street
Turnover at the company grew from around £3.2 million in 2019 to £4.5 million last year
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2021 LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year finalists revealed - tickets for the night now on sale
LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards
This year's finalists include a publisher, the boss of a taxi firm which is taking on Uber and the CEO of Watches of Switzerland
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Treasury pumping £400m into next generation of Midlands Engine Investment Fund to help region's SMEs
Finance
Represents a significant commitment to support a region which has suffered from limited access to SME finance
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Walkers Crisps struggling to produce snacks and crisps following weeks of technical problems
Food and Drink
Supermarket shelves for many of its products are bare and is not known when production will be back up to full speed
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Autumn Budget 2021: East Midlands Chamber responds
The Budget
'This was a fairly steady, even-handed Budget with little to excite or fright businesses'
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Autumn Budget 2021: East Midlands businesses still worried despite Chancellor's promise of stronger economy
The Budget
FSB: "Where inflation and forthcoming tax hikes are concerned, the clouds are gathering"
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HomeServe buys home emergency outsourcing specialist CET Structures in £53m deal
Deals
Together CET and HomeServe serve 4.9 million homes and completed 700,000 jobs in the last year
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