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Solus Garden & Leisure collapse puts 172 jobs at risk
Economic Development
The Worcestershire firm, a wholesale supplier of garden and leisure products, called in administrators on May 15 after struggling for investment
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British Council for Offices 2014: Recognition for history of excellence and innovation in office design
Commercial Property
Ian Standing, director, Associated Architects, BCO Midlands and East Anglia Chapter chairman 2000-06, looks at the city's award-winning workplaces.
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Brownhills Glass expands reach with £2.4m buyout
Professional Services
Deal to acquire Sussex rival is next step in countrywide expansion says Brownhills' finance chief
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Legal & General buys city centre buildings for £87.5 million
Colmore Row
Firm's property arm acquires brace of key business addresses from receivers
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Region's deal market on stable footing says Experian report
Finance
New Experian report shows deal values increased by 227 per cent after brace of Westfield shopping centre deals.
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Job threat after Albemarle & Bond and Herbert Brown collapse
Economic Development
Administrators Mike Jervis, Peter Dickens, Toby Underwood and Stuart Maddison of PwC have been appointed after the firm struggled with a decline in gold prices
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Selly Oak businesswoman sets up food school at Harborne School Yard development
Economic Development
The deal means the School Yard, at the Grade II-listed Clock Tower, is fully let – and comes after previous plans for a food school on the development fell down after a fall out
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Birmingham rises up list of global investment targets
Economic Development
The report – Emerging Trends in Real Estate, Europe 2014 – ranks major European cities according to their investment prospects. Birmingham is the only º£½ÇÊÓƵ city outside of London and Edinburgh to be featured
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MP backs quotas for women in top jobs
Economic Development
'Positive discrimination' needed to end bias towards men in º£½ÇÊÓƵ board rooms
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New focus group to put PAs in the spotlight
Economic Development
Jayne Brownridge, Grant Thornton; Linda Large, Duff & Phelps; Shirley McDonough, PwC; Tracey Paton, Dignity, and Linda Wilden, University of Birmingham, have joined Key managing director Mary Hendry as the founding members of the PA:PM
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.=40 - Paul Bassi (£80m)
Commercial Property
When Paul Bassi makes a prediction about the state of the Midlands property market, people listen.
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Retailers need radical rethink says expert
Economic Development
Andy Lyon, retail expert at business services group PwC, said growing online sales and increased customer expectations were forcing the sector to change the way it operates
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Warning from leisure expert as Birmingham's hotel sector reports surge in bookings
Economic Development
“Many cities have performed well, but there remains pockets of oversupply with budget chains adding to hoteliers’ pricing pressures.''
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LDC host annual charity quiz night
Economic Development
Leading private equity provider LDC hosted its annual charity quiz night at Pennyblacks in The Mailbox.
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Fortunes are mixed for the legal sector
Opinion
The legal sector has endured a lot of consolidation during the recession. Now we are seeing an increased polarisation of the profession.
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Genting super casino at NEC to bring in £33m a year to West Midlands
Commercial Property
The seven-storey 538,000 sq ft Resorts World Birmingham leisure complex, next to the LG Arena, is due to open in early 2015.
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Bonus surge at KPMG in Birmingham
Banking & Finance
The professional services firm, which employs more than 1,000 people at its One Snowhill offices in Birmingham’s Colmore business district, said º£½ÇÊÓƵ profits rose 27 per cent to £455 million in the year to September 30
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KPMG boosts staff bonus pool by 20% following 'tough year'
Banking & Finance
Professional services firm, which has 583 partners and employs 10,800 staff after cutting about 3 per cent of its workforce in 2012, said º£½ÇÊÓƵ profits rose 27 per cent to £455 million in the year to September 30
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Data analysis: How high street stores and online retailers battle it out for your cash at Christmas
Economic Development
Average discounts were being advertised at 39 per cent off the full recommended retail price, according to PwC data, compared to 45 per cent at the height of the financial downturn in 2008
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Retailers cutting prices to attract festive shoppers
Economic Development
A total of 62 of the top 100 high street retailers in the region were offering sale or advertising promotions in their shop windows, such as three-for-two offers
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Birmingham gets lowly quality of life ranking
Economic Development
The Good Growth For Cities report, produced by PwC and think tank Demos, shows city is 32nd out of 39 for various key indicators
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West Midlands growth prospects on the rise
Economic Development
A new report predicts the West Midlands economy will grow 2.4 per cent next year
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Private equity firm takes stake in lifestyle brand Joules
Banking & Finance
Investment firm takes stake in firm which recently expanded into babywear
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Late accounts leave council with £334k auditors bill
Economic Development
It comes a year after the city council was issued with a warning for being late with the 2011-12 accounts
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