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East Midlands Freeport won't comment on details of huge logistics park in Leicestershire countryside
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Details of the logistics park are sparse - spokeswoman said they won't comment due to 'commercial confidentiality'
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Leicestershire County Council leader Nick Rushton quits freeport board over plans for huge logistics site in his ward
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According to pressure group Project Diseworth the site would sit on land it calls a “green lung†between the village and the M1
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East Midlands jobless count seems to be dropping back
Employment
Regional jobless figure was lower than the 3.7% national average, according to Office for National Statistics data
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The three bids competing to become Wales' first freeport
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Ahead of the winner being announced, BusinessLive takes a look at who has thrown their name into the ring
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Developer responds to concerns about planned £750m rail freight hub in west Leicestershire countryside
Logistics
Developer says people were 'keen to see new investment in the area that our scheme could deliver'
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Airbus in North Wales in huge Air India new aircraft deal
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The wingmaking facility at Broughton on Rolls-Royce's engine plant in Derbyshire are key suppliers in a multi-billion-pound contract
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Welsh energy intensive firms awarded £5.5m º£½ÇÊÓƵ grant funding to cut carbon emissions
Energy
Dunbia and Celsa Steel have been awarded the funding to deploy new green technologies
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Tributes paid to ‘kind and conscientious’ former LLEP CEO Mandip Rai
Local Enterprise Partnership
“He was a hugely valuable part of the LLEP team…. and was greatly liked and admired by all who knew him’
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NatWest hints at green shoots of recovery in East Midlands
Economy
Business confidence hit an eight-month high in January according to NatWest survey
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Decision on £550m rail freight hub expected in 2024 – assuming planning inspector doesn’t throw it out sooner
Logistics
Buildings on the 440 acre site would cover more than 9m sq ft and be up to 91ft high
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Freeport status should go to more than one port in Wales say Welsh Tories
freeports
Though some cross-party ministers have questioned the economic benefit of a freeport in Wales
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Plans for 4,500 homes, 3.4m sq ft of employment space and 5,000 Derby jobs set to take step forward
property news
The South Derby Growth Zone is being planned for land to the south of the city between Sinfin and Chellaston
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Wales needs a government that will reduce tax burden on people and businesses
Economy
Peter Fox, Shadow Minister for Finance, outlines the Welsh Conservatives' action plan for Wales
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Welsh university research projects face 'urgent cliff edge' over end of EU funds
European Union
Swansea University's Vice-chancellor said 60 projects are due to end this year putting approximately 1,000 jobs at risk
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Rishi Sunak breaks up Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in major restructure
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Sacked Tory party chairman Nadhim Zahawi has been replaced with Greg Hands, who had been trade minister and Grant Shapps, who had been business secretary, will now be the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary.
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Microsoft, Innovate º£½ÇÊÓƵ and Jake and Nayns join 2023 Leicestershire Innovation Festival launch
Leicestershire Live Innovation Awards
Attendees were encouraged to use innovation to help them through the economic downturn
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East Yorkshire modular building specialist named on £10b government contract list
Manufacturing
Integra Buildings one of less than 30 national firms in line for major works in housing, education, justice and defence
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British Steel told making redundancies in midst of support negotiations 'not the way to do business'
Industrial
Minister and MPs perplexed by approach as offer details laid out in Westminster while union talks start in Scunthorpe
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2023 Leicestershire Innovation Festival starts on Monday February 6 – and there is still time to sign up
Leicestershire Live Innovation Awards
Fortnight includes biggest LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards yet at the National Space Centre on February 16
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Shared strategy for North Sea renewables signed up to by º£½ÇÊÓƵ after Brexit loss
Energy
MoU signed with key stakeholders for collaboration across vital energy zone as NSTA sets up carbon capture team
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Big warehouse park gets go-ahead at appeal after councillors initially said no
Construction
120 acre scheme attracted objections from people and organisations over concerns about its impact on the local countryside
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Key points from Jeremy Hunt's speech from 'mini Canary Wharfs' to inflation
Economy
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt gave a speech at Bloomberg in the City, London to outline the Tory party vision for the economy
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Rail Minister urged to get on with plans to electrify Midland Mainline through East Midlands and Yorkshire
Transport
'Fourteen months on not only has the work not been done, the terms of reference have not even been agreed'
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Tom Newman-Taylor appointed CEO of º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s only inland freeport
Ports & Logistics
Tom Newman-Taylor takes over management of the special economic area around East Midlands Airport in March
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