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Downgraded: HS2 Eastern leg to go as far as East Midlands Parkway - then straight into Nottingham and Derby
High Speed 2
Major redesign will also see the full electrification of existing Midland Main Line north to Sheffield
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Chamber issues inflation and skills warning despite unemployment at its lowest since pre-pandemic
Economy
Rise in the cost of living was at its highest in almost 10 years, hitting 4.2 per cent in the year to October
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Why HS2 eastern Leg from Birmingham to Leeds via Nottingham looks dead in the water
High Speed 2
In a major rail review on Thursday, the Government is expected to scrap the HS2 route between the Midlands and Leeds
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Senior Labour MPs welcome investment in Medicom factory making millions of medical masks for the NHS
Employment
Shadow trade ministers Emily Thornberry and Bill Esterson visited factory making more than 1.5 million masks a day
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Growing fears over future of HS2 East as North and Midlands upgrades take priority
High Speed 2
Speculation Government will commit to western leg of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester but scrap Birmingham to Leeds
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Orsted signs multi-million pound deal for offshore wind monopiles as first SeAH Humber plant customer
Deals
Huge vote of confidence for inward investor behind £60m plan to create 750 jobs at Able Marine Energy Park
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Seafood, logistics and energy sector boost as FIVE Grimsby-area projects share £1.2m pot
Employment
Employability schemes for those entering the labour market and others looking to get back in also benefit
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A film-maker, a politician and a lawyer walk into a theatre - and raise £10k for charity with their comedy routines
Theatre
Film-maker Matt Holt wins Leicester Comedy Festival Stand Up Challenge
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Leicester-based Associate Events wins COP26 contract
MIPIM
Events, brand and PR firm is official DEFRA’s event partner at global Glasgow summit
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º£½ÇÊÓƵ offshore wind industry's blueprint for success launched at COP26 to aid international deployment
Climate Agenda
Sector deal focus heralded in Glasgow as global opportunity and best practices outlined
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Leicester creative office hub could support 240 jobs
Creative & Digital
Government commits £8.6m to turn factory complex into space for start-ups and growing businesses
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The 160 projects in Wales sharing £46m from º£½ÇÊÓƵ Government levelling up funding
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Projects across Wales are being funded by the Community Renewal Fund
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British Gas boss: º£½ÇÊÓƵ needs 40,000 new engineers to turn the country’s heating systems green
British Gas
More people needed to install tech including electric vehicle charging points, heat pumps and hydrogen boilers
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Work begins on £7m plan to redevelop Plymouth city centre
Retail & High Street
Construction teams are to begin work on the area around Old Town Street and New George Street after council received Transforming Cities Fund bounty
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Public invited to comment on 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to map out future of Notts barracks site
Economy
Proposals are also part of a longer-term vision for that part of the East Midlands which could create 84,000 jobs
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Culture Secretary: Government and public must back our world-renowned news industry
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'Now more than ever we need properly sourced, robustly researched journalism'
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Why hasn't the Competition and Markets Authority reviewed the Chinese takeover of Newport Wafer Fab
Technology
Nexperia acquired the º£½ÇÊÓƵ's largest chip maker in the summer for £63m.
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Impact of supply chain crisis and Covid revealed as almost 8,000 Leicestershire businesses in ‘significant’ distress
Insolvency and Administration
Challenges include rising inflation, labour shortages, spiralling energy prices and the winding back of Covid support
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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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Chancellor creates £200m South West investment fund to help SMEs
The Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak aims to further address issues around access to finance in wake of success of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund
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Plymouth receives £19.9m from Levelling Up Fund for road improvement
The Budget
Council given Government cash in Budget for Woolwell to The George transport scheme and extra park-and-ride parking
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Humber Freeport gets Budget go-ahead with two out of three tax sites set for November launch
The Budget
7,000 jobs anticipated as customs and tax incentives act as magnet to Net Zero and manufacturing investors
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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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New £130m British Business Bank fund to back growth of Welsh firms confirmed by Rishi Sunak
The Budget
An external fund manager will be appointed to manage the fund
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