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Freedom Day 2021: 500 days since it last opened, Bistro Live prepares to fling open its doors and “party, party, party”
Restaurants
‘We are still here and there are a lot of places that have gone to the wall, so we are grateful for everything’
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£70m of bids made for new Derby concert venue and the planned Infinity Garden Village
Leisure & Touism
Bids include one for £20m for a 3,500 capacity, £45m performance venue in the Becketwell area
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Nexperia on calls that its takeover of Newport Wafer Fab should be blocked on national interest grounds
Technology
Nexperia said if it hadn't intervened Newport Wafer Fab would have collapsed into administration
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High speed rail should be reclassed as an England only project says Welsh Affairs Committee
High Speed 2
The committee says the Welsh Government should receive a Barnett Formula consequential in line with Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Morgan Sindall starts work on £13.5m rebuild of Leicester’s St Margaret’s bus station and routes around it
Transport
All that remains of original bus station building is some of the steelwork frame which will be reused in the new construction
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Ƶ 'Rural Capital of Food' bids for £10m to help post-Covid recovery and support almost 140 new jobs
Regional Development
Plans include opening up Melton cattle market to more events and creating more food and drinks production units
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HGV driver crisis: Pall-Ex boss warns crippling driver shortages ‘one of the greatest challenges of a generation’
BBC
Fears Ƶ freight network grinding to a halt due to combination of Covid-19 and Brexit
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Brittany Ferries predicts 'avalanche' of bookings after Shapps scraps quarantine for double jabbed
Coronavirus
Plymouth-based cross channel operator is delighted fully vaccinated adults will not have to quarantine on return to England
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak visits businesses in Wolverhampton to show Government's Plan for Jobs is 'working'
West Midlands
Mr Sunak unveiled his Plan for Jobs last year in an effort to help protect, support and create jobs across the country
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Chinese acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab to be reviewed on national security grounds
Boris Johnson
The National Security Adviser has been asked to examine the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by Boris Johnson
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Nottingham-based Focus successfully completes work on revamp at Ely Museum in Cambridgeshire
Museums
Museum tells story of the cathedral city and its surrounding area through new galleries, events, and exhibitions
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Why Welsh Government should have spoken up over Chinese takeover of Newport Wafer Fab
Technology
The plant in Newport has been acquired by Nexperia
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Rough to return - a £1.6b plan for Britain's biggest gas storage facility to play huge hydrogen role
Industrial
Rough could be repurposed for role in Net Zero ambition if government funding mechanisms materialise
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East Midlands Chamber welcomes plans for most comprehensive easing of lockdown restrictions yet 
Coronavirus
End of social distancing will be ‘huge boost for businesses’ – but open borders required for full recovery
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£200m Leicester station revamp could include multi-storey car park and office blocks 
Transport
New ambition after city missed out on £65m Government funding last year
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Welsh Government raise concerns over new state aid rule regime
Ƶ Government
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said the new arrangements would cut out “red tape” and enable financial support to be delivered more quickly
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South West businesses face 'perfect storm' as costs rise and Covid support dries up
Economy
South West Business Council chair says July 1 is key date when firms start to have to repay the debts built up during pandemic
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The billions in rail and bus investment that Wales needs
Transport
Prof Barry says it will require Ƶ and Welsh governments to agree and co-fund a 10-year programme of investment
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Fintech sector in Wales has Silicon Valley potential says Treasury minister John Glen
Ƶ Government
He said the planned £1bn fintech growth fund shouldn't be effectively barnetised to support firms in Wales
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'Serious questions remain' over Government's international travel traffic light system despite progress, says airports boss
Ƶ Government
Manchester Airports Group is currently in a legal fight with the Government
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£20m bid to create National Science and Conservation Centre at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire
Environment
It could contribute to the Midlands economy, create jobs and put the region on the global map for vital conservation work
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Ƶ Government provided £8.6bn in support to Welsh Government since pandemic
Economic Development
The Welsh Government has received an additional £8.6bn in funding from Ƶ Government since the start of the pandemic.
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If Welsh Government wants greater borrowing powers it needs to make a compelling case says Simon Hart
Ƶ Government
The Welsh Government has called on the Treasury to give it greater financial flexibility
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Swansea Bay City Region gets sign off for £55m digital City Deal project
Economic Development
The digital infrastructure project is being led by Carmarthenshire County Council
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