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Slots filling up for two week Leicestershire Innovation Festival this February
Technology
Businesses interested in staging an event during Leicestershire Innovation Festival have until January 31 to register
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Fine foods supplier Bramble wins investment from LDC
Deals
LDC previously backed Tom Joules, founder of Market Harborough-based premium lifestyle brand Joules
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Ex-Apprentice contestant "sorry" after business folds
The Apprentice
An official notice on the website of her shop states it has ceased trading and is taking steps to enter into liquidation
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Ballards Removals quadruples sales and doubles staff after setting up new Notts HQ
Transport
Managing director Matthew Ballard said investment includes short-term self-storage and long-term storage and vehicle hire
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East Midlands job creation at near-record rate and confidence up despite Omicron, says NatWest survey
Economy
Solid upturn in business activity, tempered by spread of Omicron Covid variant and supply-chain disruption
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Invite for Leicestershire firms to go green and boost their business
Environment
Hope is that businesses will attract more trade as clients look for more sustainable products and services
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Customers funds ‘frozen’ after FCA intervenes at electronic payment firm Viola Money (Europe) Limited
Banking & Finance
Administrators say the FCA took action because it had ‘serious concerns about Viola’s operations’
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Everards brewery sees £3.4m losses and sales down 50% on pre-Covid – but hopes of post-Omicron bounce-back
Food and Drink
Fresh Christmas slump comes after brewery provided landlords with £5.8m bailout since start of pandemic
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Ex-Mazars boss Chris Darlington takes on marketing role at business advisors WestBridge Group
Marketing
Mr Darlington was a partner at Mazars for five years, opening and managing the Leicester office in Meridian Business Park
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Plans still on for 2022 LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards – and here’s how you can apply
Leicestershire Live Innovation Awards
'Although the national situation is changing daily, we are hopeful the Leicestershire event will go ahead next February'
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Ones to Watch in 2022: Meet some of the West Midlands' up-and-coming business stars
West Midlands
We've canvassed the opinions of experts across the region to see who we should be keeping an eye on this year as the business world continues to battle back from the covid pandemic
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Ones to Watch: The growing East Midlands Businesses to look out for in 2022
Marketing
List includes marketing firms, software designers, chefs, net zero pioneers and a taxi firm
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Blue Light Card discount scheme for 999 workers looking ahead to 2022 after growing to almost 2.4m customers
Retail & High Street
The company workforce has also doubled in size from 60 to 121
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Reshoring deal born in the West Midlands brings new body drying tech to market
West Midlands
Tooling2000 and iDry team up after problems with Chinese supplier leave firm without key components
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Chamber boss welcomes help for hospitality businesses facing potentially ‘devastating’ new Covid rules
Leisure & Touism
Support includes grants of up to £6,000 for businesses in the affected sectors in England
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Couple behind Reviews.io platform build accessible Christmas grotto for poorly and disabled children
Retail & High Street
Callum and Nikki McKeefery were inspired to create the grotto by five-year-old son Hudson, who has special needs
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Konektio, which helps clients use Internet of Things to streamline operations, raises £2.1m in funding
Technology
Money will allow Konektio to develop its product, grow its sales and marketing team, boost overseas sales and add staff
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Jail for payroll clerk who kept stealing even after he was interviewed by police
Courts
Carlin was interviewed under caution but released and went on to get a job elsewhere and commit the same offences
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Gillotts Funeral Directors turning former police station into a chapel of rest
property news
Firm wants to install 20-seat chapel on ground floor of building which was built in 1878 but has been empty for four years
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East Midlands fish and chip shop chain bought out of administration by management
Insolvency and Administration
CEO Nick Hogan: 'I was delighted to share this news with our incredible staff before Christmas'
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Housing association boss Lindsey Williams becomes 2022 president of East Midlands Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Lindsey Williams has headed up Futures Housing Group for two decades - it manages more than 10,000 homes
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Thousands of high street businesses get sales boost thanks to West Lindsey District Council rewards scheme
Retail & High Street
Local Rewards programme created to drive footfall to high street stores across the region during and after the pandemic
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2021 Nottinghamshire Live Women in Business Awards cancelled due to Omicron
NottinghamshireLive Women in Business Awards
'It's really disappointing we can't get together to celebrate the achievements of women across Nottinghamshire'
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Costa Coffee accused of ruining independent café’s trade with pop-up promo store
Retail & High Street
Five Fox Lane cafe owner furious to arrive at work to find a big Costa stall giving free cups of coffee away
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