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New York-inspired bar and grill the Blind Rabbit will recreate edgy glamour of the Big Apple
Food and Drink
It is being launched by the creative team behind three popular city bars, The Magic Garden, Das Kino and Penny Lane
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Zombie businesses threaten recovery - but pent up consumer demand pulling some firms out of harm’s way
Enterprise
Some good news as number of businesses in “significant†financial distress looks to be receding
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Caring manufacturer wins chamber's top award
West Midlands
Shelforce has been crowned company of the year for its work in helping disabled people into employment
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Alternative lender ThinCats makes £400m available to help SMEs affected by Covid-19
Finance
ThinCats, based in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, has secured a big chunk of the funding from Fintex Capital
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Winning Executive of the Year is "a real career highlight that will be hard to beat"
LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards
Celebrating those behind the success, the LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year 2021 are open for entires
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Nottingham recruitment business branches out across the Pond in New York and Boston
Employment
James Calder: 'Thanks to continued reinvestment and culture, we have grown from a very small team in 2016 to 42 people'
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Walters Architects takes new offices opposite Leicester Cathedral
Architecture
Firm was established by Kevin Walters in 2006, and has seen strong growth through its commercial arm and private client base
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ITV puts £2.5m into mobile game start-up Live Tech Games
Entertainment
ITV wants to target 16-34s by bringing together TV with online gaming and other entertainment
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Who will succeed at the 2021 LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards?
LeicestershireLive Business Executive of the Year Awards
Awards will be presented at a live, black-tie event at the King Power Stadium on the evening of Thursday, November 4
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Brexit exodus – ‘EU workers have left and aren’t returning...we’ve never seen anything like this in 20 years’
European Union
Warnings include suggestions that 60 per cent of vegetable packers have said they’re leaving or left
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Independent café chain Damascena to open fifth Birmingham venue
West Midlands
Firm is launching new venue in office building in Edgbaston
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Emergency service and key worker discount company Blue Light Card relocates to bigger HQ after major growth
Offices
The workforce has grown from 36 to 94 in just over a year
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Many Leicestershire care homes still failing to pay staff when they need to self-isolate
Coronavirus
Unlike NHS employees, social care workers are not guaranteed sick pay above this basic legal requirement
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Freedom Day 2021: 500 days since it last opened, Bistro Live prepares to fling open its doors and “party, party, partyâ€
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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North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College advertising 26 apprentice vacancies at county firms
Regional Development
Accounting, hairdressing, logistics, engineering, retail and hospitality positions are available
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Truck company offering free training worth thousands to help tackle chronic shortage of º£½ÇÊÓƵ lorry drivers
Transport
Some European drivers have returned home, with Brexit and Covid dampening enthusiasm for return to º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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Recruitment and training business Optima º£½ÇÊÓƵ helping four young people Kickstart their careers
SMEs
Kickstart apprenticeship programme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit
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Blueprint Interiors wins £1.5m of contracts from office owners looking for help in post-Covid world
Offices
Blueprint currently working on Yü Energy’s new offices in Leicester and several office fit-outs within º£½ÇÊÓƵ science parks
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University of Derby students win £10k of support for interactive platform for elderly people seeking company
Education
A business idea from two University of Derby students to get old people active and interacting online has won a prize worth £4,000 in mentoring and support.
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Leicestershire and Rutland firms urged to put themselves forward for Queen’s Award for Enterprise
The Queen
“For a county the size of Leicestershire, if you take a statistical analysis, we are dramatically under-represented in the awards"
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Loughborough's Take Me cab company continues nationwide expansion, acquiring Tower Cabs in Plymouth
Transport
'It is exciting times at Take Me as we keep expanding and adding brilliant local businesses to our network fleet'
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Green shoots of recovery grow across the East Midlands 
NatWest
New figures suggest regional economy continues to power its way out of lockdown
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$550m turnover US barbecue maker Traeger Grills cooks up deal for Leicester smart thermometer company Meater
Technology
Hi-tech thermometer links wirelessly to a phone or smart watch and shows how long your chicken or roast joint needs
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Derby Festival of Business set to take place this autumn
Economy
University of Derby wants to lead event to highlight best of local industry and kickstart economy post-lockdown
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