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Utility Stream secures new funding to support job creation
West Midlands
Energy consultancy is planning to recruit both in the West Midlands and national after agreeing funding deal
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Client wins boost birthday celebrations for True Studio
West Midlands
Black Country studio launched by trio after redundancy last summer is marking its first birthday with new briefs
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East Midlands business activity "bounced back in August"
Coronavirus
General improvement came as economy opened up – but fears a rise in Covid-19 could lead to new lockdowns
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Deloitte launches new health tech hub in Birmingham
West Midlands
Financial services firm chooses city to house new innovation support service for health tech entrepreneurs
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Emma Barratt opens East Midlands branch of virtual business support agency Get Ahead VA
Marketing
Emma was keen to use her entrepreneurial flair to run her own business, and has now taken a franchise with Get Ahead VA
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Teenage entrepreneur designs website so people can check social distancing measures in local pubs, shops and gyms
Retail & High Street
“Know before you go” sites tells people what social distancing measures restaurants, shops, cinemas, leisure centres have
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Ex-miner gives up well-paid job to set up own business
SMEs
Pman Consulting founder Paul Westwick worked at Cotgrave pit in Nottinghamshire and Asfordby in Leicestershire
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Green, indie fashion label Fullalove Clothing wants to help clean up Leicester's tarnished textile image
Fashion
New label champions “premium quality sustainably sourced natural fabrics” and a move towards slower fashion choices
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Grants of up to ÂŁ10,000 still available for Leicestershire businesses struggling from the impact of Covid-19
SMEs
Comes as town centre shops continued to see a slump in footfall in August as people kept working from home
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ÂŁ30m hemp processing plant could create up to 30 jobs
SMEs
Hemp can be used for everything from insulation to foods, paper, textiles and concrete-type building materials
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20 new jobs as East Yorkshire car repair team to open second site in Scunthorpe
Automotive
React Accident Repair Group expands as insurance partnerships pay dividends through pandemic
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Private equity deal for Birmingham sanitiser firm BBH Scientific
West Midlands
Maker of new EcoSan spray is targeting with use funding from Rutland Holdings to target markets in the Middle East
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Online charity shop Thrift+ expands into new premises
Fashion
Sellers chose what percentage of money they make goes to charity and what is turned into credits to use on the site
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New lifeline for Leicestershire SME’s hit by Covid lockdown
SMEs
This is how SME's can benefit from expertise of two of the Midlands’ top business schools as part of £20m scheme
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SETsquared relaunches bursary for tech entrepreneurs from ethnic minority backgrounds
Technology
The Breakthrough Bursary aims to promote inclusion and equal opportunities
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Support scheme for startups and early-stage businesses to launch in Somerset
South West
The programme is now open for applications
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'Rather than stifling enterprise, the pandemic has led to entrepreneurs creating new businesses in response to the crisis'
Startups
While new business formations dropped in March, April, and May as compared to the same months in 2019, it had grown by a record-breaking 47% in June
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Posh dog food supplier Butternut Box launching new factory with up to 500 jobs
property news
Growth in the pet sector has seen new brand receive more than ÂŁ20 million from investors in past year alone
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Investment syndicate backs travel platform for dog owners
Deals
The group invested in the business, which is aiming to be the TripAdvisor of the dog world, following a Dragons Den style pitch event for equity business funding
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Leicester lockdown couple come up with personalised mask that helps you share your smile
SMEs
Semi-retired photographer couple launch personalised mask company from Leicester home
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State bail-outs keeping firms on life-support – but warnings more will soon start going under
Insolvency and Administration
Warnings that corporate insolvencies could start going up by October
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Action taken against Leicester textile factories over working conditions
Economy
Health and Safety Executive now considering further enforcement action at other local firms
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Revealed: How much Leicester Haymarket Theatre owed when it went bust
Insolvency and Administration
Those owed money included 3,500 theatre-goers who had handed over ÂŁ300,000
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NatWest CEO Alison Rose warns bosses to think long and hard about taking on unsustainable levels of debt
Economy
“What is critical is how quickly we can get the economy moving again and get people back to work"
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