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2022 Leicester Business Festival making an impact as it enters its second week
Enterprise
Leicester Giving Day will feature as the festival finale on Friday, November 18
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Tom Joule – who started Joules selling wellies at country fairs – hopes brand will live on as administrators called in
Retail & High Street
Comes as one analyst says, ‘Next and Frasers look logical suitors given their relatively robust position’
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East Midlands appointments and promotions
Appointments
Moves at Armsons Barlow, Heavenly Desserts, Precision People, Gowercroft Joinery, Cambridge & Counties and more
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Joules announces it is going into administration
Insolvency and Administration
The retailer said it was suspending trading in its shares following months of financial difficulties
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East Midlands business activity falls for fifth month
Economy
Business confidence at two-and-a-half year low, according to a new NatWest study
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Walkers owner PepsiCo º£½ÇÊÓƵ says new vehicles will cut 1,200 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year
Climate Agenda
The US owned food and drinks giant said it was going to replace diesel with hydrogenated vegetable oil in its trucks
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Poinsettia farmer overcomes energy crisis to grow a million plants for Christmas 
Supermarkets
Comes as Dutch growers cut back on production this year due to rising gas prices
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Revealed: The 2022 Leicestershire ProCon Awards winners
property news
There was a double win for Space Park Leicester and two wins for Market Harborough-based Corporate Architecture
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900 jobs at risk under planned closure of Leicester and Lincolnshire Bakkavor factories
Food and Drink
Closures planned as a result of the challenging "macro-economic backdrop"
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Logistics park giant IM Properties starts work on 340k sq ft Hinckley Park speculative build
Construction
Hinckley Park is already home to DPD and a 532,000 sq ft unit let to Amazon - and employs 1,500 people
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Brexit backer and Next boss Lord Simon Wolfson says it was ‘definitely not the Brexit I wanted’
Retail
‘We have got people queuing up to come to this country to pick crops that are rotting in fields….and we’re not letting them in’
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Nottingham must do more to become first carbon-neutral city in England by 2028, say property experts
Construction
One said, ‘Sometimes all that’s needed is the courage to say we don’t need that new building’
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Why Jeremy Hunt must commit to electrifying Midland Mainline and decent rail links between Coventry, Leicester and Nottingham
Transport
Campaigners say East Midlands missing out on £1.26 billion of transport spending each year compared to º£½ÇÊÓƵ average
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As Leicester drops Workplace Parking Levy plans, Nottingham says it has ‘revolutionised’ transport there
Transport
10 years on the only European city with a workplace parking levy says emissions are down and public transport is better
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Shopkeeper sentenced and tagged for selling potentially dangerous toys, electrical products and cosmetics
Courts
Trading standards seized 753 items including hair straighteners, power tools and robot vacuum cleaners
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Goldsmiths boss on how luxury watch sales are still booming despite cost of living crisis
Retail & High Street
Watches of Switzerland CEO says prices rising as supply still outstripping demand and new showrooms open
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Big Interview: The computer gamer taking on big hardware giants with his designer tech
Technology
Steven McKerrow came up with Mouseskins while recovering from a horror bike crash and is now seeking up to £1m backing
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Amazon says it has invested more than £3bn into East Midlands since 2010 and created 8,000 jobs
Retail
It said across the region more than 6,000 SMEs had worked in partnership with the business since 2010
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Cost of living crisis scuppers workplace parking levy plans
Local Government
Council also warns of budget shortfall of 'many tens of millions' with worse to come
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Amazon completes major expansion at Coalville warehouse
Retail & High Street
The centre focuses on bigger items sold through Amazon ranging from bulk pet food to large screen TVs and garden furniture
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How º£½ÇÊÓƵ-based Associate Events is helping stage Cop27 UN climate summit in Egypt
Climate Agenda
Leicester firm has supported nine º£½ÇÊÓƵ and global business attending key climate event in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
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Leicester Mayor says city is open and ready to do business as eighth Leicester Business Festival launches
Economy
Sir Peter Soulsby said despite the cost of living and energy crises facing the city, there was still a lot to be positive about
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Joules shares dive again as cash problems continue
Retail & High Street
Joules said it was in 'advanced discussions' with potential backers, including founder Tom Joule
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November 2022 East Midlands movers and shakers
Appointments
News from Actons, Lawson West, Smith Partnership, Marchini Curran Associates, NG and others
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