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Paragon signs £200m deal with Lloyds to help fund new mortgages
Banking & Finance
A listed Midland buy-to-let mortgage lender has signed a £200 million loan facility with Lloyds Bank to help fund new mortgages.
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Fortunes improve for HomeServe amid mis-selling investigation
Banking & Finance
Home emergency business HomeServe said trade was improving after re-focusing its Ƶ business following a well-publicised mis-selling scandal.
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Revenue and profits rise at 'confident' S&U
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Niche consumer and motor finance provider S&U has revealed an eight per cent rise in revenue and remains “confident for the future”.
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Economic zones plan 'could bring £1.5bn to Birmingham'
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Birmingham has unveiled a blueprint to attract £1.5 billion of investment to the city over the next three to five years and create up to 50,000 jobs.
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Legal revolution is 'good for business' says entrepreneur
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Law firms have had it too good for too long and should not be surprised that others want a slice of the action in the wake of the Legal Services Act.
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Business confidence falls
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Business confidence has plummeted to its lowest level for 20 years, according to a new report from Birmingham based business advisers BDO.
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New managers for BCRS Business Loans
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A co-operative small business loan fund has appointed two new business development managers to meet the demand for finance from firms refused a loan from the banks.
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SMEs missing out says Chantrey Vellacott DFK
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Almost nine out of ten Birmingham SMEs could be missing out on a share of hundreds of millions of pounds in unclaimed tax relief, according to a city accountancy firm.
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Cattaneo advises on takeover
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Birmingham firm Cattaneo has advised on the latest takeover of the Islamic Bank of Britain.
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Refinancing deal for NFT
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Chilled food and drink distributor NFT has completed a five-year refinancing deal worth £31.6 million to help support future growth.
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New start for Williams de Broë
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One of the best known investment management businesses in Birmingham has a new name following a company wide re-branding.
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New recruit at Alsters Kelley
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Warwickshire law firm Alsters Kelley Solicitors has awarded a training contract to a new recruit.
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Expansion for BCL Legal
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Birmingham based BCL Legal - one of the largest legal recruitment consultancies outside London – has continued its expansion drive after announcing it placed 23 per cent more candidates in the first eight months of 2012 across the Midlands.
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SGH Martineau advises on retail park deal
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The Birmingham office of SGH Martineau has acted on the recent acquisition of Worcester’s Tybridge Street Retail Park.
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Planning and environment team boost for Pinsent Masons
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Pinsent Masons has strengthened its Ƶ planning and environment team with the recruitment of Rebecca Warren to its Birmingham office as a legal director.
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DLA Piper teams advise Busy Bees and SCH
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Real estate lawyers from the Birmingham office of DLA Piper have advised Busy Bees, the Ƶ’s largest nursery group, on the property aspects of its acquisition of Just Learning’s chain of 71 nurseries.
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Planning and environment team boost for Pinsent Masons
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Pinsent Masons has strengthened its Ƶ planning and environment team with the recruitment of Rebecca Warren to its Birmingham office as a legal director.
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Law firms' merger to result in 50 job losses in Midlands
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More than 50 people are likely to lose their jobs and three offices will close following the merger between law firms Shakespeares and Harvey Ingram, it has been announced.
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Dains acquires business and staff of RSM Tenon's Stoke-on-Trent office
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A Midland accountancy firm has acquired the business and employees of the Stoke-on-Trent office of a national listed rival.
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SGH Martineau announces hat trick of promotions
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An international law firm with Birmingham roots has announced a hat trick of promotions at its city office.
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Finance firm English Mutual to open Birmingham office after takeover
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Financial planning firm English Mutual is set to open a new Birmingham office after being taken over.
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Fall in company insolvencies despite economic gloom
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The number of companies going bust fell last month despite the Ƶ’s longest double-dip recession since the 1950s, according to a report.
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Bank of England member senses new confidence in economy
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Bank of England committee member Martin Weale has hailed a new “underlying sense of confidence” in the Ƶ – and predicted an end to the lengthy squeeze on household incomes.
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Rubric Lois King Solicitors expands after funding deal
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A Birmingham solicitors firm has expanded and relocated after securing a £400,000 loan.
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