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Santander opens corporate banking centre in Black Country
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Santander Corporate Banking has extended its presence in the West Midlands with the opening of a new Corporate Banking Centre in Wolverhampton.
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Business leaders left reeling after inflation rise
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Business leaders say they have been left reeling following the announcement of the latest inflation increase to 4.4 per cent in February.
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Barclays Private Equity sells £25 million holding in Femcare
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The Birmingham office of Barclays Private Equity has sold its holding in contraception firm Femcare for £25 million with help from a team of local advisers.
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Budget 2011: Experts divided over enterprise zones
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A city tax expert has thrown his weight behind plans set to be announced in this week’s Budget for the return of so-called ‘enterprise zones’.
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Budget 2011: Personal tax thresholds set to rise
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Chancellor George Osborne is expected to take hundreds of thousands more low earners out of income tax by raising the threshold to around £8,000 in his Budget on Wednesday.
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Birmingham venture capitalist takes stake in Trekmates
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Birmingham based venture capitalist EV has take a minority stake in Nottingham-based outdoor brand Trekmates.
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New recruits at Harvey Ingram following Borneos merger
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Harvey Ingram has continued its expansion of operations with a string of new appointments following its merger with Borneos.
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Four No5 Chambers barristers appointed Queen's Counsel
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Four Birmingham-based barristers who have worked on a string of high profile cases across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ have been appointed Queen’s Counsel.
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Barclays Wealth takes on new banker
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Barclays Wealth has taken on a new addition to its Birmingham office with the recruitment of Ian Walker, who has joined as private banker.
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DJH opens new Shrewsbury office
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Staffordshire accountancy and wealth management firm DJH has opened a new office in Shrewsbury.
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KPMG boosts IT advisory team
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Professional services firm KPMG has recruited three people to its IT advisory team in the Midlands.
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Oxalis Group acquires CCTV firms
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Warwickshire-based protection equipment manufacturer The Oxalis Group has acquired the º£½ÇÊÓƵ, Italian and Singapore businesses of a specialist CCTV producer in a deal originated by M3 Corporate Finance.
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RSM Tenon advises on sale of PPL
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RSM Tenon has worked on the sale of Coventry-based PPL Polyurethane Products (PPL) to a global supplier of engineering systems.
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Takeover for Islamic Bank of Britain after another year of losses
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The Birmingham-based loss-making Islamic Bank of Britain is set to be taken over by its main investor Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) in a deal valuing it at £25.5 million
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Antiques proven to be good investment
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Art and antiques are continuing to provide the best long-term value for investors looking for a tangible return on their purchases.
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DBS Law boosts senior team
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DBS Law has boosted its senior team with the appointment of personal injury lawyer Angela Fitzpatrick.
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Waldrons expands services after recruitment drive
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Black Country firm Waldrons is expanding three of its specialist services after announcing a hat-trick of appointments.The expansion of the firm’s personal injury, medical negligence and conveyancing departments sees national acclaim for personal injury specialist Julia Cinnamond, the arrival of conveyancing solicitor Rowena Slater-Reay and a newly qualified solicitor Joseph Norton.Julia becomes a qualified member of the Law Society personal injury panel after five years’ service as part of Waldrons’ seven-strong personal injury team based at the firm’s head office at Wychbury Court, Merry Hill.Joseph Norton will also be based at head office after completing his two-year training with Waldrons.
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Wragge & Co advises on £18m Talis deal
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Corporate experts at Wragge & Co have advised Talis Group on the sale of its library services division to Capita Group for £18 million.Corporate director Richard Goold led the team advising technology business Talis Group.
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DLA Piper advises Intertek Group on £450m acquisition
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Corporate lawyers at DLA Piper’s Birmingham office have advised Intertek Group on its £450 million acquisition of Moody International.
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Weightmans prepares to join up with Vizards Wyeth
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Law firm Weightmans will take on the insurance business of rival firm Vizards Wyeth from April 1.Weightmans, which has an office in Birmingham also confirmed that talks with law firm Mace and Jones were ongoing and that terms could be agreed on a deal in the coming weeks.Managing director Patrick Gaul, said: “We are very pleased to agree terms.
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Birmingham law firms line up for awards race
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A group of legal heavyweights are getting ready to do battle to find out who will win the title of law firm of the year at the Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards 2011.
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Top Birmingham lawyer David Birch dies, aged 61
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Tributes have been paid to a leading Birmingham lawyer, described as one of the city’s greatest ever exports, after he lost his battle with cancer.
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Handelsbanken of Sweden opens new HQ in Birmingham
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An international bank that has weathered the turmoil in the financial sector better than almost all its competitors has opened a major new regional headquarters in Birmingham.
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Baldwins takes on new partner
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Tamworth accountancy firm Baldwins has hired a new partner.
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