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Budget 2010: Darling announces £2.5bn 'growth package'
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Chancellor Alistair Darling Budget today unveiled a Budget he said would secure economic recovery and tackle borrowing.
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S&U posts 9% profits rise despite uncertain conditions
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Credit provider S&U has announced a nine per cent rise in profits despite a market “clouded with uncertaintyâ€.
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Wragge & Co advises on £100m fund for distressed land opportunities
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Birmingham law giant Wragge & Co LLP has advised Stirling Mortimer Limited over the launch of a new £100million fund focusing on distressed land opportunities.
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Jobs safe as Coventry Building Society merges with Stroud & Swindon
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The º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s third biggest building society has announced plans to merge with a smaller rival in the latest in a series of tie-ups in the sector.
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Budget 2010: Call for better access to finance and stability
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Tax experts have highlighted access to finance, stability and certainty in the tax system as the main concerns for Midlands enterprise in tomorrow’s Budget.
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Three new arrivals for family team at Alsters Kelley
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Warwickshire law firm Alsters Kelley has welcomed three new additions. The assistant solicitors and legal secretary have been taken on to help with the increased workload in the family department.
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Young and Lee start drop-in divorce sessions
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With divorce rates on the up, one Birmingham firm has started to run evening legal advice sessions for people who can’t find the time to spare from work.
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Wesleyan Assurance back in the black
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Birmingham-based Wesleyan Assurance Society said its investment strategy and financial strength helped it deliver a 20.1 per cent investment return on its main with-profits fund last year.
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Profits halve in turbulent year at Headlam Group
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Carpet and tiling distributor Headlam saw its profits drop by nearly half in 2009, and said the market was still looking challenging.
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Recruitment veteran Charlotte Stokes to launch new legal service
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A recruitment expert has set up a new firm looking to match lawyers with companies in the Midlands.
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Bank of England's Andrew Bailey in Birmingham to talk to finance sector
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The head of the Bank of England’s arm that deals with distressed banks has visited Birmingham to talk to the local financial and professional services community.
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Historic law firm Hall Pratt & Pritchard calls in administrators
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An historic West Midland law firm founded in 1772 has collapsed.
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Legal services company expands after science park backing
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A Birmingham-based legal services company has just expanded into new offices and has plans to more than double in size again after a private investment.
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BCW Group to create 'up to 100' jobs with Stratford return
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Up to 100 jobs could be created after credit management group BCW said it was returning to Stratford-Upon-Avon after an absence of three years.
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Fuel Conservation Services bought by managers
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A West Midlands engineering firm which has developed energy-saving liners for furnaces, kilns and ovens has been sold to the company’s management.
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Orbis Partners and Freeth Cartwright team up for handbag MBO
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Corporate finance adviser Orbis Partners has teamed up with law firm Freeth Cartwright to advise Elite Creation’s first acquisition of 2010 – less than a month after spearheading the firm’s multi-million pound management buyout.
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Historic law firm collapses after 250 years in business
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A historic West Midland law firm founded in 1772 has collapsed.
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New man in charge at Birmingham law firm DLA Piper
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Russell Orme has been named as the new top man in Birmingham for international legal giant DLA Piper.
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Wragge & Co named on Ofwat legal panel
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Birmingham law firm Wragge & Co has been named on the first legal panel for water regulator Ofwat.
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Investors coming back to º£½ÇÊÓƵ according to specialists
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Investors from emerging markets like India and China are looking at the º£½ÇÊÓƵ more favourably again according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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No new cuts in Budget claims Darling
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Alistair Darling has made it clear that next week’s Budget will not spell out any new spending cuts.
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Yorkshire backs GSH to the tune of £8 million
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Stoke-based GSH has secured an £8m finance package from Yorkshire Bank.
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No rush for mergers among struggling building societies
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After Coventry Building Society confirmed it was in merger talks with rival Stroud & Swindon and West Bromwich Building Society announced more job cuts, Graeme Brown looks at the market for the region’s lenders
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Tyndallwoods' Mark Phillips to chair Law Society immigration committee
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Mark Phillips, a partner at Tyndallwoods Solicitors, has been appointed to chair the Law Society’s immigration committee.
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