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Defence firm QinetiQ sells subsidiaries
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Defence firm QinetiQ – which has a major site in Malvern, Worcestershire – has sold two of its subsidiaries, bringing in millions to the company’s coffers.
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Blow to Bank of England’s efforts to ease recession
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Doubts over the Bank of England’s efforts to boost money supply and ease the recession were emerging yesterday after figures showed lending to businesses fell by almost £5billion in April.
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Lloyds strengthens support for Birmingham law firms
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Commercial bankers at Lloyds TSB said they have improved their support for the legal sector, after Darren Riley became the latest bank manager to be given the Lexcel Consultant status.
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Monthly bank and building society mortgages highest for a year
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Banks and building societies approved 43,201 mortgages for house purchase in April, more than in any month since April last year and up from a low of 27,501 last November.
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Rising use of locum doctors could see more negligence claims - lawyer
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A leading clinical negligence lawyer has warned of more claims to come following the fatal accidental overdose given to a patient by a German doctor on his first shift in the Ƶ.
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St Philip's barristers appointed to sit as recorders
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St Philips Chambers has announced that five of its barristers have been appointed to sit as recorders on the Midland Circuit.
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Accountants in Warwick Business School internship scheme
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has teamed up with Warwick Business School to launch a new internship scheme to help undergraduates get involved in the accounting and finance sectors.
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Accountants win big payout after HRMC gets its sums wrong
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A Midlands firm of accountants and business advisers has won a big payout from HM Revenue & Customs for a client after it got its sums wrong.
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Law firms in for a tough end to 2009
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Law firms are in for a rocky ride in the second half of 2009, with statistics predicting that spend on corporate legal services is set to drop by nearly a fifth.
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Wragge & Co has NHS on contract for treatment centre
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The healthcare practice at Wragge & Co has the NHS on a contract for a multi-million pound treatment centre.
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Battle for Association of Women Solicitors honour
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The Association of Women Solicitors (AWS) has set up an awards ceremony to celebrate women solicitors in business.
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Advisers help Barratt build the future for West Bromwich
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International law firm HBJ Gateley Wareing has advised housebuilder Barratt West Midlands on the multi-million pound regeneration of the Lyng estate in West Bromwich.
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Hammonds advises on £300m Chesapeake deal
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The Birmingham office of law firm Hammonds is celebrating after completing a deal worth nearly half a billion dollars for an International packaging firm.
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Software firm Systems Integration backed with £250k
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Investment firm Catapult Venture Managers has put a quarter of a million pounds behind a Lichfield software firm looking to move into the food industry.
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Delays in tax rebates is causing financial stress
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Thousands of financially struggling taxpayers are waiting up to three months or more for repayments of tax from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) as a result of new random security checks, said Birmingham accountants UHY Hacker Young.
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Crystal clear that ‘near-prime’ mortgage product has a future
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Birmingham lender Crystal Mortgages said it has received a massive response for the ‘near-prime’ mortgages it started two months ago.
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Borrowing on the increase particularly among young
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New research has shown the recession has done little to dampen attitudes towards credit, particularly among the young.
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Poll: Recruiting good staff a big challenge in West Midlands
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Businesses in the West Midlands believe that managing customer expectations and attracting the right calibre of staff are two of the major challenges facing them today, according to an opinion poll run by chartered accountants and business advisers, Burgis & Bullock.
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Two-thirds of businesses not credit checking new customers
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Research by Cattles Invoice Finance (CIF) has revealed that only a third of SMEs in the Midlands credit check new customers, putting their businesses at unnecessary risk at a time when just one unpaid invoice could spell failure.
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Tax partner Simon Littlejohns wants 'joined up thinking' by Government
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A Birmingham accountant and business adviser has attacked the Government for tinkering with capital allowances on plant and machinery.
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Middle Eastern investor selling large stake in Barclays
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One of Barclays’ biggest Middle Eastern investors said that it would maintain a “close” relationship with the banking giant despite announcing plans to offload part of its stake.
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Birmingham hosts conference on tapping into Islamic finance market
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Birmingham will today play host to a conference looking at how the West Midlands can tap into the potential offered by the emerging multi-billion-pound Islamic finance market.
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Watchdog wants to toughen up rules on 'short-selling'
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The City watchdog yesterday said it wants to extend new rules forcing disclosure of bets on falling share prices of financial firms as it looks to widen the regime to all stocks.
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Birmingham lawyer told to return shares after breaching contract
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A Birmingham corporate lawyer was ordered to hand back thousands of shares in a local land recovery firm after his previous employers said he had breached the terms of his contract.
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