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Professional Services
North East's professional services see double digit growth in past decade
Finance
Research points to the region's banks, legal firms and consultancies having generated economic output of £3.6bn in 2021
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Private equity firm buys text and WhatsApp specialist Commify in £250m-plus deal
Technology
Commify provides clients with SMS, WhatsApp, e-mail and voice message services
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Maven Capital Partners to manage £38m equity finance fund in the South West
SMEs
The private equity and investment firm will manage a new £38m equity finance fund on behalf of the British Business Bank's £200m South West Investment Fund
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Security firm set up during pandemic now working with Middle Eastern royalty and Hollywood movie sets
SMEs
Monarch Security was set up during the Covid-19 lockdown by Farhaan Bhatti and Phil Wright
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Corporate travel buy-out set to see long-standing Hull firm soar
Deals
Good Travel Management has acquired the business clients of Wexas Travel Management in an undisclosed deal
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Weightmans expands European operations with hire of team from London's Pierre Thomas Law
Law
North West legal giant hails 'wealth of skill and experience in cross border and travel claims'
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HMV owner finalising deal to save majority of Wilko stores
Insolvency and Administration
Canadian businessman who owns HMV in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and Toys R Us in Canada is the front-runner
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Dutch software firm Energy21 buys Loughborough software provider Jules Energy
Deals
The Dutch business is a growing tech partner for European energy companies and the deal takes its workforce to more than 100
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Leicester businessman Simon Hill suffered possible ‘cardiac event’ before crash that killed him and son Harry
Automotive
Father and son were part of senior team at family-owned fleet management business Total Motion
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Next takes even bigger stake in British fashion brand Reiss
Fashion
Former Next group product director Christos Angelides – who became Reiss chief executive in 2017 – will stay on in the top job
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Hundreds of jobs to go at Wilko – with more to follow
Insolvency and Administration
PwC said 'it is now clear that no viable offer structure put forward includes the group in its entirety'
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South West insolvency-related activity rises by 40 per cent, according to new research by R3
Insolvency and Administration
According to the º£½ÇÊÓƵ's insolvency and restructuring trade body there were 166 cases of insolvency-related activity in July 2023
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North East's private equity deals market buoyant despite market turmoil
Finance
The region saw a rise in the number of investments even though the national deal flow was down
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Reports suggest deal to save Wilko jobs has collapsed
Retail & High Street
Administrators at PwC still understood to be in negotiations with other interested parties, though
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Frasers Group takes bigger stake in Boohoo
Fashion
AJ Bell analyst says Frasers has a reputation for 'picking at the bones of businesses when they are down'
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Union fears Wilko redundancies could restart today
Insolvency and Administration
It is understood that private equity firm M2 Capital has made a £90 million offer to buy the retailer
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Derby Silk Yard developers secure £11.9m of support
Construction
Silk Yard development, on John Street and Castleward Boulevard, is 35% reserved prior to completion
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Bristol invoice finance provider announces 'record' month
Finance
Optimum Finance said that company continues to support the growth ambitions of small and medium sized º£½ÇÊÓƵ businesses
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Leicester Haymarket Theatre gets new lease of life from 'Europe's biggest' music and dance school
Theatre
There are still hopes the theatre will reopen to the public at some stage
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Monmouthshire Building Society posts strong growth and profits
Wales
The mutual recently stopped working on Welsh Government plans for a community bank in Wales
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Nottingham Forest announces new chairman to replace Nicholas Randall KC
Barclay's Premier League
New chairman Tom Cartledge is a life-long Forest fan who has advised club owners on plans to redevelop the City Ground
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Union says redundancies on hold at Wilko as search for buyer continues
Insolvency and Administration
GMB says any redundancies at Wilko have been suspended while administrators considers 'multiple bids'
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Flight disruptions ‘to last for days’ following ATC failure
Transport
The disruption continued into Tuesday with flights cancelled or late as many aircraft and crews were stuck in the wrong place
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Bath-based investment programme announces strong return on Qualification Check deal
Deals
Macaulay Co-Investment Programme investors have secured a strong return of more than 7x on their initial investment
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