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2009
Articles from 30th Sep 2009
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Former bank director Peter McKeown joins Clearwater Corporate Finance
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
Former bank director Peter McKeown has joined Clearwater Corporate Finance as a senior consultant. His role will be to help businesses with reviewing their funding structures, assist with negotiations with their banks and to find new sources of funding. Read
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Halesowen-based Johnston Park McAndrew enters environmental and waste management sector
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
A West Midlands commercial insurance broker has made the first move into what it believes is a growing environmental and waste management sector, by securing spillage cover for a company that transports liquid waste. Read
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Lloyds TSB team tucks into new DBC Foodservice funding facility
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
A team of bankers at Lloyds TSB has arranged a £35 million funding deal for one of the country’s largest food suppliers. Read
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Start of M&A revival in the Midlands
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
This summer was the start of the M&A revival in the Midlands, a local corporate team has said. Read
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Midlands fraud expert in redundancy warning
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
Many local firms making staff redundant are not protecting themselves sufficiently against the increased likelihood of fraud within their organisation, a Midlands fraud expert has said. Read
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No credit crunch for LaSer, with 30 per cent sales rise
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
High street credit company LaSer UK says business is pouring in during the downturn, with £150 million of new business in the last six months. Read
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Debt repayments reached a record high in August
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
The extent to which consumers are tightening their belts was demonstrated yesterday by figures that showed debt repayments reached a record high in August while the household savings ration in the second quarter of 2009 was the highest for five years. Read
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New job, new challenge for top regional accountant Sally Beavan
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
Top regional accountant Sally Beavan – who became a surprise victim of the credit crunch shortly before taking over at the top of the industry body – has started work again at the new office of bank Santander. Read
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Lack of access to funding hitting confidence of small firms says survey
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
Small businesses believe they will prosper and grow as Britain heads out of recession – if lenders start making money available again. Read
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Local advisers arrange private equity funeral buyout
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
A team of Midlands advisers have arranged a private equity buy-out of a local funeral services group. Read
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R&D tax rules change could stifle growth, accountants say
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
Tightening rules on research and development tax relief would stifle the Midlands’ future growth, corporate adviser Grant Thornton has warned. Read
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New figures cast doubt on success of quantitative easing in reviving economy
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
More doubts over the Bank of England’s £175 billion efforts to aid the economy have emerged after figures showed money growth slowed during August. Read
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Bradford and Bingley eyes future in mortgages
Sep 30 2009 | Financial
Nationalised lender Bradford & Bingley hopes to stave off eventual closure by turning itself into a mortgage services firm. Read
