One of Warwickshire’s brightest entrepreneurs is set to represent the Midlands at the Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards final on April 23 after winning the regional heat in Coventry.Read
Coventry-based, family-run accountancy firm Shah & Co has made its first move into Leicester with the acquisition of well-known practice, Pinnacle Accountants, in a deal financed by HSBC’s Birmingham Commercial Centre.Read
Mid-market private equity firm LDC has backed a £12 million management buyout of Validus-IVC, specialists in claims management and counter fraud software services for the motor insurance industry.Read
The Birmingham office of business and finance adviser Grant Thornton has attracted two specialists to further strengthen its VAT team, making it one of the largest in the Midlands.Read
One of Birmingham’s oldest stockbrokers – which has been a fixture of the city for nearly 120 years – has collapsed after struggling to pay its debts.Read
Affiliates of Apollo Global Management have completed the acquisition of Aurum Holdings, the largest prestige and luxury jewellery retailer in the UK with financial support from Barclays.Read
The management team of Lister Trade Frames, a window, door and conservatory manufacturer and installer based in Stoke-on-Trent, has completed its management buyout of the business from the Lister family.Read
An engineering business based in Rowley Regis has expanded its workforce using a £200,000 funding facility from Lloyds TSB Commercial Banking, after securing a new export contract.Read
