Birmingham’s office leasing market grew by 19% in the final six months of 2022, according to new research. The ‘Big Six’ report, which tracks office take-up, vacancy rates and grade A rental growth across Birmingham and five other UK cities, showed 210,300 sq ft was transacted in the final quarter, helping to boost the year’s
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Managed service provider Espria has announced a new strategic alliance with Five9, a leading provider of intelligent cloud contact centre solutions. The collaboration will allow both companies to extend the delivery of leading capabilities that help businesses deliver more engaging and unified customer journeys across digital and voice channels and between virtual and live agents.
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A short-term contract extension has been handed to train operator Avanti West Coast by the Department for Transport (DfT). The FirstGroup-owned operator has struggled with reliability and punctuality during parts of the past year. Its contract was due to expire at the end of March but has been extended until October 15. Transport Secretary Mark
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Multi-award winning full-service technical production partner, JLL has acquired Scruffy Bear Pictures, an acclaimed independent film company. The acquisition comes hot off the heels of the business’ recent merger announcement. A progressive step forward will further JLL’s ability to support its client’s needs by expanding its full-service production partnership offer, allowing JLL to deliver high quality, professional
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Home Bargains is in a “strengthened” financial position despite its profits being cut by more than £100m during its latest financial year. The Liverpool-headquartered discount retailer has posted pre-tax profits of £293.1m for the 12 months to June 30, 2022, down from £396.7m in the prior year. However its turnover, according to newly-filed documents with
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Strike action among National Express bus drivers in the West Midlands is back on – just days after it was called off following a revised pay offer. Trade union Unite has claimed the Birmingham-based transport group has refused to allow staff to vote on that latest pay offer, something National Express disputes. As a result,
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Left to Right: Nikolaos Grammatikos, Steven Hutton, Giselle Stewart, Peter Young and Rob Fey A studio which forms part of global games giant Sega is launching a base in Newcastle with plans to create 100 skilled jobs. The Creative Assembly Ltd, part of Sega Europe Ltd and creators of the multi-award-winning Total War Franchise, Halo
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TalkTalk has announced the appointment of James Smith as its new chief financial officer. The Salford-headquartered communications giant said Mr Smith will join the company in the coming months. The new CFO has spent the last nine years in the same role at FTSE 250-listed Capricorn Energy, prior to that he had a career in
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A $100m fund spearheaded by Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett (pictured above) has made its first investment. Flight Fund, which was launched in January seeking to back the next generation of businesses aiming for a $1bn valuation has invested $2.5m in personalised nutrition company ZOE. The move comes after the company secured $38m in its
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A new industrial zone called Space City has launched in Leicester to build on the city’s growing reputation in the space sector, to breed fresh talent and attract more international businesses. The space cluster takes in some £233 million of existing and planned buildings on land to the north of the city centre, with the
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