West Midlands
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Honda links with Unipart and brings 300 jobs to Coventry and Paddock Wood, Kent
Japanese car company Honda has picked privately owned car parts group Unipart as its partner in a £63m investment in Britain.
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Midlands-based Triplex Lloyd seeks acquisitions
Midlands-based industrial engineering group Triplex Lloyd is looking for purchases, which chairman Colin Cooke believes will be thrown up by consolidation in the sector.
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Proposed £3bn rail freight plan under fire
Plans for a £3bn freight railway line from the Midlands to the Channel Tunnel, which has already blighted thousands of homes in London and the Shires, came under cross-party fire…
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West Midlands Forum calls for stronger regional voice
The West Midlands Forum has published a report calling for a stronger West Midlands regional voice in national debates. The report suggests that the need for a stronger regional voice…
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West Midlands industry is bringing UK down
The West Midlands is the lowest performer in the UK, apart from Northern Ireland, in terms of the value added by each employee to the production process.
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Positive investment climate forecast by Hillier Parker
Hillier Parker recorded just under £1bn of forward funding and joint ventures in the UK property market during the first quarter of 1996.
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Centros-Wimpey submits application for Kidderminster retail and leisure scheme
A consortium of developers and landowners has applied for outline consent to redevelop a 7.69ha (19 acre) site in central Kidderminster, Hereford & Worcester, as a 23,783 sq m (256,000…
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60,000 sq m of West Midlands factory space gets green light
The Black Country Development Corporation has granted planning consent for 60,000 sq m (645,855 sq ft) of factory space on sites at Great Bridge and Darlaston.
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Allied Dunbar buys Kidderminster warehouse at 10% yield
Allied Dunbar has bought the freehold of a distribution warehouse on Arthur Drive, Hoo Farm Industrial Estate, Kidderminster, Hereford & Worcester, for £2.1m from Electricity Supply Nominees.
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Macdonald Hotels to buy Ansty Hall, Coventry, West Midlands
Macdonald Hotels is to buy Ansty Hall, a 30-bedroom country house near Coventry, West Midlands for just under £1m. The acquisition will take the number of hotels the Scottish group…
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“Park and glide” scheme for Birmingham
Birmingham council and British Waterways plan to launch a scheduled boat service next year in what is thought to be the first canal bus scheme in the UK.
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Granada plans to convert Birmingham offices to hotel
Granada Forte has bought 4,970sq m (53,500sq ft) of offices in Birmingham for £2m. The chain intends to convert Granville House at 230 Broad Street – which has been empty…