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Leicestershire's Mipim budget halves

Nick Carter, chairman of Prospect Leicestershire

The team in charge of marketing Leicestershire to the world's property developers at a major industry event will spend almost half the public funds they did last year.

Nick Carter, chairman of economic development agency Prospect Leicestershire, who is leading the delegation, said the county's presence at next week's Mipim world property fair would be significantly smaller than...

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Leicester chemist's new wholesale arm to double sales

Leicester chemist's new wholesale arm to double sales

A pharmacy says it is set to double turnover to £3.6m and create up to 10 jobs this year after the launch of a new wholesale business. Yakub Chemist, in Highfields, Leicester, has opened the division...

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Jobs fear as firm enters administration

STRUGGLING:  Swayfields  has its headquarters in Castle Hill.   Picture: Anna Draper

Jobs at the Lincoln home of a national service station operator are hanging in the balance after administrators were called in. Swayfields Limited and Swayfields Extra MSA Holdings Ltd have gone into admin...

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Loughborough's Brush Transformers to open Chinese factory

Loughborough's Brush Transformers to open Chinese factory

A well-known engineering firm is to set up a £1m factory in China as part of a bid to boost overseas sales. Brush Transformers, of Loughborough, says the Beijing plant, which will supply electrical...

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£6m deal kicks off sale of Chek Whyte's property portfolio

key site:  The building housing the Tesco Express store in Long Row.

THE first major chunk of the remnants of Chek Whyte's failed property empire has been sold off in a £6m deal. An investment management firm has snapped up prime sites on Long Row and Parliament Street...

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Wetherspoons to open for 7am breakfast

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​JD Wetherspoon is to open its pubs at 7am from April 28, as it bids to build on a record six months of profits.

Read more from thisismoney.co.uk - http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/markets/article.html?in_article_id=500987&in_page_id=3&ito=1565#ixzz0hxRvVJpV

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Newspaper advertising market 'steadies

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​Scotsman and Yorkshire Post owneJohnston Presssignalled that the downturn in the newspaper advertising market is beginning to ease. Read more from thisismoney.co.uk -  http://www.thisismoney.c...

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City mourns bank giant Brian Pitman

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The Daily Mail pays tribute to Sir Brian Pitman, one of the most gifted and highly respected bankers of his generation... Read more from thisismoney.co.uk -  http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article....

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Debt interest bill 'could hit £1.5bn a week'

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​Weekly interest payments on Britain's national debt could hit £1.5bn by the middle of the decade, according to Standard & Poor'sRead more from thisismoney.co.uk - http://www.thisismoney.co....

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Details of 24,000 HSBC accounts stolen

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​An embarrassing data theft at HSBC means the Swiss bank account details of 15% of its wealthiest customers were handed over to French authorities. Read more from thisismoney.co.uk - http://www.thisi...

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