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Tong Engineering, a family-owned manufacturer of vegetable grading and handling equipment in Lincolnshire, is building a new factory.

Travel de Courcey, a bus and coach company, has doubled the size of its headquarters in Coventry thanks to a £3m investment.

Markham Vale, a business park in Derbyshire, has experienced a job creation boom, with almost 600 in the last 12 months.

Everflow Water, an independent water retailer, has expanded from the North East into Warwickshire.

The shared workplace provider WeWork has agreed to let office space at 55 Colmore Row in Birmingham.

Metaswitch Networks, a communications software provider, has agreed a lease for new premises in Coventry.

Morgan Sindall, a construction and infrastructure company which has its HQ in Rugby, is celebrating its “strong start” to 2019.

Octopus Energy, a supplier of green energy such as solar to homes and businesses, is expanding to a new building in Leicester city centre, conveniently close to the railway station.

Campions Solicitors has opened its new base at Pride Park in Derby, as the first part of its expansion plan.

£13m of government funding is going to the National Space Centre in Leicester to help it attract new visitors.

Don’t Waste Money, an energy-switching service founded in 2015, intends to expand its services this year, creating 80 new job roles.

The Fernwood School, a primary school in Wollaton, Nottingham, is getting new classrooms, an assembly hall and changing rooms.