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Nottingham has received £1 million from the Construction Skills Fund in order to launch construction academies to get more people into construction training and jobs. Nottingham College was the main force behind the successful bid, along with partners Nottingham City Homes, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham City Council, Wates Construction and local construction firm Woodhead Group. The construction academies will allow learners to apply their knowledge in a real-world environment.

Lincoln city centre is getting a new Travelodge hotel in Tentercroft Street.

A planning application has been published for a major office development in Unity Square, in Queensbridge Road opposite the railway station.

Planning approval was granted for a new cold store south of Grantham. The site will be used by McCain foods, and will create around 300 jobs.

Aico, a fire and carbon monoxide protection specialist, will build new headquarters on a six-acre site in the Shropshire town of Oswestry.

City Paper Co has left the space it has occupied for over 100 years and moved its office space to the Crestwood area. Its new 7,790 square foot premises are only slightly larger than previously, but has a breakroom for the staff and a showroom for clients. 20 of the company’s 30 employees work in the new office environment, as oppose to their warehouse (which has remained in the old location).

Enoch Evans, a Black Country law firm with headquarters in Walsall, has opened its first branch. The firm has been in operation in Walsall for over 130 years. The firm now employs more than 80 staff and considered now a great time for growth.

Latham’s Security Doorsets, a West Midlands door manufacturer, has officially opened their new office building and extended warehouse. The company held an event to celebrate the new buildings. They invested £500,000 in the new facilities, which included the 25,000 square foot extension and hired new staff. Managing director Alex Latham said: "We’re absolutely thrilled to see the official opening of the new and extended facilities. "This is the culmi

More than 600 employers have been fined £14m in total for underpaying about 200,000 workers as a result of the HMRC crackdown on minimum wage shortfalls. This is double the number of underpaid workers identified in 2016/2017, and the highest recorded number and the highest employer repayment since the National Minimum Wage came into force in 1999. This increase comes after HMRC increased its eff

Jaguar Land Rover is dealing with “continuing headwinds” in the industry by putting workers at their Castle Bromwich factory on a 3-day week until Christmas. Earlier this year, the company also cut 1,000 agency jobs at their Solihull plant.

Custodian REIT, the UK property investment company, has bought a 72,582 sq ft industrial unit on Hilton Business Park, Derby, for £5.585m

Linney Group has been granted permission to build a storage and distribution centre at Anglia Way, Nottinghamshire, creating 100 jobs.