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Velocity 42, the 20-acre business park in Redditch, has just gained its first occupier.

Up to 500 jobs will be created when two warehouses are built at Whittle Road, Meir Park in south Stoke-on-Trent. The Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s planning committee granted planning permission for the storage and distribution warehouses to be developed. The warehouses will provide 372,722 sq ft of warehouse space and 28,987 of office space on the 21.5 acre-site.

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£13m from the government is going to the National Space Centre in Leicester to help it attract new visitors. Five other science centres from across the UK have been awarded the funding: Catalyst in Widnes, Eureka!

New data, included in the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, has revealed that overall business confidence in the West Midlands is the highest in the UK, climbing 26 points from previous data to 49%. Results also showed that 63% of companies in the West Midlands expect to hire new staff members over the next year.

Larkfleet Homes, an award-winning housebuilding and development company, is intending to build 62 designed for independent living, with one or two bedrooms, and 54 homes designed for people with care needs who require an assisted living arrangement. It will also build a care home on the same site. These three elements are part of a CCRC (continuing care retirement community).

A proposal to build 130 new homes in a Leicestershire village is likely to go ahead, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Gladman Developments is seeking permission from Harborough Borough Council for the land east of Fleckney Road, Saddington. The 17.6-acre site is currently vacant while plans for the land were originally published in October 2017.

An American-style barbecue and smokehouse will employ 80 new members of staff when it opens its new location in Worcester, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Hickory’s Smokehouse will open its eighth UK location after signing a 20-year lease at the former Pavilion In the Park pub in Tybridge Street.

Plans for a major development that could create up to 500 new jobs in Northamptonshire have been submitted to the local authority, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

Plans for a new development in Dudley worth £82m have been submitted to the local authorities for approval, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

An engineering company will create 50 jobs after securing its most lucrative contract to date, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

Up to 35 new jobs are set to be created as the company behind the first inflatable theme park in Britain is set to open a new location in Birmingham next month, a news report has been able to suggest.