The "pre-pack" administration of van maker LDV took only a few minutes, but the story behind the company's difficulties stretches back a decade. We investigate, plus our annual look at the region's fastest growing companies unearths a swathe of businesses that have benefited from the opening up of the public sector to wider competition.
The pre-packaged administration and sale of Birmingham vanmaker LDV took just minutes, but the underlying issues that brought the business to its knees stretch back a decade. Kurt Jacobs reports.
The opening up of public services to the private and voluntary sectors shines through as a dominant theme in this year’s growth 100. Kevin Gopal reports.
In less than a decade Clive Snowdon has turned Umeco from an obscure group into a global aerospace player. But, he tells Kurt Jacobs, there are still frontiers to be breached.
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