Not completely united: While the Manchester financial services community tries to work as closely together as possible, football still comes between them

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Manchester city in the UK is involving itself in larger deals than the buyout of Greater Manchester Buses South for 25 million pounds sterling four years ago. Simon White, director at NatWest Acquisition Finance believes that deals of over 100 million pounds sterling could be handled out of Manchester, and the largest deal of the year is currently the 174 million pounds sterling buyout of Target Worldwide Express. Great Universal Stores, based in Manchester, is continuing its bid for Argos, and the six top accountancy firms are all extending the PLC advisory work out of Manchester.

Financial services industry, Financial services, Manchester, England

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Birmingham looks forward

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Birmingham, England, is the second biggest city in the UK and is a major manufacturing center with 20,000 firms and 140,000 employees in the sector. The city is in the West Midlands region which has benefited from a rise in UK exports. The region has experienced a rise in confidence in the year to 1995 as exports have risen. There are also a large number of law and accounting firms in the region. Foreign investment has helped create jobs, and there has been a rise in investment from Germany and the US.

Economic aspects, Birmingham, England, West Midlands, England

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Building for the future

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Irish building materials manufacturer and supplier CRH has a very proactive approach to acquisitions, according to finance director Harry Sheridan. It works on identifying potential purchases, rather than waiting for opportunities to arise. Each acquisition is part of an overall scheme, even those which appear very small. It now has operations in the UK, the Netherlands, the US, Argentina, Spain, Belgium, Germany and Poland.

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing, STONE, CLAY, AND GLASS PRODUCTS, Construction Materials, Building materials industry, Interview, Building materials, CRH PLC, Sheridan, Harry

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