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Solihull Moors sign trio of new players
Promotion chasing Solihull Moors have signed three new players to boost the club’s bid to reach the English Football League. They are former Birmingham City midfielder
Luke Maxwell, who has been on loan at the club, Macclesfield Town striker Nathan Blissett, and ex-Notts County winger Terry Hawkridge. The Moors are the surprise package in the
National League so far this season, and at the halfway stage are very much in the promotion picture. If the club were to secure promotion to the Football League, the benefits this would bring to Solihull and the surrounding area would be far reaching. Lillian Elekan, head of Solihull Chamber, said
that the promotion would be a major boost to the economy, and also help put the town on the map. “Solihull is rarely mentioned on television, but
the Moors’ run in the FA Cup earlier this season changed that – so promotion to the Football League would be a huge boost,” she said. “The Moors would be only the third team in Birmingham to play league football, and this
IT provider wins coveted City of Culture contract
A Hockley Heath firm has been awarded the information technology provider contract for Coventry’s forthcoming tenure as City of Culture in 2021. IT support services provider Leap IT will
provide information technology services for Coventry City of Culture Trust, the independent charity managing the City of Culture activity in and leading up to 2021. Leap IT will manage all aspects of information
technology services, including devices, printers, telephones, connectivity and information technology support for the next five years. Stuart Watson, managing director at Leap IT,
said: “Firstly we’re immensely proud to be supporting Coventry City of Culture 2021 with their ambitious plans. “Everything about the project is about
thinking differently and we felt it important that we try and do the same. “The service we have built ensures the trust
gets access to state-of-the-art technology without overspending or wasting money unnecessarily on outright ownership. “It means we’ve been able to offer something
really flexible that scales up during growth and down again as the project retires.” David Caldwell, finance director at Coventry
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would raise the profile of the town in a significant way. Also, promotion from non-league to the Football League would bring hundreds of thousands more pounds into the local economy.” The club’s new board of directors are certainly
doing all they can to help the Moors win promotion, including backing the signing of the three new players. Luke Maxwell actually spent the first half of
the season on loan at the Moors and said: “I’m over the moon to have signed for the club on a permanent deal.” Nathan Blissett is on loan from Macclesfield,
who he helped fire into the Football League last year. The West Bromwich born forward said: “I’m looking forward to it. I’m a Midlands boy and there’s staff here that I know very well. There are players here that I want to play with and create some good memories.” The third signing, Terry Hawkridge, has played
for a number of clubs, including Lincoln City, who he helped back win the National League in 2016/17.
On the ball: New Moors signing Nathan Blissett Record deal for
business park The largest lettings deal at Birmingham Business Park has been completed by local lettings agents. CRRC Zhouzhou Times Electric took
17,633 sq ft of 2650 Kings Court, owned by Catalyst Capital, representing the largest deal to complete on Birmingham Business Park in 2018. GVA and Savills acted as joint letting
agents for Kings Court, which is now fully let following the deal. Adrian Griffith from GVA, said: “These
Leaping to IT: David Cadwell (left) with Stuart Watson
City of Culture Trust, said: “They have taken care of everything from fitting our office out with a new WiFi network to providing access to all the applications and collaboration tools we need through Microsoft Office 365. “Our data is hosted on a server in our offices
as well as in the cloud and all of this is securely accessible to our people whether they’re working in the office or anywhere else. “It makes such a difference having the latest
IT and technology we can trust in. “It would have been easy for us to overspend
in this situation, especially in accessing new things, however the Leap approach has given us everything we could ever need and welcomed cost transparency.”
lettings at Kings Court have brought the vacancy rate at Birmingham Business Park down to just 10 per cent, with around 82,000 sq ft currently under offer elsewhere on the park this will result in driving the vacancy rate down to below six per cent, which is one of the lowest vacancy rates that this site has seen for over 15 years. This is a clear demonstration of the value of high quality investment in well- positioned stock.” Jonathan Ottewell from Savills, who
completed the deal at 2650, added: “To secure such a major inward investor in CRRC Zhouzhou Times Electric is a coup for Catalyst Capital and testament to the quality of the product they have delivered at Kings Court.”
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