2019’s best-read stories in the East Midlands
Derby-based Rolls-Royce’s £350m contract to supply the Ministry of Defence with engines to power the UK’s fleet of Typhoon fighter jets was TheBusinessDesk.com’s best-read story in the East Midlands over the last 12 months.
Over 1.5 million of you read our East Midlands pages this year – an increase of more than 50% on 2018.
In second place was BDO’s merger with Moore Stephens, which BDO said would create the largest UK accountancy and business advisory firm focused on medium-sized businesses.
Coming in third was the shock news in February that Alan Hardy’s Paragon Interiors had entered administration, with the loss of over 90 jobs.
The 2019 Top Ten
1. Rolls-Royce returns to profit after signing £350m fighter jets contract
2. Accountancy merger completes to create UK’s largest firm outside of Big Four
3. Paragon Interiors enters administration – Hardy ‘working towards a solution’
4, Rolls-Royce withdraws from engine competition as it slips into the red
5. Leicestershire food factory ‘covered in black goo’
6. Nottingham hotel calls in administrators
7. Rolls-Royce confirms approach for Spanish subsidiary
8. Luxury homes development gets green light in Leicestershire
9. Experian calls off £275m ClearScore deal
10. Notts deal only a ‘few days away’ as owner hits back at those calling for administration
