12+ hour, 55+ min ago   (444+ words) Kinematic Trees has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding to enable its nature-inspired, robot-agnostic software to scale, and evolve with the latest advances in robot hardware. Funds will be used to build Kinematic Trees’ commercial, robotics and software engineering teams across London,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (297+ words) Record sales volumes, soaring profits, and rising revenue have seen Motorpoint Group significantly outperform the wider used car market, the vehicle retailer has revealed in its final results for the year ended 31 March 2026 (FY26). Total revenue increased 8.1% to almost £1.27bn, while profit…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (386+ words) Leicestershire and Rutland are set to be part of a major regional electric vehicle infrastructure rollout after EV charging provider EZO secured a £176 million contract to install and manage charging infrastructure across four Midlands councils over the next 15 years. The…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (221+ words) Nottingham City Transport is adding 31 new electric buses to its fleet following funding support from the East Midlands Combined County Authority. The investment forms part of the operator’s wider transition towards a fully zero-emission fleet and was funded through the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (518+ words) Saint-Gobain UK, headquartered in East Leake, Rushcliffe, has revealed a significant new investment in the East Midlands with the launch of the next phase of its zero-carbon logistics delivery programme, unveiling six new fully electric HGVs and ‘back to base…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (260+ words) PepsiCo UK has committed £3.6 million to install a rooftop solar power system at its Southern Region Distribution Centre in Leicester, expanding the company’s use of on-site renewable energy within its UK logistics network. The project covers around 30,000 square metres of…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (321+ words) FRP Corporate Finance has helped Power Saving Solutions, a battery power specialist, to secure a new asset-based lending facility to support continued investment in its hire fleet and ongoing working capital requirements. Based in Mansfield, Power Saving Solutions provides high-performance…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (259+ words) Third generation electric motors business, W H Shoebridge & Sons has been sold to Boardley & Roberts. Formed in 1919, Shoebridges has been run by the same family since. Operating across the Midlands from three sites in Northampton, Wisbech and Peterborough, the company…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (287+ words) Battery energy storage system (BESS) operator, Root-Power has received the green light to build a new £45m renewable energy storage facility in Leicestershire, after gaining planning approval on appeal. The new 100-megawatt (MW) development situated on the banks of the River…...