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Tax breaks plea for future of video games industry

The UK video games industry could decline by five per cent a year over the next five years unless the government introduces tax breaks to put the sector on a level pegging with other countries.Read

Climate change set to change planning

A coalition of green groups and leading planners is calling for renewables targets for local councils as part of a new campaign to put climate change at the heart of the English planning system.Read

Lawrence Group unveils Forge Recycling site in Kidderminster

Europe’s largest covered recycling site has opened in Kidderminster.Read

Freestyle Interactive boss helps team to swimming world record

The managing director of West Midland digital agency Freestyle Interactive is used to creating a splash online.Read

Marks & Spencer hits out at London demo planned by 2 Sisters workers

Former 2 Sisters employees protesting against the dismissal of 59 staff at the poultry processing plant are travelling to London today to stage demonstrations outside a flagship branch of Marks & Spencer.Read

Postal strike is 'last straw' for small business, says FSB

Further Royal Mail strikes could be the last straw for small businesses whose cash flow has already been eaten into by the recession, according to a local business body.Read

Droitwich-based Atchison Topeka renews £3million contract with global chocolate giant Barry Callebaut

Droitwich-based food ingredients logistics firm Atchison Topeka has renewed a £3 million distribution and warehousing contract with global chocolate giant Barry Callebaut.Read

Romeo becomes an online viral game winner for Koko Digital

A Staffordshire-made viral computer game featuring a miniature Romeo’s adventures in historic Warwickshire has attracted over 16 million plays around the world,Read

Midland firm's security technology passes battered thumbs test

Builders’ battered thumbs have long been a problem in ensuring security on construction sites.Read

West Midland companies plan growth despite downturn’s effects – survey

Companies in the West Midlands are preparing for growth despite believing the effects of the downturn will last until the latter part of 2010 or into 2011.Read

Second wave warning on insolvencies - PwC

The number of West Midland firms becoming insolvent dipped slightly in the last quarter but experts are warning of a second wave of companies getting into trouble as the economy picks up again.Read

Initiative helping to build sounder regional economy

The engineering profession has something of an image problem when faced with the glitz and glamour of television shows like X Factor and Britain’s Next Top Model which lure young people into thinking going from zero to hero via a television show is a feasible career path.Read

Creative industries' major role in Birmingham economy

The size of the creative industries in Birmingham is often a matter for debate itself, but early figures from a new report profiling the creative economy should provide a snapshot of the sector ahead of the Big Debate next week. Read

Advertising agency is a loser in LDV debacle

A Wolverhampton PR and advertising agency has emerged as one of the local firms to be left out of pocket by the collapse of LDV.Read

Gough Allen Stanley help Purity Brewing Co to SIBA honour

Bromsgrove-based agency Gough Allen Stanley has helped a Warwickshire brewer scoop an industry award for its social media strategy.Read

TV awards set for touch of Klass

TV personality and classical musician Myleene Klass will be bringing a touch of glamour to this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) Midlands awards.Read

Muslim women's group Ulfah Arts goes global at WOMEX

A Muslim women’s arts organisation from Highgate is among the West Midland companies representing the region at a prestigious music event in Copenhagen.Read

Multinationals throwing away feedback

Research by Warwick Business School has revealed that companies receiving a minimum of 1,000 pieces of customer feedback per month are unable to analyse it in a meaningful way. Read

Midlands blacksmith tells how she is fired up for smithy awards

One of only a handful of the UK’s female blacksmiths is in the running for a top prize in the Lord Stafford Awards.Read

School sports results project SCORES with 4iP

A project showcasing the results of team sports played by West Midland secondary schools is the latest beneficiary of Channel 4’s public service innovation fund 4iP.Read

Author Profile

Anna is a business reporter who joined the business desk in May 2008 after a stint on a corporate finance magazine and freelancing. Before this she lived and worked in Italy as a teacher of English. On her return to the UK, she made use of her language skills to work as a translator and writer specialising in European business and green technology.

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