Anna Blackaby - Birmingham Post

Other UK business news: Poundland eyes 50 more stores as owners seek to sell business

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:38:00 GMT

More “sensible” high street rents have strengthened Poundland’s plans to add 50 new stores next year – giving a boost to its private equity owners in their bid for a sale of the Willenhall-based business.

Creative industries: Severn Communications appointed for care website

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:28:00 GMT

Worcestershire-based Severn Communications has won a competitive pitch to secure its latest PR account - BeMyCareBroker.com.

Creative industries: Brilliant Birmingham wins £1m Eveden contract

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:27:00 GMT

Brilliant Birmingham has been appointed by East Midlands-based lingerie firm Eveden to manage its £1 million annual media spend

Financial: Orbis Partners and Freeth Cartwright team up for handbag MBO

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:21:00 GMT

Corporate finance adviser Orbis Partners has teamed up with law firm Freeth Cartwright to advise Elite Creation’s first acquisition of 2010 – less than a month after spearheading the firm’s multi-million pound management buyout.

Other UK business news: Alan Sugar blames businesses for fall in UK lending

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:51:00 GMT

Alan Sugar as the reason behind the fall in UK lending.

Other UK business news: Poundland founder looking at new retail moves

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:05:00 GMT

The Birmingham businessman who created the hugely successful Poundland format is set to go upmarket for his next venture – with plans to launch a nationwide chain of “aspirational” general product stores.

Creative industries: Harris teams up with Admen Partnership for new campaign

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:55:00 GMT

Bromsgrove-based paintbrush maker Harris has teamed up with a Midland advertising firm to launch its first screen advert since the 1950s post-war DIY boom.

Creative industries: Deichmann Shoes selects Brilliant Media

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:54:00 GMT

Brilliant Media has been appointed as the media agency in the UK market for German-owned shoe retailer Deichmann Shoes.

Creative industries: Rees Bradley Hepburn bags Johnson Cleaners account

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:53:00 GMT

Meriden agency Rees Bradley Hepburn has won the Johnson Cleaners account following a three-way pitch.

Creative industries: Banks's selects Connect Group for brand campaign

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:52:00 GMT

West Midland brewer Banks’s has appointed a fellow Wolverhampton firm – Connect Group – to handle its new brand campaign.

Creative industries: Dare Comics' The Hunter to be made into a motion comic

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:50:00 GMT

A comic created in the Midlands is to be turned into a nine-episode motion comic series by a US firm - just months after being selected to become a Hollywood movie.

Creative industries: Gough Allen Stanley becomes Gough Bailey Wright

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:48:00 GMT

Marketing communications agency Gough Allen Stanley has rebranded to reflect the name of its owners.

Creative industries: Fish in a Bottle and BBC Ireland create online game for healthy teeth

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:45:00 GMT

Digital agency Fish in a Bottle has teamed up with BBC Ireland to create a series of online games to teach children how to better take care of their teeth.

Politics News: Finance sector dreading an indecisive hung Paliament

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:19:00 GMT

Anna Blackaby finds out why the West Midlands’ finance sector is spooked by the prospects of a hung parliament after the General Election.

Financial: Government closes down Coventry finance firm Glovista Red

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:55:00 GMT

A Coventry company which allegedly cold-called people and conned them into thinking it could recover credit card charges has been shut down by the Government.

Environmental & sustainable industry: Sea change for Converteam's wind turbines

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:53:00 GMT

A Warwickshire engineering company is going head to head with a Japanese firm to design and build a cheaper way of testing offshore wind turbines indoors rather than out in the deep sea.

Creative industries: BBC silent on plans for Birmingham-based Asian Network

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:15:00 GMT

The BBC has refused to comment on reports that it could close its Birmingham-based Asian Network.

Automotive Business: What would drive you to electric cars?

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:37:00 GMT

With millions being spent on converting the West Midland automotive industry to low carbon, Anna Blackaby talks to a local author about the reality for consumers of driving an electric car.

Other UK business news: TB infects politics as NFU conference demands badger cull

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:28:00 GMT

West Midland farmers facing a disease which has seen thousands of the region’s cattle slaughtered have accused the Government of lacking strong leadership over its refusal to cull infected badgers.

Commercial Property: Birmingham's Central Hall still on track for flats and offices, insists developer

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:23:00 GMT

The developer hoping to transform Birmingham’s landmark Central Hall into flats and offices has vowed the project remains on track despite its sales and marketing arm being served with a winding up order.