Updated 12:52pm 18 May 2013

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£10.5m renovation of Aston Hall completed

Aston Hall, one of Birmingham’s most famous and best-loved buildings, has been officially handed back to the city council following a multi-million renovation project.Read

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce supports lottery scheme

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce is boosting its Corporate Social Responsibility credentials and supporting the local community by signing up to a Midlands lottery play as you earn scheme.Read

Crisis-hit firms 'still lacking help from banks'

Banks are still not doing enough to help businesses through the economic crisis, business leaders told MPs yesterday.Read

Headteacher pays tribute after Josh Hanks, 16, found dead

The headteacher of South Bromsgrove High school has paid tribute to a teenager, whose sudden death has shaken the school community.Read

Body of boy found in Alvechurch house

Police are investigating the unexplained death of a teenager in Worcestershire.Read

BIA passengers claim they were left in dark over swine flu crisis

Passengers arriving in Birmingham from Mexico claimed they had been kept in the dark over the swine flu crisis.Read

Bancroft Gardens re-opens after £3m landscaping revamp

The famous Bancroft Gardens in Stratford was re-opening today following a £3 million major landscaping project.Read

Tributes to a proud son of Birmingham Summer Lane

Tributes have been paid to a proud Birmingham man, known as the ‘Summer Lane Kid’, for his passionate campaign to keep the area’s past alive.Read

Birmingham hosts first exhibition of portraits of Barack Obama administration

Birmingham has been given the go-ahead to host the world’s first exhibition of portraits of President Barack Obama and his administration.Read

Tributes to Bridgnorth teenager killed in cave roof collapse

Friends of a teenager who was killed when a cave roof collapsed during a camping trip have set up internet sites paying tributes to a “great friend and amazing rugby player”.Read

Convergence hands media contract to Birmingham agency Wyatt

The Convergence Group which supplies communications services throughout the UK has appointed Birmingham PR and marketing communications agency Wyatt International to handle its media relations.Read

TV presenter Fiona Bruce at launch of Seal's Birmingham base

Television presenter Fiona Bruce is to attend the launch of Seal’s new Birmingham headquarters this week.Read

City footballers celebrate victory for web campaign

Two footballers have set rivalries aside to come together and celebrate a successful season for Birmingham.Read

Golley Slater creates new campaign for zoo

Twycross Zoo, made famous by the chimpanzees in the PG Tips TV commercials, is to launch a new media campaign of its own created by advertising agency Golley Slater.Read

Anger grows over tax on empty properties

Pressure is mounting on the Government to overturn empty rates tax with the launch of a new website to track demolitions and scrapped regeneration schemes.Read

Hewlett-Packard unveils new disaster recovery centre in Rugby

Hewlett-Packard has unveiled its new £50 million operation that will play a key role if the region is hit by a natural disaster or terrorist attack.Read

Birmingham 'first on the list' for high-speed rail link

The head of Eurostar has thrown his weight behind a high-speed rail link between London and the West Midlands.Read

Birmingham conference helps firms make best use of IT

More than 1,000 businesses attended a conference in Birmingham to find out about ways to improve their performance using IT.Read

Birmingham Forward's new chair to focus on plight of SMEs

The new chair of networking organisation Birmingham Forward said the focus during her tenure would be on guiding small and medium enterprises through the tough economic times.Read

Birmingham tennis coaching initiative aims to attract thousands

Europe’s largest tennis coaching organisation – which has its UK base in Birmingham – is aiming to attract thousands more players into the sport with a £500,000 investment into grass roots.Read