West Midland building societies were rated highly by homeowners with mortgages from smaller lenders in a survey that showed they are up to twice as satisfied with the service they receive as those who have a loan from a large group.Read
Many patient savers who have been tucking spare cash into tax-free Individual Savings Accounts have emerged as sacrificial victims in the last year, as building societies slashed interest rates.Read
Homeserve, the Walsall group that insures millions of householders throughout the world against domestic emergencies, said it expected a positive set of interim results in November.Read
It is obvious we have drifted into the economic equivalent of the Sargasso Sea, that dead, windless zone in the western Atlantic where only seaweed and eels thrive.Read
The Spanish family leading the consortium bidding for Birmingham-based bus and rail group National Express has given a written undertaking to subscribe to a £300 million rights issue should the deal fall through.Read
Two of the biggest construction groups in the West Midlands have been hit with fines totalling more than £6 million after illegally rigging contracts at the expense of the taxpayer.Read
Ricardo, the global automotive engineering consultant behind some of the technology powering Peugeot’s Le Mans-winning racing cars, told its shareholders yesterday it is still facing tough trading conditions.Read
Signs of an improving business climate have emerged as figures showed the UK business failure rate fell in August to its lowest level for 11 months.Read
With the pound and the euro heading for parity, Chris Purdy, director at Smart Currency Exchange and former finance director of an international mining company, looks at the prospects for the two currencies.Read
West Midland exporters are beginning to benefit from the slump in the value of the pound against the euro as their products become more competitive overseas.Read
Industrialists and engineers from all over the UK are being invited to take advantage of a chance to learn the secrets of Japanese manufacturing first hand in a “learn from the best” initiative run by the Birmingham-based Industry Forum.Read
