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Financial: Business Profile: Lowry Maclean

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

John Cranage speaks to the Wesleyan's non executive chairman Lowry Maclean.

Automotive Business: Business Profile: Automotive specialist Eric Wallbank

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:31:00 GMT

Cars, says Eric Wallbank, can get into your blood.

Financial: Lowry Maclean to retire as Wesleyan progresses

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Lowry Maclean, the 70-year-old doyen of Birmingham’s financial services sector, is to retire from the Wesleyan after more than 20 years with the country’s leading mutual life office.

Financial: Mark Nicholls named as new chairman of West Bromwich Building Society

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:50:00 GMT

John Cranage looks into the latest appointment to the West Bromwich Building Society board

Other UK business news: Boeing's hope takes off

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:05:00 GMT

The delayed first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was a moment of celebration for Midland companies which have contributed to the US plane-maker’s most technologically advanced and eco-friendly aircraft.

Manufacturing & Skills: Business Profile: William McGrath, chief executive of Aga Rangemaster

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Investment bankers with a passion for manufacturing are rare.

Manufacturing & Skills: GKN to cut jobs at Birmingham plant

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Redditch-based group has made 19 people redundant at its Aerospace Transparency Systems plant in Kings Norton.

Financial: Business Profile: West Bromwich Building Society Chief Executive Robert Sharpe

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Who’d want to run a building society these days?

Other UK business news: Mandelson tells foreigners: respect our heritage

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:03:00 GMT

Business reporter John Cranage spoke to Business Secretary Peter Mandelson about the threat posed to Midland firms from foreign bidders.

Manufacturing & Skills: Manufacturing a recovery, will be tough says West Midlands CBI

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

John Russell, new chairman of the West Midlands CBI, warns that emerging from recession will not be easy for the region.

Financial: Dentist deal shows Lloyds TSB's teeth

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Private equity providers are proving there is life in the Midland management buy-out market with one of the biggest deals of the year so far.

Other UK business news: Darling urged to put jobs first in pre-Budget report

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:16:00 GMT

Action to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to grow and create jobs is top of a wide-ranging pre-Budget report “wish list” drawn up by business leaders in the West Midlands.

Financial: Firms draw up pre-budget report wish list

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Action to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to grow and create jobs is top of a wide-ranging pre-Budget report “wish list” drawn up by business leaders in the West Midlands.

Financial: Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies in merger talks

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:10:00 GMT

The Yorkshire and Chelsea Building Societies, two of the country’s biggest mutuals, have confirmed they are in talks over a possible merger.

Financial: West Bromwich Building Society recovering with a cut in losses

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:50:00 GMT

The battered West Bromwich Building Society is staging a financial recovery after cutting its losses at the half-year stage.

Other UK business news: Mitchells & Butlers profits fall 24 per cent despite rise in revenues

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:41:00 GMT

Profits at Birmingham pub operator Mitchells & Butlers last year were hit by soaring costs.

Manufacturing & Skills: Aerospace group Hampson Industries optimistic despite fall in revenue

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:17:00 GMT

Signs are emerging of an upturn in the global aerospace industry, according to Hampson Industries, the Black Country engineering group whose tools are helping build aircraft such as the Boeing Dreamliner and the Lockheed F-35 strike fighter.

Automotive Business: Dutch supercar maker Spyker to move production to Coventry

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:00 GMT

A Dutch carmaker is reversing the global trend by shifting production to the West Midlands.

Other UK business news: Hippodrome chief says stage is set to help lift Birmingham's spirits

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:00 GMT

It’s the busiest, most popular, theatre in the country and one of the top five paid-for attractions in the West Midlands.

Other UK business news: MP Hemming happy with hedge funds boosting Cadbury

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:41:00 GMT

According to Birmingham MP John Hemming, stock market speculation over the future of takeover target Cadbury could help keep the company independent.