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Warwick Manufacturing Group welcomes CBI's Indian office

A decision by the CBI to open an office in New Delhi has been welcomed by head of Warwick Manufacturing Group, Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya. Read

Patients could be treated by hospital robots says Bhattacharyya

Patients could find themselves face-to-face with a robot in hospital, Lord Bhattacharyya has suggested. Read

Lord Bhattacharyya predicts robot hospital guides

Patients could find themselves face-to-face with a robot when they first arrive in hospital, Lord Bhattacharyya has suggested. Read

Kaupthing pushing Midland firms to invest in India

Icelandic investment bank Kaupthing has joined the West Midlands push to woo India. Read

Maximus ditches homes plan for coal mining

A Midland development company has shelved plans for a major housing development on a former industrial site and is instead going into the coal mining business. Read

Why Chris is something Else

Chris Else is a solicitor with high ambitions for his Midland practice – but he is also a man who has not forgotten his roots. He talks about his career and his plans for his business with John Duckers. Read

Woods-Scawen pulls out of AWM leadership race

The favourite to become head of Advantage West Midlands is believed to have pulled out at the eleventh hour. Read

New centre will make the most of our digital expertise

John Duckers pays a visit to the new Warwick Digital Laboratory at the University of Warwick. Read

Brian Woods-Scawen emerges as favourite for AWM job

Accountant and businessman Brian Woods-Scawen has emerged as the hot favourite to become the next chairman of regional development agency Advantage West Midlands. Read

We need to get better at marketing, says Laverty

The West Midlands is not good enough at marketing the region, says the new head of Advantage West Midlands. Read

Jaguar ‘now fighting back after being badly beaten up’

Jaguar is fighting back after being badly beaten up in recent years, its new boss has claimed. Read

Tata to sign Jaguar and Land Rover deal next week

Indian conglomerate Tata is expected to complete the £1.15 billion takeover of Land Rover and Jaguar next week. Read

Farewell ... after 18 years on The Birmingham Post

I am quitting The Birmingham Post, stepping down as business editor, leaving the company’s employment. Read

The high price to pay for Japan’s economic miracle

A court has ruled that car giant Toyota had worked one of its employees to death in Japan. Read

Cobbetts boss Gilmore quits to join Wilkes

Stephen Gilmore, former head of Cobbetts' Birmingham office, has quit to join the Wilkes Partnership. Read

Ford's first setback under Mulally

Ford - in the process of selling Land Rover and Jaguar to Indian group Tata - has seen its first major setback under new chief executive Alan Mulally - forced to abandon its latest profit target. Read

Commercial property feels the full force of credit crunch

The full force of the credit crunch is now being felt by the European commercial property market, according to new research by Cushman & Wakefield. Read

Gas prices on the rise again - and we all feel the heat

With energy prices getting utterly ridiculous, it has become an issue for everyone - the individual, the small firm and the multinational company. Read

The Government will never admit the true unemployment figures

Why does no-one believe Government statistics any more? Well, inflation is now a joke. Read

Lord Bhattacharyya confident for future of UK manufacturing

The manufacturing sector is holding its own despite everything, Professor Lord Bhattacharyya told the Lords on Thursday. Read

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John Duckers has worked for The Birmingham Post for 18 years, most of those as business editor. Formerly with The Press and Journal in Aberdeen, he won a number of awards while working in Scotland including for reporting on the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster. Born on the Wirral, he was educated at Uppingham School and Dundee University. Aged 56, he also acts as 'vicar on earth' producing the John Bright column.

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