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Public sector union leader says Labour has abandoned its roots

Labour has committed “electoral suicide” over the public sector strikes – handing the next election on a plate to the Tories, top national union leader Mark Serwotka said in Birmingham.Read

Mailbox duo Chatham and Billingham launch online art enterprise

Business duo Alan Chatham and Mark Billingham, the men who changed the skyline of Birmingham with the Mailbox development, are branching out into the world of art.Read

Ken Smith clocks up 75 years at Shirley builders' merchant EH Smith

Classic car enthusiast Ken Smith can still leave his rivals standing – at the grand old age of 93.Read

Birmingham return for Lady Gaga dress designed by BCU student

An exotic fashion item with a difference is coming home to Birmingham – in the shape of Lady Gaga’s dress.Read

Industrial action possible at Birmingham Airport as pay talks break down

The threat of industrial action at Birmingham Airport looms after staff pay talks collapsed following a three-year salary freeze.Read

Morris Hunting, founder of Birmingham record store The Diskery, dies

Birmingham record store legend Morris Hunting, founder of The Diskery, has died.Read

Pay talks break down at Birmingham Airport

The threat of industrial action at Birmingham Airport looms after staff pay talks collapsed following a three-year salary freeze.Read

'Mediocre standards' holding back construction sector

A West Midlands construction expert has warned that “outdated attitudes” and “mediocre standards” must be eradicated to help the crisis-hit sector back onto its feet.Read

West Midlands firms trim property costs in economic gloom

New research shows firms in the West Midlands are trimming costs from their properties amid tough trading conditions.Read

40 years on from the miners' battle of Saltley Coke works

Jon Griffin marks next month’s 40th anniversary of a Birmingham industrial dispute which signalled the beginning of the end for Prime Minister Ted Heath. Read

BBC Birmingham staff to walk out in protest at cuts

About 90 BBC staff in Birmingham are to walk out for 24 hours this week to protest cuts in the city.Read

Low growth UK heading for a 'very tough year', claims KPMG partner

The UK is set for low growth in a “very tough” 2012 while Europe will face only a mild recession, according to KPMG senior partner Mike Steventon.Read

100 new firms created through enterprise scheme

Dozens of jobless people have been rescued from the dole queue after more than 100 new businesses were created in Birmingham at a rate of nearly four a week.Read

Hotel La Tour to open in Birmingham's Eastside in March

Birmingham's latest hotel is to open its doors in March, with the creation of 100 jobs.Read

Public spending cuts cause more job losses for former MG Rover workers

Dozens of former MG Rover workers are being made redundant for the second or third time as council cutbacks take their toll on the Northfield area, it has emerged.Read

More redundancies for former MG Rover workers amid council cuts

Dozens of former MG Rover workers are being made redundant for the second or third time as council cutbacks take their toll on the Northfield area, it has emerged.Read

Jaguar XK workers in Birmingham put on tidying up patrol

About 200 workers producing Jaguar’s most luxurious model have returned to work in Birmingham to mop floors and tidy up.Read

Jon Griffin: After years of misery, savers look forward to even more

Who would be a saver? After 33 consecutive months of UK interest rates being pegged at a record low of 0.5 per cent, it now appears that there’s no relief on the horizon for the financially prudent.Read

Birmingham firm lands Wembley stones contract

A small Birmingham firm has won a prestige contract to provide fans with their own permanent tributes at the most famous football stadium in the world.Read

Boss of Coventry firm takes staff to London in limo - because it's cheaper than train

The ticket costs on one of Virgin Trains’ mainline routes almost derailed a glitzy office Christmas party for West Midlands staff in London.Read

Author Profile

Jon Griffin has been Business Editor of the Birmingham Mail since 1998. He began his career at the Peterborough Evening Telegraph in 1975 then worked from 1978-79 for the Birmingham Evening Mail. He later joined the Coventry Evening Telegraph as a trainee sub-editor then the Wolverhampton Express and Star from 1980 before rejoining the Mail in April 1996.