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Rent-to-own schemes help BrightHouse to hefty jump in profits

Credit-based community retailer BrightHouse has seen a hefty jump in profits as more people turn to rent-to-own schemes to buy household goods. Read

Rotarians' £25 million boost to city's coffers

The international Rotarian convention that came to Birmingham last week pumped nearly £25 million into the city’s coffers. Read

Enterprise Inns unveils pub management plan

Solihull pub giant Enterprise Inns has promised the government it will change the way it manages thousands of pubs in a bid to stave off a potential competition commission investigation. Read

Enterprise Inns unveils pub management plan to stave off government action

Who: Hill & Smith Read

Research money would stop Jaguar Land Rover becoming the next MG Rover

A deal on crucial research and development money for Jaguar Land Rover needs to be done by the end of the summer – or the firm could suffer the same fate as MG Rover. Read

Marston's facing potential shareholder rebellion

West Midlands pub company Marston’s could be facing a shareholder rebellion after trying to raise £176 million to buy more cheap pubs. Read

City view: The British economy needs its own El Alamein

This isn’t the end of the financial downturn. It’s not the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Read

Student work scheme set for launch in Birmingham

A government scheme to subsidise work experience schemes, training placements and university courses is set to be launched today at Aston University. Read

Tom Scotney: BBC is acting like a business

Two grand. Two thousand pounds. £2,000. What would that buy you? With the release of the Tata Nano in India, that’ll buy you a new car nowadays. Read

Busy Bees nurseries bought by Singapore education giant

Britain’s largest nursery group Busy Bees has been sold to a Singaporean education firm. Read

Legal groups oppose Best Value Tendering proposals

Access to justice is at risk as the Government tries to introduce Best Value Tendering, a number of legal groups have said. Read

Businesses urged to look again at their holiday policy

A decision by the House of Lords to give workers the right to claim for annual leave accrued during sickness absence will have wide-ranging implications for businesses’ employment policies, according to law firm Harrison Clark. Read

St Philips appoints Chris Owen as chief exec

St Philips, one of the top barristers chambers in Birmingham, has announced one of the bar’s most experienced managers as its new chief executive. Read

Birmingham solicitors give free support to YMCA project

Wragge & Co, Birmingham’s biggest law firm, has stepped in to help on the building of a £13.5 million sustainable home for the YMCA in north Birmingham. Read

Home insurance policies paying out for employment tribunals

There has been a rise in the number of employment tribunal claims being backed by home insurance policies, according to law firm Pinsent Masons. Read

Thursfields bolsters its employment team

West Midlands and Worcestershire law firm Thursfields has brought in two new lawyers to its employment team. Read

Odyssey and Harvery Ingram complete Contech MBO

A Birmingham corporate finance team has arranged a management buy-out at an automotive castings firm – as the industry goes through its most difficult period in living memory. Read

Directors' report shows lasting impact of recession

Nearly half of company directors say their operating model has been “permanently altered” by the global economic downturn. Read

Recession-hit tax intake bar to government recouping spending

The Government will struggle to recoup its spending after the recession-hit tax intake, BDO Stoy Hayward has said. Read

Pro bono may be way ahead to help society and lawyers

A large number of junior lawyers believe pro bono work is suffering in the recession despite a greater need for free legal services, according to a poll by the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division. Read

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Tom Scotney is a news reporter, business reporter and blogger for The Birmingham Post, where he have been working since September 2007. He covers small business and enterprise for the business pages. He is a member of the Campaign for Real Ale and blogs about pubs for The Post.

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