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Anthony Collins lawyers represent David Gray family in foreign GP death inquest

City centre law firm Anthony Collins is starting a civil case that could change the way out-of-hours medical care is run.Read

Global Jaguar and Land Rover sales rise in a good month for Tata Motors

Worldwide sales of Jaguars and Land Rovers went up sharply in December, as the Indian owner of the Midland carmakers reaped the benefit of the global recovery – and support from its domestic government.Read

Worcester fraudster who lost out on a fortune

Tom Scotney reports on the accountant who lied to family about investing in an oil firm whose shares later soared.Read

Bus operator calls for fairer competition in Birmingham

Birmingham’s buses need to be “re-regulated” to give passengers the best service, one of the region’s public transport companies has said, Tom Scotney reportsRead

Ex-MP Matthew Parrish to present Birmingham Law Society awards

Times columnist and former Conservative MP Matthew Parris will be the guest speaker at this year’s Birmingham Law Society Legal Awards.Read

Festive food sales give late Christmas cheer for Mitchells & Butlers

Turbulent pub group Mitchells & Butlers had some late Christmas cheer after announcing sales had risen over the festive period.Read

Community shopping spirit

Tom Scotney looks at the rise of the community-run village shop as many struggle to survive.Read

Mitchells & Butlers directors give up bonuses after tough year

Directors at Birmingham pub group Mitchells & Butlers – which is in the midst of a bitter boardroom battle – have offered to give up their bonuses for 2009 after the company lost moneyRead

Landlords to vote on strike over pub company charges

Thousands of pub landlords could go on strike in the New Year in an attempt to cut back on the amount of money they have to pay to large pub-owning companies.Read

Back to future for the Vaults bar in Birmingham?

The owner of the Vaults bar and restaurant has emerged as a leading candidate to buy back the failed nightspot, just weeks after it collapsed leaving creditors out of pocket by at least half a million pounds.Read

FBC Manby Bowdler cheered by Threshers deal

A team from West Midlands law firm FBC Manby Bowdler has advised on a deal for a local retail chain to buy more than a dozen off-licences from the collapsed First Quench group.Read

Mailbox developer must cough up £1.2m in payment dispute

The developers of the Mailbox have been told to pay £1.2 million to settle a legal wrangle with the engineering firm that laid the groundwork for their new Cube development.Read

Brewing culture still alive and thriving in Wolverhampton

Last week, The Birmingham Post announced the return of Banks’s Mild, one of the iconic Midlands beers. This week, TOM SCOTNEY visits the Park Brewery, one of the few survivors of a proud brewing heritage – and now the new home for another brewery that wasn’t so lucky.Read

Challinors wins payout for hospital death relatives

Worcester Royal Hospital has been ordered to pay a six-figure sum to the family of a man who died in its care, after a compensation case led by Midlands law firm Challinors.Read

Legal threat to Government legal office's move to Birmingham

As a new government legal office nears a deal on a new home in Birmingham, Tom Scotney looks at the legal wrangle that could delay the project.Read

Bids pour in for the mysterious Wrekin Ruby

Bids are now closed on the auction of the Wrekin Ruby – the two-kilo gemstone that caused the downfall of a Shrophsire construction firm this year.Read

Leeds MP attacks 'litigious' Enterprise Inns

An MP has claimed Solihull pub group Enterprise Inns used “legal threat and intimidation” against a parliamentary committee looking into the pub sector.Read

MP attacks 'litigious' Enterprise Inns

An MP has claimed Solihull pub group Enterprise Inns used “legal threat and intimidation” against a parliamentary committee looking into the pub sector.Read

Banks' s Mild returns to the nation's pubs

Banks’s Mild – one of the most iconic names in the British beer world – is set to make a return to pubs, bars and off-licences after brewers said the surge in popularity of real ale had made mild cool again.Read

Campaigners to fight on after planning approval given for leisure village in Warwickshire

Campaigners have vowed to fight on after developers were given approval for a controversial leisure village in the Warwickshire countryside.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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