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Manufacturing and Skills

Manufacturing and skills news

IMI completes £83m takeover of valve-maker Remosa SpA

  • Hampson Industries shares plummet after firm is put up for sale
  • Former GKN site in Aldridge is sold
  • Troubled Hampson Industries puts itself up for sale
  • More Manufacturing and Skills News

Automotive

Automotive news

Former GKN site in Aldridge is sold

  • Jaguar Land Rover posts £559m profit in single quarter
  • BMW ups apprentice intake at Hams Hall and across the UK
  • MG parent company shares in sales surge
  • More Automotive News

Other UK Business

Other UK business news

£3m business park plan for GKN Aldridge site

  • Stationery manufacturer Helix sold to French giant Maped
  • G4S awarded security contract at Edgbaston cricket ground
  • Boux Avenue lingerie brand to open store at Birmingham's Bullring
  • More General Business News

Enterprise and SMEs

SME and Enterprise news

New EU grants launched to support low carbon vehicle innovations

  • Solihull MP Lorely Burt urges British SMEs to follow Germany's Mittelstand model
  • Former Dragons' Den investor Doug Richard says internet can save small businesses
  • CBI, BCC, BRC and FSB back Youth Contract initiative
  • More Enterprise News

Creative Industries

Media & Marketing

RIBA West Midlands hosts film night tribute to John Madin

  • Website helps schools create new apps
  • Ad award for JLR
  • Hidden City website celebrates
  • More Creative Industries News

Commercial Property

Commercial Property news

Connaught Square plan for Birmingham Irish Quarter bites the dust

  • RIBA West Midlands hosts film night tribute to John Madin
  • Lenders ready to invest in real estate despite uncertainties, claims report
  • Profits up at St Modwen
  • More Commercial Property News

Financial news

Financial news

Bank share prices hit by Moody's warning

  • A roundup of news from the region's financial sector in the past week
  • Mortgages, loans and job losses creating a debt crisis in West Midlands
  • Handelsbanken reveals 31% rise in lending to UK customers
  • More Financial News

Legal

Legal news

A round up of news from the region’s legal sector in the past week

  • Two new partners for Eversheds pensions practice
  • Pinsent Masons and McGrigors announce new management structure
  • Pinsent Masons and McGrigors agree to merge
  • More Legal News

Technology & innovation

E-Business

Lord Digby Jones 'comes home' with new business venture

  • IDEA Birmingham launched to celebrate region's very best in industrial design and innovation
  • Software group Sanderson boosts its coffers with £11.5m sale
  • Maiden profit for JSJS Designs after first year as listed firm
  • More Technology & Innovation News

Emerging Markets

Emerging markets

Expert advice from Wing Yip director on where to begin in China

  • West Midlands manufacturing sector clamours for Chinese trade
  • Hong Kong visit to boost trade with emerging Far East nations
  • Birmingham event to help firms trade with Russia
  • More Emerging Markets News

Environmental & sustainable industry

Green industries

Birmingham Airport goes solar

  • New EU grants launched to support low carbon vehicle innovations
  • Solar power companies dismayed by cut to subsidies
  • MEBC award for SGH Martineau's construction boss
  • More environmental and sustainable business news