Details have been revealed of the first eight development projects that will benefit to the tune of more than £12 million from the Growing Places Fund.Read
A Shropshire manufacturer claims to have created the world’s lightest economy aircraft seat – saving airlines hundreds of thousands of pounds in fuel costs.Read
Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis is set to build on an awards event aimed at small businesses that he runs through Twitter by staging a conference in Birmingham.Read
Ruth Badger, a former candidate on TV show The Apprentice, has given her expertise to Birmingham students hoping to be the entrepreneurs of the future.
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Three companies that successfully won thousands of pounds of advertising with BPM Media titles have been put through to a regional final and a step closer to the top prize of a year’s mentoring from Dragons’ Den star Deborah Meaden.Read
The business model that relies solely on the domestic market is “bankrupt” and more needs to be done to promote exports, according to a Government minister who visited Birmingham this week.Read
Business Secretary Vince Cable has urged West Midlands firms to bid for a share of the Government’s £2.4 billion Regional Growth Fund, after he launched a third round of grants.Read
The first centre devoted to women in business in Britain is set to be opened at a the University of Birmingham as female unemployment reaches its highest level in a quarter of a century.Read
Birmingham must market itself better to attract more investment from Brazil and other emerging markets, according to the director of a South American investment bank.Read
A pioneering swimming pool disinfection system used in south Birmingham and developed as part of the US space programme has been given a resounding thumbs-up.Read
More than seven per cent of Birmingham businesses started in the tough economic climate of the last three years are turning over £100,000, according to a new report.Read
