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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Solihull Council to launch loan fund for small businesses

Solihull Council has become the latest local authority to offer financial support to small businesses by launching a loan fund.Read

Icknield Port Loop

Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP reveals first handouts from Growing Places fund

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

Advantage West Midlands

Ian Austin: How Advantage West Midlands really did help the region

As Advantage West Midlands prepares to close its doors, Minister for the West Midlands Ian Austin explains why he is so proud of its legacyRead

Settle app

Birmingham entrepreneurs Settle launch payment app for smartphones

Two ambitious technology entrepreneurs are to launch a smart phone app that allows customers to makes payments via text message.Read

Birmingham Post

Shropshire firm Cobra develops world's lightest aircraft seat

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

Theo Paphitis

Birmingham missing out on investment, warns Dragons' Den star Theo Paphitis

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

Apprentice finalist Ruth Badger gives top tips to 2012 candidates

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. Read

Budget 2012 reaction: Corporation tax cut a relief for SMEs

Measures aimed at boosting small business were welcomed by the owner of a traditional sweet shop in Solihull that opened just eight weeks ago.Read

Firms vie for year's mentoring from Dragons' Den stalwart

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

Lord Sugar

Birmingham entrepreneur Nick Holzherr joins The Apprentice hopefuls

Birmingham entrepreneur Nick Holzherr is among the 16 contestants hoping to impress Lord Alan Sugar in this year's series of The Apprentice. Read

LaLa Rocks bracelets

Birmingham jewellery label LaLa Rocks a fashion accessory to the stars

A jewellery maker in Birmingham has had a business boost after her bracelets proved a hit with top footballers and their wives.Read

Made In Britain logo launched by Labour Party

Labour backs campaign for Made In Britain logo for UK manufacturers

Labour leader Ed Miliband is to back calls for an official “Made in Britain” logo to encourage shoppers to back British manufacturers.Read

freight, export

Minister Stephen Greene tells businesses to target exporting

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

New business support operation launched in wake of Government cuts

A new company has been established in Birmingham which aims fill the business support void in the wake of government cuts.Read

Birmingham Post

West Midlands businesses urged to sign up for regional growth fund

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

Women's business centre launched at University of Birmingham

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 Jewellery Quarter passes on expertise to help new industry in South Africa

Expertise from Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter is helping to benefit fledgling businesses in South Africa’s impoverished townships.Read

Birmingham urged to seek out Brazilian investment

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

NASA water purification scheme hailed after trial at Northfield swimming pool

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

7% of Birmingham firms set up since 2009 now turning over £100,000

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