David Cameron has recognised the work of Birmingham volunteers who run social media surgeries to help community groups, by handing them the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award.Read
Dragons’ Den veteran Doug Richard has warned this year will be among the toughest environments ever known for small businesses – but urged entrepreneurs to get online to boost sales.Read
More than a third of SME owner managers in the West Midlands say that the state of the economy is taking its toll on their personal life, according to new research.Read
A start up recruitment firm, a business that produces Sri Lankan sauces and an event management company that specialises in bringing academics and businesses together have all been chosen as winners of the Local Business Accelerators 2011 competition.Read
Leaders of an initiative to boost enterprise in Walsall have said more than 380 jobs have been created or safeguarded and an additional £1 million added to the town’s economy as a result of its work.Read
Cubewano, based in Sutton Coldfield, which has 11 patents for its engine and military generators, has been forced to sell valuable designs to foreign firms because it can’t access enough support in the UK.
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Dozens of jobless people have been rescued from the dole queue after more than 100 new businesses were created in Birmingham at a rate of nearly four a week.Read
An innovative Midlands-based entrepreneur, who successfully secured investment from the Dragons’ Den, has warned that failing to budget for legal advice may mean losing out in the marketplace.Read
Midland employers who plan to take on more staff for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games have been urged to check the credentials of their “gangmasters.”Read
Directors in the West Midlands are confident about growing their companies over the next 12 months – but are fearful about the futures of the markets they operate in.Read
The Birmingham Post has announced the seven local businesses, including a fast-growing recruitment firm and a supplier of water coolers, that have made the shortlist in the Local Business Accelerators competition.Read
Thousands of small and medium-size Midland traders could suffer a crippling 40 per cent increase in their overheads if Birmingham Wholesale Markets are forced to close, according to a research document.Read
Editor Alun Thorne speaks to West Midlands businesses about how trading prospects have changed in light of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement which followed gloomy figures on the future of the country’s economy.
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Plans revealed by Chancellor George Osborne to hand out up to £40 billion in state-backed loans to small businesses in a bid to unclog the flow of credit have been welcomed.Read
The UK faces a recovery of at least six years while our leading politicians are “sitting on their hands” when it comes to embracing and encouraging innovation, a leading economic commentator has claimed.Read
