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Credit crunch sees rise in business school uptake

Enterprising managers in the West Midlands are flocking back to business school to train up as the credit crunch intensifies. Read

CMS Editor helping small firms keep their sites up to date

A new system has been devised by a Solihull firm to help small companies regularly update their websites at a fraction of the cost. Read

Bedford Dials wins Birmingham Post Enterprise award

A Worcestershire firm that supplies dials and clockfaces to a variety of industries, has become the first recipient of the new Birmingham Post Enterprise Award. Read

Birmingham firm strikes Barack Obama presidential coin

A company in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter is making commemorative coins for American presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Read

Birmingham entrepreneur launches property swap shop

A pair of entrepreneurs have launched a website that helps homebuyers avoid the shaky property market, by swapping houses with each other directly. Read

Birmingham firm develops soluble packaging

A Birmingham marketing firm has created a new kind of eco-friendly packaging it says could save thousands of tonnes of landfill space every year. Read

Matco increases output with new machine

A Birmingham firm which provides machined parts to small and medium volume manufacturers has made a huge equipment investment. Read

Start-ups on the rise, despite trouble for big business

To many the thought of running a business, let alone starting one, in today’s economic climate would seem to be an activity best left to the risk-takers. Read

Louis has got the chocolate business licked

After being bullied at school, life is now sweet for teenage entrepreneur Louis Barnett. Alison Jones hears why Read

CERN scientist slams lack of support for hi-tech business

On the day the Large Hadron Collider was finally switched on at CERN, the head of a Birmingham technology firm has hit out at the Government’s support for smaller hi-tech businesses. Read

More help needed to see innovations hit the market place

A former CERN physicist who has worked on the new super-fast Grid server is finding it tough to sell technology to UK public sector bodies. Read

Franchising could safeguard SMEs through credit crunch

Franchising could be the answer for potential business owners made wary by the credit crunch, a successful local firm has said. Read

6th Gear gives motorists the chance to be The Stig

A racing company is giving Midland motorists the chance to become The Stig from Top Gear for a day. Read

Henry Squire's lock-in for Hackney's Cycle Picnic

A Wolverhampton manufacturing firm has seen its products put to a new sporting use. Read

Cash flow problems nothing new for SMEs

Small businesses were struggling to find finance even before the start of the credit crunch, according to Government research. Read

SMEs can help stop the Midlands 'brain drain'

Getting more small businesses involved in university work schemes could stop the “brain drain” of bright graduates out of the area, a new recruitment agency has said. Read

Back to business reality check seems sharper than usual

This week sees the return to work in full swing with many people wondering exactly what they will be returning to. Read

Retail Birmingham launches tip-swapping mentoring scheme

A scheme has been launched to get major businesses in Birmingham city centre to pair up with smaller retailers to share tips. Read

Working from home reduces business costs

Businesses working from home in the West Midlands are managing to avoid the effects of the credit crunch, according to a new survey. Read

Business calls to debt crisis line soar 50pc in West Midlands

The number of West Midlands businesses calling an emergency debt hotline has rocketed by more than 50 per cent because of the credit crunch. Read