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Solihull shopping centre Touchwood appoints new general manager

Solihull shopping centre Touchwood has appointed Andrew Cole as its new general manager.Read

Orion Media extends lease at Brindleyplace

One of Brindleyplace’s highest profile tenants has extended its lease until 2021.Read

Glides moves into Alpha Tower

The fast-growing business founded by a former winner of Birmingham Young Professional of the Year has signed for a new office in Alpha Tower.Read

Work starts on Edgbaston hotel

Construction work has started on a prestigious new hotel on one of the city’s most prominent sites.Read

Willmott Dixon to open construction training centre

Willmott Dixon is to open a new construction training centre in July at an undisclosed location in Birmingham.Read

Mailbox duo Chatham and Billingham launch online art enterprise

Business duo Alan Chatham and Mark Billingham, the men who changed the skyline of Birmingham with the Mailbox development, are branching out into the world of art.Read

Property firms go on recruitment trail

Property companies in the region have been on the recruitment trail as the market shows signs of further recovery in 2012.Read

Industrial stock in Birmingham 'set to run out next year'

The current supply of new industrial property stock in the West Midlands will run out next year, according to new research.Read

Work due to start on new John Lewis store at Birmingham New Street station

Work on Birmingham city centre’s new £100 million John Lewis store is set to begin within the next three months, retail chiefs have revealed.Read

£1m revamp planned for Birmingham gay club The Nightingale

More than £1 million is to be spent transforming Birmingham’s famous Nightingale club into a venue fit for the 21st century.Read

West Midlands firms trim property costs in economic gloom

New research shows firms in the West Midlands are trimming costs from their properties amid tough trading conditions.Read

Supermarkets have key role in West Midlands regeneration, claims property group GVA

Multi-million pound supermarkets are providing a catalyst for some of the most important regeneration schemes in the West Midlands, according to property experts GVA.Read

Carillion wins £100m academy schools contract

Construction giant Carillion has won an academy schools contract worth more than £100 million.Read

Dispute over shares at property firm Maximus heads to court

A retired top city lawyer could be heading to court to settle a dispute with a property company he joined at the behest of its late founder.Read

Delivering certainty has become planners' prize

Elle Cass, planning director for the Birmingham office of Jones Lang LaSalle, explains why a change of mindset is needed for the successful implementation of new planning guidanceRead

Energetics lands New Street deal

The Midlands office of utility specialist Energetics has been appointed by Network Rail to provide a new high voltage energy supply to New Street Station as part of the £600 million New Street Gateway project.Read

Law Society letting saves city from below par year

The letting of just under 60,000 sq ft to the Law Society at the Cube saved Birmingham from a significantly below par year in terms of office lettings, according to one of the city’s toip agents.Read

Start date announced for Shirley Parkgate scheme

One of the region’s longest awaited regeneration schemes is set to finally get underway in May.Read

Taylor Wimpey forecasts huge rise in profits

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has forecast an 80% jump in operating profits after a key target in its recovery plan was achieved ahead of schedule.Read

Golf and leisure venue The Belfry is officially up for sale

Owners of renowned golf venue The Belfry have said they expect it to attract “significant international interest” after being officially placed on the market.Read