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Midlands business leaders divided over Margaret Thatcher legacy

Business leaders in the West Midlands paid tribute to Baroness Thatcher after her death – but views on her legacy are mixed.Read

Cadbury chief Irene Rosenfeld receives £18.9m payment package

Cadbury supremo Irene Rosenfeld received a 31.5 per cent pay rise last year as part of a £18.9 million package, with union leaders describing the award as a "terrible example of corporate excess".Read

Metalrax bought out of administration and 400 jobs saved

Nearly 400 jobs have been saved with the rescue of Metalrax, one of the West Midlands’ best known industrial names, following its sudden collapse.Read

£19m scheme launched to support region's automotive and aerospace suppliers

A £19 million programme to support companies in the automotive and aerospace supply chains in the West Midlands to take advantage of market growth has been launched.Read

Cannock firm Finning on track for Antarctic expedition

A team attempting one of the most dangerous journeys ever undertaken across the frozen wastes of Antarctica in a polar winter has got under way – supported by a Staffordshire firm.Read

Russell Luckock: Triple dip? Reasons to be cheerful

In my old age, I have come to use my own common sense when attempting to discern how this nation is really faring from an economic point of view. Some commentators are prophesying a triple dip, and statistically, this may well happen.Read

David Cameron: Apprenticeships offer credible alternative to University

National Apprenticeship Week is taking place to celebrate efforts to get young people into work. With Birmingham suffering from one of the worst youth unemployment rates in the country, Prime Minister David Cameron writes for the Post about work taking place to boost the cityRead

Engineering firm Grindtec rises from ashes

Colleagues who set up in business after the engineering company where they worked went out of business have seen their enterprise flourish in the Black Country.Read

Fall in trade deficit welcomed in West Midlands

Business leaders in the West Midlands have welcomed figures that say the trade deficit has closed slightly.Read

Record year for engineers Mec

Major growth in international markets is putting a Staffordshire engineering company on course for its best ever year.Read

Bogus 'made in Britain' brand is damaging region's firms

World-renowned ceramics manufacturers in the Midlands are suffering because of "bogus" branding by foreign manufacturers who pretend their wares are made in England, an MP has warned.Read

Midlands' richest woman Kirsty Bertarelli to release music album

Britain’s richest woman and former Miss UK, Kirsty Bertarelli, is set to release a debut pop album.Read

Surgeons call on Midland engineers to help mend girl's damaged skull

A team of Midland engineers have helped a young girl seriously hurt in a road accident to come through a life-saving operation to mend a hole in her skull.Read

University of Warwick to lead the way developing building materials of the future

The University of Warwick is to be at the forefront of a drive to transfer high-tech materials used in the aerospace and automotive industries into the construction sector.Read

Closure of Tucker Fasteners factory in Birmingham confirmed by US owners

A Birmingham industrial landmark is reaching the end of the road – with the imminent closure of long-established factory Tucker Fasteners.Read

Australian packaging firm TNA sets up European base in Birmingham

New manufacturing jobs have been created after a global packaging firm announced it was basing its European headquarters in Birmingham.Read

Engineering giant GKN reveals rise in revenue and profit

Midland engineering giant GKN has revealed a major rise in sales and profits on the back of increasing car sales.Read

Redditch firm MCS invests

High precision machinist firm Machined Component Systems (MCS) has invested £400,000 in new state of the art equipment.Read

MWA Technology firm celebrates

A Birmingham-based independent meter specialist is celebrating a 'big birthday' in style after it announced 25 per cent growth and a jobs boost.Read

Sales rise at Barkley Plastics

Birmingham firm Barkley Plastics has added more than £500,000 worth of revenue and created three new roles on the back of work with university experts.Read