The chairman of the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership has stepped down to concentrate on his own business dealings - and to allow the LEP to grow.Read
Heavy downpours during April hit footfall on Britain’s high streets as town centres witnessed the worst decline in shopper numbers since November 2009, a report has revealed.Read
Britain’s biggest pub operator has reportedly started controversial talks to reduce its £2.3 billion debt mountain, which are set to spark a bitter battle for control of the company.Read
Private tenants are harder hit by soaring energy costs than homeowners – with those in the West Midlands spending the most in the UK to fuel their homes.Read
How Birmingham can attract and retain the best young professionals – rather than them finding themselves in the city by accident – is set to be the subject of a major new study.Read
With the wettest April on record coming just weeks after a drought was declared, it is not surprising the region’s farmers and food suppliers have been facing a nervous few months.Read
Irish airline Aer Lingus is to take over the route linking Birmingham Airport with Knock in the west of Ireland after the closure of budget airline bmibaby was announced.Read
The “lynch mob” mentality that cost Fred Goodwin his knighthood and fellow banker Stephen Hester his bonus will damage British business, Lord Jones of Birmingham has warned.Read
The number of people being declared insolvent in the West Midlands has fallen to the lowest level since before the banking collapse – but parts of the region remain among the hardest hit.Read
