Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
Rolls-Royce has won three orders in Thailand and Malaysia for industrial gas turbine equipment worth over £28 million. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
The fight for control of garden centre chain Wyevale is on again after rebel shareholder Laxey Partners demanded a second EGM to overthrow chairman David Williams. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
Fort Dunlop - Birmingham's iconic landmark building - will this month open its doors for the first time since its transformation by property developer Urban Splash. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
A shake up of the Business Link system in the Midlands is set to be railroaded through despite fears from local chambers of commerce. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
A new group which includes representatives from the private and public sectors in Coventry and Warwickshire is to champion and coordinate tourism in the region. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
Media group Chrysalis has offloaded its books division by sealing a £12.5 million deal with managers of the lossmaking business. Read
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I have decided that the youth of today is every bit comparable, if not better, than previous generations. Read
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Telecoms giant BT is to start rolling out high speed broadband to remote rural communities in the West Midlands as part of a collaboration between the public and private sector. Read
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UCE Birmingham's Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) and Birmingham and Solihull's New Technology Institute (NTI) have teamed up to offer advanced training as a result of increasing demand for screen-based media skills. Read
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There is no environment more hostile to direct marketing than the inbox. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
It started with "i can buy you flowers", went through "i am big in Japan", and now the posters declare " i have arrived". Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
Hometrack has launched a new online service which it claims will allow homeowners, homebuyers and investors to value a property to a level only previously available to high street mortgage lenders. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
The West Midlands is bucking the downward trend seen in the building industry over the last three months, according to new figures. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
New house prices in the West Midlands, London, the South-West and the North last month saw some of the worst falls in the country, it emerged yesterday. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
Business Editor John Duckers looks at the reasons behind the rise in the number of people going bankrupt... Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
Hopes of a pick-up by the manufacturing sector were dealt a blow yesterday when data for September showed an unexpected fall in output. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
About 75 jobs are set to go at automotive castings specialist Copal Casting in Handsworth, which has been in trouble since the collapse of MG Rover earlier this year. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
A row over a secret pay deal has scuppered plans for a united Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
Carillion shares performed strongly yesterday following speculation that the Wolverhampton-based construction and support services group was looking to buy troubled rival Mowlem. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
Midlands store group Hammonds has gone back to its roots to launch its latest outlet. Fifty years after it opened its first store in Nuneaton it has unveiled a new retail concept in the town. Read
Nov 08 2005 | Other UK business news
The Birmingham operation of property firm Jones Lang LaSalle is on track for a record year. The company posted third quarter global net income of $ 20.6 million (£11.77 million), with turnover in the UK up ten per cent. Read