Articles...
May 30 2008
Duncan Tift meets Birmingham restaurateur, raconteur and confidant Chris Kelly, owner of city institution The Metro Bar....
May 30 2008
Ground-breaking research into developing how some of the most common foods are grown is being carried out at Aston Science Park in Birmingham....
May 30 2008
West Midlands house prices last month fell 1.2 per cent – the largest fall across England and Wales, against an average fall of 0.2 per cent....
May 30 2008
John Lewis has reported its third consecutive fall in weekly sales - confirming the store is feeling the strain from worsening economic conditions....
May 30 2008
Britain could turn into a nation of “private pension paupers” as defined benefit company retirement schemes disappear, it has been claimed....
May 30 2008
Workers at a Birmingham factory run by Japanese manufacturing giant Fujitsu are to stage a 24-hour strike in a row over jobs. ...
May 30 2008
Business-class only airline Silverjet called in administrators tonight as thousands of air passengers had their travel plans wrecked when the airline stopped flights. ...
May 30 2008
Businesses have welcomed Government signals that it is to loosen the burden of red tape strangling firms....
May 30 2008
Business-class only airline Silverjet said today it had suspended all operations with immediate effect after failing to secure new funding....
May 30 2008
BG Group - formerly British Gas - has expressed surprise after one of Australia's biggest energy firms broke off discussions over a £6.6 billion takeover. ...
May 30 2008
Former industry boss Adair Turner has been named chairman of the Financial Services Authority, taking the helm a year after the near-collapse of lender Northern Rock and the watchdog's biggest crisis to date....
May 30 2008
Telecoms operator Fujitsu, which has a large operation in Birmingham, has been left reeling after the NHS opted to cancel a major contract with the firm in a move which could end up costing it £300 million....
May 30 2008
Nationwide’s worse-than-expected 2.5 per cent drop in house prices this month has raised fears that the housing market is seeing more than a minor correction....
