Jul
2009
Articles from 9th Jul 2009
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Worst of recession may be over but no recovery yet, says survey
Jul 09 2009 | Other UK business news
There are signs that some crumb of confidence is returning for businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire according to a leading survey – but they are not yet convinced that the economic recovery is under way. Read
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Housing market stabilising as 'underlying pace of price decline is easing'
Jul 09 2009 | Other UK business news
Halifax, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender, took the occasion of a 0.5 per cent fall in its measure of house prices to highlight evidence that the housing market is stabilising. Read
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Business rates revaluation boost
Jul 09 2009 | Other UK business news
Businesses across the West Midlands on average will see falls in their rate bills next year as a result of a Government exercise to refresh business rate values every five years. Read
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Walsall regeneration scheme is latest to lose out from AWM budget cuts
Jul 09 2009 | Other UK business news
A Black Country regeneration project launched to global acclaim in March has become a victim of the recession after regional development agency AWM pulled its funding. Read
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Recession is giving West Midlands pick of top graduates
Jul 09 2009 | Other UK business news
West Midlands companies are seeing the positives of the recession – because the region is getting first pick of top graduates. Read
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Outsourcing of functions boosts Carillion shares
Jul 09 2009 | Other UK business news
Carillion shares gained more than two per cent yesterday after it said it was getting a boost as public and private sector organisations stepped up the outsourcing of functions. Read
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Midcounties Co-Op buy seven Somerfield stores and rescue 240 jobs
Jul 09 2009 | Other UK business news
The Midcounties Co-operative is buying seven new stores, including a number of former Somerfield branches in the West Midlands, as it expands. Read
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Meetings to guide firms ahead of Solihull improvement levy vote
Jul 09 2009 | Other UK business news
Businesses in the centre of Solihull are being invited to a month-long series of meetings ahead of a vote on the town’s proposed £500,000 business improvement district. Read
