New data shows a 23 per cent rise in unemployment in the West Midlands – and business leaders are warning the number of people out of work will continue to rise.Read
Organisers of a scheme to help rid Birmingham of its unemployment epidemic and get people back into work say they have saved the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds.Read
Chocolate retailer Thorntons has seen sales fall by 2.7 per cent after it was hit by warm weather and the failure of the Birthdays greetings card chain.Read