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The local revolution designed to reboot UK growth

Michael Heseltine and George Osborne are transforming local government, but who will be in charge and how much money will they have to spend?Read

UKTI takes Midland businesses on export fact-finding trip to Denmark

Dozens of Midland businesses headed off on a trade mission to Copenhagen with a view to doing business with “the happiest country in the world”.Read

162 jobs to go at Homeserve headquarters in Walsall

Some 162 jobs are to go at the Midland headquarters of a national home insurance and repairs company following a sharp fall in UK customers.Read

Birmingham Airport announces new route to west Denmark

Birmingham Airport has announced a new route to the Danish town of Billund from June.Read

Historic Birmingham stockbroker Fyshe Horton Finney collapses

One of Birmingham’s oldest stockbrokers – which has been a fixture of the city for nearly 120 years – has collapsed after struggling to pay its debts.Read

Independent Birmingham record shop Swordfish moves into new home

An independent Birmingham record shop is bucking the trend for downloads as loyal customers old and new keep returning for their vinyl fix.Read

Jewellery Quarter bosses plan to take new planning powers

Residents and businesses in the Jewellery Quarter will get the chance to rule on local planning applications under new proposals.Read

Birmingham Airport is UK's most punctual for last quarter of 2012

Birmingham Airport was the UK’s most punctual airport in the last quarter of 2012, with 85% of scheduled flights and 84% of charter flights operating on time.Read

Birmingham law firm Mushtaq & Co win High Court battle over computer 'hack'

A Birmingham law firm whose computers were hacked, resulting in the loss of a vital legal aid contract, has won a landmark High Court battle.Read

Business champions of the arts recognised

Businesspeople who have offered support to the arts against a tough funding backdrop are to be recognised at a ceremony in Birmingham.Read

Major deals for app that is ‘the future of money’

The Birmingham makers of a mobile app which allows customers to make payments by text message have agreed deals with two major national firms.Read

Jobless rise dwarfed by soaring employment in West Midlands

Unemployment has crept up in the West Midlands in the past quarter – but latest data shows there are 53,000 more people in work in the region than three months ago.Read

Budget 2013: Live coverage and expert comment

Liveblog leading up to and including George Osborne's BudgetRead

Birmingham delegation heads east to attract new airport routes

A delegation from Birmingham has headed east to showcase the region to Asia’s leading airlines.Read

The Budget 2013: George Osborne urged to provide loans to new businesses

George Osborne was urged to provide new businesses with loans of up to £20,000 to help them create jobs, as he prepared to deliver his Budget today.Read

Budget 2013: George Osborne promises to reward hard work

George Osborne today promised "a Budget that tackles the economy’s problems head-on, helping those who want to work hard and get on".Read

Birmingham hotels Malmaison and Hotel du Vin bought by US firm KSL

Luxury Birmingham hotels Malmaison and Hotel du Vin have been bought by an American private equity firm following months of uncertainty and a financial crisis. Read

Birmingham and Solihull expected to be first in line for Whitehall cash

Ministers have predicted Birmingham will be first in line for a share of billions of pounds in funding for housing, transport and training.Read

Greater Birmingham LEP chair Andy Street hails 'critical' role of Solihull

Andy Street, the head of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership, told business leaders in the borough that it forms “a critical part” of the LEP’s workRead

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George Osborne backs Heseltine's plan for LEPs to spend Whitehall cash

Chancellor George Osborne is announcing radical plans to try to get Britain’s economy growing by diverting billions of pounds to local partnerships of councillors and business leadersRead