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Bridgestone brings F1 tyre technology to the road

Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone is blazing a trail to help ally technological advances to vehicle performance on the road.Read

How cutting IT start-up costs will help small firms prosper

High street banks’ failure to make more credit available to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) has resulted in the most innovatory firms surviving and prospering in the tough economic climate, it is claimed.Read

Midland firms urged to take up super-fast broadband

Next generation broadband is the future for businesses large and small, a leading Midland campaigner insists.Read

Yahoo and Microsoft to take on Google in search deal

Yahoo and Microsoft have announced an internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google.Read

BT posts a further fall in profits

BT has posted a further fall in profits after its troubled IT services division continued to overshadow better trading at its retail arm.Read

Coventry-based web company wins another award

A Coventry-based web company, which is proving a big hit with parents desperate to find activities for their children, has won another award from an industry body.Read

Minivator lands £1.5m stairlift contract with council

Innovative Kingswinford-based manufacturer Minivator has clinched a £1.5 million five-year contract to supply Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council with a complete support package for residents’ stairlifts.Read

Investing in intellectual property can save businesses, say Midlands experts

Companies in the Midlands are protecting their innovation skills by continuing to invest in intellectual property despite the recession, it is claimed.Read

Brandweaver online marketing venture launched

The new concept, an advanced online artwork creation and web-to-print system, has been launched with major customers already on board, including leading leisure business, Tattershall Castle Group (TCG).Read

Broadband use soars as firms make swine flu plans

Midland Internet Services provider Internet Central has seen a sudden increase in demand in the aftermath of the swine flu pandemic.Read

Microchip maker Wolfson warns of uncertainty

Chipmaker Wolfson Microelectronics warned of lingering uncertainty in consumer markets today despite better than expected results.Read

Brierley Hill firm Innovise boosts its range of services

Software and IT services group Innovise has boosted its range of services after agreeing to pay £800,000 for web-hosting company RapidHost LtdRead

Unnamed suitor has eye on ailing Birmingham-based National Express

Birmingham-based transport group National Express yesterday confirmed a new unnamed suitor has its eye on the debt-laden business after rival group FirstGroup dropped its interest.Read

Black Country Chamber slams AWM over funding cuts

A Black Country business leader has accused the regional development agency of viewing the area as a “backward sub-region” after funding for flagship creative industries and digital skills projects was pulled.Read

iPhone helps ring up a profits windfall for Apple

Strong demand for laptops and the latest iPhone device has helped US technology giant Apple post stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings.Read

Super-fast broadband ‘good start’ – City Region’s Glyn Pitchford

West Midlands Business Council has warmly welcomed a BT announcement to speed up plans for super-fast broadband.Read

Mike Musson: Exporting is taking a step into a bigger world

Earlier this year the West Midlands ICT Cluster, supported by Advantage West Midlands, conducted a survey into the level of export activity amongst ICT companies in the region, previously identified as exporters.Read

Scyron’s DEMON manager cracks sharing of digital files

A new high-tech innovation by a Birmingham firm is providing a key breakthrough in cross-border intelligence gathering and evidence management.Read

Aldridge firm's bright idea could save thousands in energy bills

A Black Country firm has developed a bright new idea with the help of a £30,000 grant.Read

Outsourcery raise awareness of their big-business IT

Thousands of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) across the UK have been given the chance to reduce their IT budgets and obtain access to state-of-the-art solutions previously the preserve of big business.Read

Perspective and Groupcall link addresses 14-19 Agenda

Birmingham-based Perspective, a UK software solution provider specialising in web-based training and learning solutions, has signed a ground-breaking hi-tech partnership deal with Groupcall.Read