It is remarkable that despite all the negatives associated with the West Midlands the feel-good factor has been little affected.Read
Jonathan Webber reports from Texas, where he has joined 25 West Midlands companies at the South by South West digital, music and screen festival, and discovered serious money among their geekiness.Read
When David Smith assesses his Christmas card list he may well be striking off one Lord Mandelson of Hartlepool and Foy.Read
For the first time in many a year, I am very interested in the Chancellor’s Budget.Read
Four years ago Birmingham Law Society canvassed the views of its members on assisted dying.Read
This is the time of year when everything starts to awaken, when people start viewing houses, booking holidays, spending money and generally cheering up as the weather moves from ridiculously cold and damp to merely, well, damp.Read
At South by Southwest Interactive (SxSW) I joined more than 17,000 delegates who gathered in Austin, Texas, to debate developments in the interactive world.Read
The rising tax burden that we will all face from April 6 has focused many people’s attention on reorganising their finances to minimise both income tax and capital gains tax. Read
Every year, the public sector spends £16 billion in the West Midlands. Whilst accurate figures are hard to come by, it is acknowledged that by no means does enough of this spend find its way into the tills of local businesses. Read
Listening to a radio phone-in in the car outside Wembley after Villa had succumbed to Manchester United in the Carling Cup Final, one caller particularly stuck in my mind.Read
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