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Brian Blakemore ready to retire after 40 years with Barclays

News reaches me that Brian Blakemore, well known figure on the Birmingham financial scene, is set to hang up his cheque book Read

Ron Gray celebrates 50 years in boxing

Boxing promoter Ron Gray is celebrating a very special anniversary – this year he has been involved in the sport for 50 years. Read

Groom-to-be Matt Taylor heading for a quiet night at the Press Ball

It could be a lively wedding for PR pin-up Matt Taylor and bride-to-be Ruth Marshall. It takes place at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham next Saturday. Read

KPMG fight back to win John Bright Trophy final

KPMG claimed the title of Birmingham’s best corporate cricket team beating fellow professionals Ernst & Young by 15 runs in a see-saw John Bright Trophy final. Read

Tide is turning at the Institute of Directors

I hear that Hurricane Gustav took a sudden swing away from New Orleans and crossed the Atlantic to these shores. Read

Digby taking no chances at the Bassi wedding

Dubai is the place and the wedding is Paul Bassi to his good lady Priya. Read

PR man Cockburn attracts the Euro football scouts

Football fanatic Russ Cockburn has refused the ‘offer of a lifetime’ to turn professional. Read

A poultry reward for Ben Browning

Banker Ben Browning has been given the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Poulters – and this is the certificate to prove it. Read

Eddie Morse camps it up but doesn't get his hands dirty

The professional masses of Birmingham are slowly becoming aware that Eddie Morse, of consulting engineers Nolan Associates, actually owns a camper van – sorry, motor home. Read

Back to school for Clarke Associates

I get along to an excellent bash – PR firm Clarke Associates moving its headquarters from Hall Green to the Old School House, Wythall. Read

John James and the naked lunch

In comes a call from the South of France. It’s from John James who informs me he is out there with his wife and sunbathing in the nude. Read

It's not all downhill for John Matthews in retirement

I bump into John Matthews, construction and property expert, who retired earlier this year. So what is he up to now? Read

Bad behaviour at the Henley Regatta

Tales of the river bank … accusations of meanness abound as the West Midlands contingent at Henley Regatta throw the canapés at each other. Read

Putt that phone down!

There are some things you can do at a golf club and some things you can’t. And at the highly exclusive Little Aston Golf Club the latter is definitely the longer list. Read

Fishy story from the Ashbys' terrace

It was like a scene from Fawlty Towers. Tony and Suzy Ashby threw a dinner party at their picturesque cottage at Stonnal, Staffordshire, for a few friends. Read

Kallicharran falls on his R's

A cautionary tale of celebrating the birth of your child too much. Read

Truslove rides the thrills and spills of Monaco

Redditch property consultant John Truslove’s mission to Monaco to try and secure a performance out of his "fickle mistress" was not entirely a success. Read

Littlejohn and the merry men

Off to the excellent annual Newspaper Press Fund lunch where guest speaker is Richard Littlejohn, of the Daily Mail and previously of The Sun. Read

Lenny Henry goes big time rather than budget

Comedian Lenny Henry is having a laugh, isn't he? Read

Austin Healey puts the boot in on England's heroes

Wild man Austin Healey has been his usual outspoken self. He was in Solihull giving a speech, and laid into some of his former colleagues in the England rugby team. Read

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Photo galleries from your launches, lunches and celebrations. Read

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150th Anniversary

Photo galleries from the Birmingham Post's 150th Anniversary Gala Dinner. Read

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