The KPMG Christmas party proves as usual to be an excellent occasion, but much talk about how long the recession will last.Read
Catastrophe! I find myself in the company of banker David Richardson who informs me of the shock news that the Duckers turkey is no more.Read
Regular Bright readers will have noticed the absence of news about Adrian Hindmarsh, who bills himself as “Birmingham’s favourite lawyer!”Read
Insolvency expert James Martin is in harness again at the Birmingham office of Begbies Traynor.Read
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was in town recently to address the party’s Solihull and Meriden Association annual dinner.Read
Drama at a Midlands Executive lunch hosted by West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.Read
Controversy at the Never Mind The Business charity quiz held at the Slug & Lettuce in Brindleyplace in aid of Mencap.Read
There’s a recession on, so the last that most businessmen would want is to see things hurtling downhill at the rate of knots.Read
My spies tell me former lawyer and businessman John James’ attention span gets shorter by the year.Read
Is Peter Rees-Steer the most mistaken man in the Midlands?Read
Birmingham Mail editor Steve Dyson has been telling me how he recently went on a jaunt to help judge the British Guild of Beer Writers annual journalism awards.Read
The Demons of Tune rocked the Birmingham professional community again at the Jam House, raising thousands of pounds for charity – but not without incident.Read
Oh dear, some poor pensioner stumbled into the wrong venue the other night.Read
The John Crabtree expedition to Everest has made a glorious return to Blighty.Read
Go on, let me entertain you
They say tax consultants can be boring … but it seems even those who work in the sector don’t want to socialise with each other.more
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My mole at the recent West Midlands Tourism Awards at the ICC reports a slick and well managed event – apart from some interesting “scripting” and ad-libbing from the hosts…Read
In comes the latest news from old mate John Matthews, who having supposedly “retired”, is as busy as ever running his own construction, development and property consultancy. Read
On song, but out of tune in Spain
An undiscovered gift which could end Simon Cowellmore
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Brian Woods-Scawen, chairman of West Bromwich Building Society, will be speaking to Birmingham Business Breakfast Club at the Botanical Gardens on November 12 on the subject of 'Why don’t we trust politicians?'Read
I meet up with construction and property expert Neil Pountney, head of consultancy Emprima.Read
Joanne Malin is not happy with Noddy Holder.Read
