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Welcome Matt out for Danks in the Caribbean Mar 10 2009

A bit of an international update on the fortunes of Matt Danks, 50 per cent (80 per cent by weight) of Black Country public relations agency DCPR.Read

Don't miss your chance to own a second home in Gaza Mar 09 2009

There are optimists and there are super optimists. Here is a classic press release, albeit not from the council.Read

We’ve declared Friday a day to spread some cheer Mar 06 2009

Lichfield PR guru Ian Strachan – displaying his considerable engineering expertise – tells me he’s worked out how those British and French nuclear submarines came to collide with each other in the mid-Atlantic recently.Read

Lawyers behaving badly in sun? Here’s hoping... Mar 04 2009

Word reaches me that the work hard/play hard end of the legal fraternity are off on their travels again.Read

Oh no they didn’t have the panto hat and water pistol Mar 03 2009

Defeat turned to pantomime – literally – as Moseley Oak sought to set off for home from Bishop’s Castle.Read

Reviving the spirit of one Spencer Milbank Mar 02 2009

I pop into the benefit launch of Warwickshire cricketer Tony Frost.Read

Is it time for Labour Party to cut out the red rose? Feb 27 2009

We’ve decided that Fridays – with the prospect of a well-earned weekend off – ought to be a day when we try to cheer everybody up with a few gags.Read

Pulling no punches, the staff are right bar stewards Feb 26 2009

More usually to be found on the cocktail circuit, four Birmingham businessmen are set to go behind the bar.Read

Pitchford left stranded with sound reason for failed test Feb 18 2009

Birmingham businessman Glyn Pitchford has been wrestling unsuccessfully with technology again.Read

Armed encounters and a place on the winners’ podium Feb 17 2009

Birmingham’s ‘favourite lawyer’ Adrian Hindmarsh has been telling me how he nearly got blown away by the KGB.Read

Snow joke when drinks night is off Feb 12 2009

Snow rage breaks out at Birmingham Press Club.Read

How hack le Vack haplessly scripted Newbon career Feb 11 2009

I have discovered the man whose gross incompetence inflicted Gary Newbon on to our screens! Step forward Dale le Vack, now of Redditch PR firm ASAP.Read

Carried away by emotions of the battlefield Feb 10 2009

Lord Jones of Birmingham has been going all misty-eyed over his recent visit to the Falklands.Read

A hair-raising spot of fundraising to see off Shellard Feb 09 2009

Birmingham’s property market ground to a halt again last week, but this time it couldn’t be blamed on the credit crunch.Read

Señor Glyn raises more questions than answers Feb 04 2009

More exam trouble for Glyn Pitchford.Read

Carling was less than popular, even with team-mates Feb 03 2009

Ardent Moseleyite that he is, Bright’s Vicar on Earth and former business editor of this esteemed organ John Duckers couldn’t bring himself to get down to Worcester Rugby Club for a breakfast bash organised by Warriors scrum half and aspiring business type Matt Powell.Read

How Rob Blyth’s wife proved she’s no retiring flower Jan 19 2009

I fear the wife has definitely got the measure of Rob Blyth, the retiring chief executive of Hortons’ Estate.Read

All change at the Chamber Jan 12 2009

A NATIONAL treasure is heading for the golf course … or, more likely, his local pub, the Brickies.Read

Bevan departs to build new career with a legend Jan 08 2009

Old mate Mark Bevan has left construction firm Shaylor after a little over nine years with the organisation.Read

The Rabbit Guide bucks trend with escalating value despite recession Dec 24 2008

News reaches me Rob Blyth, winner of a bottle of Champagne and a brand new Rabbit Guide to Birmingham (the independent guide book produced by Charles Smith and David Clarke) was so delighted with his success at the recent launch he took it to bed with him.Read

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