Articles...
Aug 25 2008
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with three other major chambers to demand an improvement in services on the West Coast Main Line railway....
Aug 25 2008
Stephen Hester, CEO of British Land asked the other day: “Has the world changed and we are all going to live in tents, or is the financial centre going to relocate to Birmingham from London? Let’s have some perspective about it.” ...
Aug 19 2008
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce has just completed an EU-funded project to bring one of the world’s largest business organisations into the 21st century. Ian Halstead reports....
Aug 18 2008
Employers have warned they are set to be hit in the pocket by new immigration laws which require them to buy licences of up to £1,000 for overseas workers....
Aug 14 2008
The West Midlands slipped further behind the south of England despite record A-level results which saw more pupils than ever before achieving “A” grades....
Aug 13 2008
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry has criticised the education system for failing to provide youngsters with employable skills....
Aug 13 2008
The worst fears of the West Midland business community have been recognised with a steep rise in the region’s unemployment figures....
Aug 12 2008
Midland business leaders have pleaded with the Bank of England to rule out interest rate increases after inflation jumped to 4.4 per cent, more than double the official target and the highest figure since 1991....
Aug 12 2008
A trade visit to an Indian exhibition on building and construction technology is being organised for West Midlands SMEs....
Aug 7 2008
The Bank of England gave no explanation when it held its official interest rate at five per cent for a fifth month, after its interest-setting monetary policy committee split three ways in its vote in July....
