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Sep 28 2008
Councils in the West Midlands must share money and “sovereignty” in order to receive more freedom from Whitehall, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has told civic leaders....
Sep 28 2008
Conservatives gathering in Birmingham for the start of their annual conference have been warned they could still easily lose the next election....
Sep 27 2008
City Council leader Mike Whitby tells Public Affairs Editor Paul Dale how the next Conservative government can learn from Birmingham. ...
Sep 23 2008
The Cushman & Wakefield report on the best UK business cities contains good and bad news for Birmingham, but the small print is worrying, argues Paul Dale. d...
Sep 12 2008
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....
Sep 5 2008
Financial wizards at Birmingham City Council have invented a new way of accounting which may be useful to us all during these difficult times....
Aug 31 2008
Birmingham City Council’s love-hate relationship with global property experts Cushman and Wakefield will be put to the test again this month when the annual league table of the best UK business cities is published. ...
Aug 8 2008
Mike Whitby’s florid account of the resumption of production of MG sports cars at Longbridge bore more than a passing resemblance to the efforts of another Tory wordsmith, Lord Jeffrey Archer. ...
Aug 4 2008
After Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby outlined his role in the aftermath of the collapse of MG Rover, Longbridge MP Richard Burden gives his version of events....
Aug 4 2008
Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has been accused of manipulating the resumption of car production at Longbridge for his own personal glorification....