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Jobs, whats on and Birmingham guide, business and more. birmingham post, birmingham news, birmingham business, birmingham jobs, birmingham guide http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/12/04/birmingham-municipal-bank-could-reopen-hints-mike-whitby-65233-22398222/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/12/04/birmingham-municipal-bank-could-reopen-hints-mike-whitby-65233-22398222/ Birmingham’s Municipal Bank could reopen under radical proposals to help business through the current economic difficulties. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/12/04/birmingham-council-told-to-fight-the-recession-in-the-city-65233-22399417/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/12/04/birmingham-council-told-to-fight-the-recession-in-the-city-65233-22399417/ Birmingham City Council was placed on the front line of the fight to protect the city’s economy, as the Queen’s Speech made local authorities responsible for beating the recession. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/12/03/mike-whitby-defends-7-000-cost-of-council-bosses-party-65233-22391407/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/12/03/mike-whitby-defends-7-000-cost-of-council-bosses-party-65233-22391407/ City council leader Mike Whitby has defended a council manager’s £7,000 festive bash at taxpayers’ expense. http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands-birmingham-sport/west-midlands-sports/aston-villa-fc/2008/12/01/politicians-should-keep-their-noses-out-of-sport-65233-22381565/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:12:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/midlands-birmingham-sport/west-midlands-sports/aston-villa-fc/2008/12/01/politicians-should-keep-their-noses-out-of-sport-65233-22381565/ What is it about elected officials that when they have run out of ways to meddle in the lives of anyone unfortunate enough to have voted for them, they have to massage their egos by making pronouncements upon things way beyond their ken? http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/more-columnists/2008/11/27/mike-whitby-s-fight-for-autonomy-in-birmingham-65233-22355998/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/more-columnists/2008/11/27/mike-whitby-s-fight-for-autonomy-in-birmingham-65233-22355998/ Mike Whitby is on the warpath. Like a home-grown George Washington, he’s been fighting for independence from a despotic government in London. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/11/25/birmingham-city-council-chief-s-plan-to-beat-the-recession-65233-22330015/ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/newsaggregator/2008/11/25/birmingham-city-council-chief-s-plan-to-beat-the-recession-65233-22330015/ Birmingham City Council has set out its own plan for ending the recession, by allowing the nation’s big cities to take the lead. http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/iron-angle-birmingham-cc/2008/11/14/troubled-firms-still-waiting-for-neville-s-big-rescue-plan-65233-22270839/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:03:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/comment/birmingham-columnists/iron-angle-birmingham-cc/2008/11/14/troubled-firms-still-waiting-for-neville-s-big-rescue-plan-65233-22270839/ It is almost four weeks since the announcement-that-never-was detailing Birmingham City Council’s “rescue package” for firms hit by the slump. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2008/11/06/chinese-car-makers-saic-urged-to-keep-on-producing-at-longbridge-65233-22193342/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/automotive-business/2008/11/06/chinese-car-makers-saic-urged-to-keep-on-producing-at-longbridge-65233-22193342/ The leader of Birmingham City Council is to urge SAIC to keep faith with car production at Longbridge despite economic gloom. http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/commercial-property-birmingham/2008/10/29/birmingham-city-council-backing-campaign-on-empty-property-tax-65233-22148200/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:44:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/commercial-property-birmingham/2008/10/29/birmingham-city-council-backing-campaign-on-empty-property-tax-65233-22148200/ Birmingham City Council has thrown its weight behind a national campiagn calling on the Government to rethink a property tax stifling commercial development in the city. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/10/27/mike-whitby-insists-private-sector-high-in-confidence-in-birmingham-65233-22130170/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:59:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/10/27/mike-whitby-insists-private-sector-high-in-confidence-in-birmingham-65233-22130170/ Developers are “oozing confidence” about future regeneration schemes in Birmingham, despite the worst global economic downturn for a generation, city council leader Mike Whitby insisted.