Articles...
Dec 12 2008
It is a noble aspiration to be the boldest and the best, but in Birmingham City Council’s case the hype does not always match reality....
Dec 12 2008
This seems to be an odd time to reform the benefits system....
Dec 10 2008
Any rational analysis of the M6 Toll on its fifth anniversary must surely conclude that the £900 million highway, whatever else it may have achieved, has failed dismally to deliver its prime objective – reducing congestion on the main M6 through Birmingham....
Dec 10 2008
This is a difficult time for the carmaking industry....
Dec 8 2008
It seems that no one’s immune from the credit crunch. Funding cut-backs are forcing the Conservatives to make redundancies – and the campaign centre they use in Warwickshire is to close too....
Dec 5 2008
If there is one reasonably reliable barometer of the state of the nation’s economy, it’s surely car sales....
Dec 5 2008
It has often been difficult over the course of almost two years to sort claim from counter claim and reach a balanced view about just how fair Birmingham City Council’s pay and grading review really is....
Dec 3 2008
In normal circumstances, one might have little sympathy for a bank which cancelled a Christmas party because an MP criticised them....
Nov 24 2008
Gordon Brown is said to be a cautious man, but today he will take the gamble of his life - with the future of the British economy at stake....
Nov 24 2008
For a key sector of the Midland business community a crunch meeting this week could be of equal, if not greater, significance than today’s pre-budget report....
