The race for China’s investment billions has taken a significant turn in Birmingham’s favour as the city is singled out for a historic visit by the Chinese Premier.Read
He’s been off the radar for a while, but this week stirring deep in the background Birmingham’s only big beast, Lord Digby Jones, made one of his occasional forays into commenting on this city’s status.Read
Digby Jones, Lord Jones of Birmingham, has written a book detailing his views on how to improve Britain. Business reporter Jon Griffin assesses his proposals.
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Embattled ministers planning a £17.5 billion high speed rail link from London to Birmingham have been thrown a lifeline by business leaders who urged the Government to press ahead with the scheme.Read
While the Government becomes ever more ingenious in its attempts to make sure that Birmingham gets a directly elected mayor, the city as a whole is as underwhelmed as ever about the idea.Read
Digby Jones believes years of over-reliance on the public sector has left the West Midlands poorly-placed to overcome a skills shortage which threatens to see the region miss out on tens of thousands of jobs.Read
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