Manufacturing job losses have been running at almost 3,400 a week, with 700,000 fewer posts since the recession and the biggest fall noted in Staffordshire, a study has shown.Read
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber told thousands of striking public sector workers at a rally in Birmingham: “Our campaign will go on until we have justice for every public servant.”
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Chancellor George Osborne pledged to help small businesses by making it harder for employees to sue them, as he promised Britain would “ride out the storm” of economic chaos gripping the world.Read
Despite a resurgence in real ale, pub landlords are still under pressure as alcohol duty soars and pub companies sell off property. Brett Gibbons looks at an industry trying to stay afloat.Read
The number of jobs cut or threatened with the axe at local authorities in the West Midlands has reached 21,504, with more councils set to announce redundancies in the coming weeks.Read
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