Birmingham Post - Tag - mini

£250m BMW investment boosts Hams Hall plant

Birmingham Post — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:37:00 GMT

BMW is to invest a further £250 million in its three Mini factories in the UK including in the West Midlands, safeguarding thousands of jobs, the firm announced.

BMW ups apprentice intake at Hams Hall and across the UK

Birmingham Post — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:22:00 GMT

Twenty four apprentices are to be taken on at BMW’s Ham’s Hall engine plant near Birmingham as part of a drive to create 200 new roles for young people across the UK this year.

Deritend lands Mini supply deal

Birmingham Post — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:18:00 GMT

A century-old West Midlands manufacturer has won a deal to supply maintenance services to the Mini plant in Swindon.

Mini designer Alex Moulton saddened by manufacturing demise

Birmingham Post — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:12:00 GMT

The designer who helped create the Mini has described the demise of manufacturing in the Midlands as a “terrible tragedy” and called on the education system to do more to promote practical engineering innovation among a new generation of designers.

UK to be testing ground for electric Mini

Birmingham Post — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:00:00 GMT

BMW is expanding trials of the electric-powered Mini E to include the UK, the German carmaker announced.

How The Italian Job nearly wasn't a Mini adventure

Birmingham Post — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Film producer Michael Deeley tells Jon Perks how the Mini was almost cut from the film The Italian Job.

All-electric Mini to make debut in Los Angeles

Birmingham Post — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:14:00 GMT

BMW’s prototype all-electric Mini will be publicly unveiled in Los Angeles next month, the Munich carmaker has announced.

Next Mini set to be built outside Britain

Birmingham Post — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:13:00 GMT

The next new Mini could be built outside the UK, parent group BMW said.

Clouds gather for the perfect economic storm

Birmingham Post — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:48:00 GMT

There’s no doubt that the West Midlands has gone down with a bad bout of the economic jitters.

Healthy growth reported at Bristol Street Motors

Birmingham Post — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:27:00 GMT

The company that owns Birmingham-based Bristol Street Motors said it is bucking the economic downturn and maintaining double-digit growth in both new and used car sales.