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Haves and have-nots of West Midlands football revealed in report Jun 01 2012

Revenue grew at the West Midlands’ four top flight clubs to a healthy combined £293.8 million, new research shows, but mystery continues to surround Birmingham City and Coventry City’s finances.Read

Midland business leaders welcome inflation falling to 26-month low May 22 2012

Business leaders in Birmingham have welcomed a 0.5 per cent fall in inflation – a 26-month low – but warned against complacency.Read

Apprenticeships can work, do work May 18 2012

During National Apprenticeship Week, the National Apprenticeship Service in partnership with the Birmingham Post, Birmingham Mail and Coventry Telegraph, supported by a network of West Midland private training providers, colleges and employers, launched the 200 in 100 Challenge, to make a difference to the lives of people and businesses in the West Midlands area.Read

181 companies sign up to give youth a chance May 18 2012

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Against a backdrop of rising youth unemployment and a double dip recession, the Birmingham Post and its sister papers the Birmingham Mail and the Coventry Telegraph were set a challenge of signing up 200 businesses in just 100 days to create new apprentice positions in the West Midlands – and we very nearly made it.Read

Fall in insolvency - but parts of West Midlands remain hardest hit May 16 2012

The number of people being declared insolvent in the West Midlands has fallen to the lowest level since before the banking collapse – but parts of the region remain among the hardest hit.Read

Unemployment falls by 19,000 in West Midlands May 16 2012

Unemployment has plummeted by 19,000 in the West Midlands in the last quarter – accounting for a large chunk of a 45,000 UK-wide fall.Read

Rise in Midlanders 'forced into part-time work' May 15 2012

The number of people working part-time because they cannot find a full-time job has risen to 132,000 in the West Midlands, according to new research.Read

Midland talent set to bloom at RHS Chelsea Flower Show May 11 2012

It's the glittering "catwalk" of the floral year and this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show will see a host of exhibitions from across the West Midlands showing off some of the region's exceptional talent. Justine Halifax reports.Read