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SIX thousand miles from Longbridge and the home of MG, a 21st century industrial revolution is under way which could bring a major jobs boost to Birmingham.
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BIRMINGHAM businessman Richard Smith has landed a once in a lifetime slot at the UEFA Cup final today thanks to a unique table football venture.
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IN China the Chinese MGTF is to make its worldwide debut in just over a week - 6,000 miles away from Longbridge.
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NANJING is a city of seven million inhabitants with an increasingly important role to play in the Chinese economy.
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BUSINESS and union leaders today pledged their support to the Chinese revolution at Longbridge - with production finally due to return to the historic factory after a three-year gap.
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CAR production is to finally relaunch at Longbridge in August – ending a marathon three-year wait.
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CAR production is to finally relaunch at Longbridge in August - ending a marathon three-year wait.
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A NEW dawn has been signalled for one of Birmingham’s most crime-plagued areas with plans for a major affordable housing project on an industrial site which once housed a match factory.
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CADBURY'S world-famous Bournville factory has won a massive £70 million vote of confidence, securing its future as a manufacturing site following two troubled years.
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SAIC/NANJING has promised to break its silence over Longbridge - just seven days after the Birmingham Mail launched a 'No More Chinese Whispers' campaign.
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FRESH delays over the long awaited relaunch of Longbridge are down to the link-up between former Chinese rivals SAIC and Nanjing, the Midlands’ top motoring industry guru said.
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CHINESE bosses at Longbridge have snubbed the Mail after we took our new No More Chinese Whispers campaign direct to the Birmingham car factory.
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LONGBRIDGE'S production lines will be up and running again by the second half of 2008, Birmingham council leader Coun Mike Whitby said today.
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NANJING has refused to talk to unions about the long delayed Longbridge MG project for nearly six months, because the HR manager is on maternity leave.
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MIDLAND firms were warned today to expect a sharp rise in absenteeism today as teachers went on strike.
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AROUND 140 angry Birmingham workers whose jobs are being lost to the USA are to be balloted for industrial action in a bid to stave off the axe.
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THE president of Shanghai Automotive today vowed that production lines at Longbridge will be up and running again by July, with the two-seater MGTF on sale in the UK by the end of August.
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A LONG-established Birmingham charity is going up in the world – with a new adventure tower for thrill-seekers.
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THE top Chinese car boss at the helm of the Longbridge project is to jet into Birmingham next month for talks which could seal the fate of plans to relaunch MG models.
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MORE than 100 construction firms were today accused of "bid-rigging" after one of the biggest ever investigations by the Office of Fair Trading.
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Jon Griffin has been Business Editor of the Birmingham Mail since 1998. He began his career at the Peterborough Evening Telegraph in 1975 then worked from 1978-79 for the Birmingham Evening Mail. He later joined the Coventry Evening Telegraph as a trainee sub-editor then the Wolverhampton Express and Star from 1980 before rejoining the Mail in April 1996.
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