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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

Cash tills ring at Edgbaston

WARWICKSHIRE are set to cash in on cricket's most lucrative one-day phenomenon as the Twenty20 bandwagon rolls into Edgbaston again. Read

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Battle for supermarket custom hots up

STORE wars are set to break out in Birmingham after supermarket giant Asda revealed it is targeting sites in the south of the city - including Longbridge. Read

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Land Rover makes £200m Longbridge claim

LAND Rover is claiming £200 million from the financial collapse of Longbridge, it was revealed today. Read

Reassurance for 3,000 Bournville workers

UP to 3,000 workers at Cadbury's Birmingham plant received a massive vote of confidence today as the parent group prepared to axe 7,500 jobs worldwide. Read

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Bournville escapes brunt of Cadbury job cuts

UP to 3,000 workers at Cadbury's Birmingham plant received a massive vote of confidence today as the parent group prepared to axe 7,500 jobs worldwide. Read

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House of Fraser staff in store card row

HOUSE of Fraser staff in Birmingham say they are being threatened with the sack - if customers don't sign up for the store's own credit cards. Read

Why were letters left undelivered for years?

HUNDREDS of letters dating back more than four years have been discovered in a container at a Birmingham delivery office, it was revealed today. Read

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Mittal refuses to comment on Blues link

GLOBAL tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has refused to rule himself out of the running for Blues as takeover speculation mounts at St Andrew's. Read

Decision 'vital' on revamping station

BIRMINGHAM's council leader is to turn up the heat on the Government to agree a long-awaited revamp of New Street Station. Read

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Fears as Ford prepare to sell firms

MORE than 9,000 Midland jobs were today plunged into uncertainty amid claims that Land Rover and Jaguar are being sold off by crisis-hit Ford. Read

Faster production is Russian along at LDV!

REBORN Birmingham van maker LDV is doubling production less than a year after massive losses threatened its future. Read

MG Rover owes £1.3 billion

MORE than 2,000 creditors face years chasing a £1.3 billion trail of debts from the financial wreckage of MG Rover, it was revealed today. Read

Lords back campaigners in pensions fight

AROUND 2,000 West Midlanders caught up in a pensions scandal have won a major political battle after the House of Lords backed their fight. Read

Severn Trent to axe 600 workers

A HUGE programme of 600 job cuts at Birmingham-based Severn Trent was confirmed today. Read

Cadbury axes top managers

TROUBLED Cadbury Schweppes is to axe almost 10 per cent of its top management as part of a massive programme of cuts expected to total £300 million. Read

Alstom's old HQ to become homes

THE historic former home of Birmingham train maker Alstom is to be converted into private apartments, it was revealed today. Read

Fresh hope for pension victims

AROUND 2,000 West Midlanders facing pensions heartache are set to win crucial support from the House of Lords in their five-year fight for compensation. Read

Airport at centre of security row

BIRMINGHAM International Airport was today at the centre of claims of "shocking failures" of security - including staff sleeping on duty. Read

Brummies wary with the plastic

DEBIT card holders in Small Heath and Sparkbrook are the most cautious nationwide, spending less than £5,000 a year, it was revealed today. Read

Hundreds of jobs at risk as site closes

AN HISTORIC firm which began life in Birmingham in 1866 offering penny a week life policies is closing its city headquarters, plunging hundreds of jobs into jeopardy. Read

Author Profile

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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