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Jaguar Land Rover: Fears over JLR Euro loan deal

MIDLAND business leaders today urged the Government to rubber stamp a £340 million European loan for Jaguar Land Rover amid claims that Downing Street demands could scupper the deal.Read

LDV workers face waiting game following Weststar takeover

The Far East group emerged as the white knight behind a rescue deal which could safeguard up to 850 jobs at the Birmingham factory and thousands more in dealerships and supply chain outlets.Read

24 hours left to save LDV

BIRMINGHAM van-maker LDV was today just 24 hours from possible closure with 7,000 UK jobs at risk – as the clock ticked towards a collapse into administration.Read

BIRMINGHAM van-maker LDV was today just 24 hours from possible closure with 7,000 UK jobs at risk – as the clock ticked towards a collapse into administration.

Workers asked to collect their pay-slips to enable them to claim state benefits arrived at the Washwood Heath factory gates today with the threat of redundancy looming.Read

Fears as LDV staff are advised to pick up pay-slips

HUNDREDS of LDV workers have been advised to collect their pay-slips from the factory as the clock ticks towards potential collapse of the van-maker.Read

Last-ditch chance to save LDV

AROUND 7,000 UK workers were today pinning their hopes on an eleventh-hour rescue of LDV to save one of Birmingham’s best-known firms from permanent closure.Read

Review: Bob Dylan at the NIA, Birmingham

IT’S now the best part of half a century since a young Jewish folk singer born Robert Zimmerman started an extraordinary musical journey in Greenwich Village, New York.Read

AROUND 7,000 UK workers were today pinning their hopes on an eleventh-hour rescue of LDV to save one of Birmingham’s best-known firms from permanent closure.

Washwood Heath constituency MP and Cabinet Minister Liam Byrne continued to insist that the van-maker could yet be saved and said: “A deal is close – with a new investor big enough to back LDV’s shift into the green van market.”Read

AROUND 7,000 UK workers were today pinning their hopes on an eleventh-hour rescue of LDV to save one of Birmingham’s best-known firms from permanent closure.

Washwood Heath constituency MP and Cabinet Minister Liam Byrne continued to insist that the van-maker could yet be saved and said: “A deal is close – with a new investor big enough to back LDV’s shift into the green van market.”Read

LDV deal is close, says Government minister

BIRMINGHAM Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne, the Cabinet Office Minister whose constituency includes the LDV plant, said he believed the firm could still be saved.Read

LDV deal is close, says Government minister

BIRMINGHAM Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne, the Cabinet Office Minister whose constituency includes the LDV plant, said he believed the firm could still be saved.Read

Job seekers cheer on Birmingham City

‘KEEP Right On To The End Of The Road’ was the message as unemployed people enjoyed the VIP treatment watching Birmingham City battle for Premier League status.Read

Pub group attacks Budget increase

MIDLAND-based pub group Punch Taverns today launched a blistering attack on the Government – and said: “Lay off us.”Read

Job seekers cheer on Birmingham City

‘KEEP Right On To The End Of The Road’ was the message as unemployed people enjoyed the VIP treatment watching Birmingham City battle for Premier League status.Read

Birmingham Airport is to cut up to 50 jobs

DOZENS of jobs are to be axed at Birmingham International Airport following a fall in passenger numbers in the wake of the economic downturn, it was revealed today.Read

New MG being produced at Longbridge

A NEW two-seater MG is being produced at Longbridge – with the MGTF 135 taking pride of place in the rebirth of the Birmingham car factory.Read

New hope for a long term economy gain

AS the days lengthen and there is once again real warmth in the sun we know that the arrival of spring offers new life and hope.Read

Designer Wayne Hemingway to compere BYPY awards

WAYNE Hemingway, one of the UK’s most recognisable designers, will compere this year’s Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Awards, sponsored by Cobbetts LLP.Read

Designer Wayne Hemingway to compere BYPY awards

WAYNE Hemingway, one of the UK’s most recognisable designers, will compere this year’s Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Awards, sponsored by Cobbetts LLP.Read

Designer Wayne Hemingway to compere BYPY awards

WAYNE Hemingway, one of the UK’s most recognisable designers, will compere this year’s Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Awards, sponsored by Cobbetts LLP.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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