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New Marks & Spencer outlet at Birmingham Airport

MARKS and Spencer has launched a new food outlet at Birmingham Airport – creating 35 new jobs.Read

West Brom Building Society boss to step down

WEST Bromwich Building Society chief executive Robert Sharpe is stepping down after less than three years at the helm, it has been revealed.Read

Birmingham City owners' warning over cash losses

BLUES’ Chinese owners have racked up further losses of more than £5 million in six months – amid another bleak public warning over the state of their finances.Read

'John Bull' - aka Ray Egan - launches manifesto in bid to be Birmingham Mayor

REMEMBER the monkey who became Hartlepool’s Mayor? Now meet Birmingham’s very own gorilla candidate.Read

Popular Broad Street bar Old Orleans closes

ONE of Broad Street’s longest surviving bars, Old Orleans, has closed down.Read

Revealed: How you can dine in style at new-look Edgbaston cricket ground

THIS is the ultimate in fine dining for cricket-lovers in the 21st century – as the £32 million rebirth of Edgbaston gathers pace.Read

Former Birmingham Stock Exchange sold in £8m deal

A UNIQUE slice of Birmingham’s history has been sold for nearly £8 million ­– in the shape of the city’s former Stock Exchange.Read

Heartlands security guards are owed up to four years back-pay it is claimed

SECURITY guards at Birmingham’s Heartlands Hospital are being denied up to FOUR years’ back-payments after bosses reneged on holiday arrears, it is claimed.Read

Businessman banned from Belfry in health and safety row

THE Belfry has barred a loyal member of 25 years – for wedging a squash court door ajar with a cushion.Read

£10 million Edgbaston tennis plan approved

A NEW £10 million centre at the Edgbaston Priory Club which promises to attract world tennis stars to Birmingham has been approved.Read

Midlands business leaders hail Budget

GEORGE Osborne’s Budget will help kick-start Britain’s recovery – with the UK firmly open for trade, say Midland business leaders.Read

Midland drivers welcome fuel cut

HARD-pressed drivers had some cheer at last as Midland petrol stations cut prices following the Budget.Read

West Midlands to get two job-boosting Enterprise Zones

THE West Midlands is to get two job-boosting Enterprise Zones – with tax and rates concessions key to attracting new industry to the region.Read

Travelodge opens 17th hotel in Birmingham - near to Bullring

BUDGET hotel group Travelodge is opening its 17th hotel in Birmingham – with a new site at the Bullring.Read

Punch Taverns to offload 2,000 pubs

DOZENS of well-known West Midland pubs face an uncertain future as Punch Taverns offloads more than 2,000 outlets.Read

Unions blast Kraft boss Irene Rosenfeld

ANGRY unions have thrown down the gauntlet to Kraft boss Irene Rosenfeld over a “hardening of attitudes” towards Cadbury workers and “less willingness to consult”.Read

LDV workers lose out on £2,800 payments

HUNDREDS of ex-LDV workers owed up to £2,800 each after a union tribunal victory over arrears due following the firm’s £75 million collapse have been told they won’t receive a penny.Read

Midlands millionaires total booms despite record job losses

THE rich are getting richer in the Midlands despite the worst jobless rise in the UK – with 92,000 millionaires now dotted across the region.Read

One in ten people in West Midlands are on the dole

ALMOST one in ten people are now on the dole across the West Midlands, according to shock new figures.Read

Birmingham's oldest firm rewrites record books

IN SPITE of gloomy employment figures, Birmingham’s oldest firm is still going strong – and rewriting the history books after over 300 years – thanks to painstaking research at badge makers Firmin.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.