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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

NEC chosen for 'large' casino

THE NEC was today chosen by the Government as a site for a large casino, bringing hundreds of new jobs to the West Midland complex. Read

You'll want to be a part of it... New York

SO you're familiar with all the hoary old cliches: Start spreading the news... so good they named it twice... the city that never sleeps. Read

Airport chief killed in road accident

A LEADING Birmingham businessman was killed today when a tree fell on his car as gales lashed the Midlands. Read

Stakes in airport set to be sold off

THE future of Birmingham International Airport was thrown off course today after two major shareholders announced plans to offload their stakes. Read

Shareholders pull out of Birmingham Airport

THE future of Birmingham International Airport was thrown off course today after two major shareholders announced plans to offload their stakes. Read

Villa urged to rename railway station

ASTON Villa are being urged to help rewrite Midland railway history - following an appeal by fans to rename Witton Station after Villa Park. Read

Pension blow for Rover ex-spouses

HUNDREDS of Midland divorcees whose ex-spouses worked at Longbridge face losing thousands of pounds in pensions cash, it emerged today. Read

Union warns Jaguar staff not to strike

JAGUAR workers in Birmingham have been urged to step back from "foolhardy" industrial action. Read

Firms put on bullying alert

MIDLAND employers have been put on New Year alert over workplace bullying following a key House of Lords ruling. Read

Brightening up Broad Street

BROAD Street is to go "virtual" with montages of Birmingham's Golden Mile emblazoned on vacant premises to bring technicolour images to grey buildings. Read

My Land Rover saved my life!

LAND Rover fanatic Darren Carey loves his old 4x4 to bits and says he wouldn't be alive without it. Read

Cash blow for the inner city

A £30 MILLION bid to improve some of Birmingham's most deprived inner-city areas and create up to 6,000 jobs has been rejected by the Government. Read

Star City complex put up for sale

STAR City, one of Europe's biggest leisure destinations, has been sold for £85.5 million, it was revealed today. Read

Midland fears as 1,300 gas jobs set to be axed

BRITISH Gas owner Centrica today revealed it was to axe more than 1,300 jobs - with Midland workers at risk. Read

Rink plan is frozen out

THE £25 million scheme for a new ice rink in Birmingham today looked to be in deep freeze with council planners blocking the project. Read

Post & Mail is to be sold off

NEWSPAPER publisher Trinity Mirror today announced it was putting the Birmingham Post & Mail up for sale following a four-month review of the entire group. Read

Ciro's massive debt mountain

BIRMINGHAM menswear firm Ciro Citterio went bust with massive debts of £28 million, it emerged today. Read

Bag a bargain... I'm for sale on eBay

FOR sale - one frustrated 24-year-old desperate for work. Read

Development is a job well Dun!

BIRMINGHAM landmark Fort Dunlop will tonight complete a 25-year journey back from the dead - in front of 1,500 onlookers. Read

Vintage recipe is a piece of cake

BIRMINGHAM students helped put the icing on the cake of a city firm's 130th anniversary - with a recipe straight out of Mrs Beeton's legendary cookbook. 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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