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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

Save cash by going green

RETAILERS across the West Midlands are missing out on "easy" cash-savings - which could add up to many thousands of pounds. Read

Mac centre facing crash crisis

THE POPULAR Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham is facing a major jobs crisis following a bleak warning it cannot survive without cash support. Read

Alert over hols time increase

MIDLAND firms have been urged to review their holiday practices or risk falling foul of new arrangements on paid leave. Read

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Roy: I'll never work with Bev again

BIRMINGHAM rock legend Roy Wood has vowed never to work with former bandmate Bev Bevan again following a big clash over a new version of their 60s band The Move. Read

Eat your way around the world on Broad Street

A NEW "global" restaurant is to launch in Broad Street - with "Around The World In Eighty Dishes" taking a prime spot along Birmingham's Golden Mile. Read

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Train users get £164m rail boost

RAIL commuters across the Midlands today received a £164 million boost - with a deal to bring 37 new 100mph trains for the Birmingham to London route. Read

Brum joy at train scoop

GLOBAL transport group National Express today won the East Coast Main Line rail franchise. Read

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Cadbury reveals fall in profits

CADBURY Schweppes has revealed a six per cent fall in profits for the first six months of the year - just over a month after announcing 7,500 jobs would go. Read

Cadbury-Schweppes profits drop

CADBURY Schweppes today unveiled a six per cent profits tumble for the first six months of the year - just over a month after announcing 7,500 jobs would go. Read

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Russians eye bid for Midland car firms

THE Russian company which has transformed the fortunes of LDV in just a year could be planning another Midland swoop - on Jaguar and Land Rover. Read

National Express moves HQ to Brum

GLOBAL transport group National Express today announced it is switching its headquarters from London to Birmingham in a major coup for the West Midlands. Read

HP sign to be preserved

BIRMINGHAM'S most famous sign is to be saved and handed over to a museum - keeping the memory of the HP Sauce factory alive. Read

Blast on pensions scandal

THE five-year fight for justice over a pensions scandal by 2,000 West Midlanders reaches the Appeal Court tomorrow with a furious blast from the Ombudsman. Read

MG Rover site gets new jobs

THE first jobs marking the dawn of a new era for Longbridge are finally in place - just over two years after 6,500 car workers were thrown on the dole. Read

Assault claim on picket line

A SENIOR Royal Mail manager is being investigated over a complaint of assault after claims that violence flared during a picket line protest at Chelmsley Wood. Read

Race hotting up to buy car firms

THE race to buy Jaguar and Land Rover was revving up today, with six initial bidders said to be targeting the Midland car firms. Read

Postie in job loss fight

A BIRMINGHAM postman accused of grabbing a colleague around the neck during a workplace row has been sacked after 18 years with the Royal Mail. Read

India giant eyes Jaguar and Land Rover

TATA Motors of India could bid for Land Rover and Jaguar, it emerged today. Read

Pension boost is blocked

ANGRY Midlanders accused MPs of dealing in "silly party politics" after a five-year fight for justice in a pensions scandal was blocked again in the House of Commons. Read

Leave the mayor alone - it was me

A LICHFIELD drinker today admitted his part in the pub brawl which ended in the arrest of the city's mayor and said: "He's completely innocent." 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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