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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

Cadbury jobs lost over spelling mistakes

LONG-serving workers at Birmingham chocolate giant Cadbury are being sacked - because the company claims they cannot spell. Read

Householders face an electric shock

ELECTRICITY users across the Midlands could owe several hundred pounds each because their meters are out of date. Read

£40m investment boosts NEC complex

AROUND £40 million is being pumped into the NEC to help drive the massive Midland complex back into the black after years of losses. Read

Potential buyers line up to nab Jaguar

SPECULATION that Jaguar is set to be sold off by Ford reached fever pitch today with a reported queue of potential suitors waiting in the wings. Read

Future of city car giant in doubt

FORD has launched a "strategic review" of loss making Jaguar just eight months after announcing a £1.2 billion lifeline for the luxury car firm. Read

Villa in talks with potential buyers

CRISIS-hit Aston Villa are locked in talks with "credible" bidders to sell the club, it was revealed today. An emergency statement sent to the London Stock Exchange this morning, revealed the significant new development. Read

Unions rap Nanjing's MG target

NANJING'S plans to create just 200 jobs with the long awaited rebirth of Long-bridge were today attacked as a "disappointment" by unions and bosses. Read

Worker settles over cat's head claim

A FORMER Birmingham postman who claimed a cat's head was delivered to his home during a campaign of harassment has reached a cash settlement with the Royal Mail. Read

Silversmith Chris saves historic firm

BIRMINGHAM silversmith Chris York is helping preserve an historic trade - after clinching a sparkling deal to take over a 100-year-old company. Read

Unions fear for future of Longbridge

CONCERNED unions today called for an urgent meeting with Nanjing amid fears MG output at Longbridge could be wrecked by its new US alliance. Read

It's farewell to the Freelander

THE final Solihull-built Freelander was rolling off the track at Land Rover headquarters today, closing a major chapter in a Midland success story. Read

Flood of complaints about water firm

CUSTOMER complaints to Birmingham-based Severn Trent Water rocketed by 54 per cent in just 12 months, it was revealed today. Read

Olympic star in city ice rink appeal

FORMER world champion Wilf O'Reilly today called on thousands of his fellow-Brummies to back a campaign to bring a £25 million ice rink scheme to the city. Read

Hope over new jobs at Longbridge

NANJING has launched talks with experts to recruit around 250 staff to help bring Longbridge back from the dead. Read

Dad shocked by birthday card

DOTING daughter Lottie Robertson chose a birthday card of a little boy picking his nose because the youngster bore an uncanny resemblance to her dad. Read

Longbridge all set to rise again

LONGBRIDGE today began its rise from the ashes following the dramatic closure of MG Rover - with the launch of a £15 million development project. Read

25 jobs axed at Nike

AROUND 25 staff at a Nike franchise in Birminghams Bullring were thrown out of work when the store suddenly closed its doors after running up major debts. Read

£20m hotel and leisure scheme

A £20 million new hotel and leisure complex is to be built at Solihull as the linchpin of a huge new business park, creating 250 jobs it was revealed today. Read

Restaurant says ciao to Marcello

A BIRMINGHAM restaurateur has finally called time on a near 30-year career in charge of La Galleria - dining haunt of the rich and famous. Read

Living it up in cut-price Brum

BIRMINGHAM has plunged more than 20 places in the annual "cost of living" table of world cities, it was revealed today. 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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