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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

Cadbury go on US spending spree

CADBURY Schweppes today swallowed up the Dr Pepper/Seven Up soft drinks empire and unveiled a $200 million US spending spree. Read

Buyers plan major facelift for hotel

ONE of Birmingham's best known city centre hotels has been sold in a multi-million pound deal - and it is in line for a major facelift. Read

'Horseplay' postman is suspended

A BIRMINGHAM postman has been suspended after being accused of "horseplay" which led to a colleague suffering a broken kneecap at work. Read

Brothers make it a twin celebration

THE Queen was seeing double at her 80th birthday celebrations - thanks to Birmingham-born identical twins Keith and Jack Hurst. Read

Minister blasts Peugeot closure call

INDUSTRY Secretary Alan Johnson today launched a savage attack on Peugeot - and accused the French firm of back-tracking on a promise to keep Ryton open until 2010. Read

Peugeot workers in shock

UNION leaders were today locked in emergency talks with workers at Peugeot as the Midland car sector faced yet another hammer blow with the closure of Ryton. Read

New plans to open city ice rink

BIRMINGHAM'S only ice rink is set to re-open - under exciting multi-million pound plans to bring one of the city's most popular venues back from the dead. Read

Drive to remember Rover

CAMPAIGNERS hope to restore some pride in the battered image of Long-bridge with a cavalcade this weekend to celebrate the factory's century of car making. Read

Nanjing to ask for Government cash

NANJING is to ask New Labour for a multi-million pound cash injection to help the Chinese firm relaunch car production next year at Rover's former home. Read

City Plaza sold in £26m deal

BIRMINGHAM office and retail block City Plaza has been sold for £26 million - and will now receive a major £2.5m facelift. Read

Ex-Longbridge workers' bonus 'in peril'

A POTENTIAL £23 million bonus for more than 6,000 former Longbridge workers is unlikely to be paid - following a war of words between Phoenix bosses and Land Rover. Read

Man told to stay away from ex-Rover boss

A MIDLAND company boss owed more than £41,000 by MG Rover has been banned from contacting John Towers and his wife Beth after being arrested on suspicion of harassment. Read

Bosses picked up £1m as MG Rover died

SIX Longbridge bosses paid themselves a total of about £1 million in 12 months as MG Rover lurched towards insolvency, it emerged today. Read

Deadline on £2.6billion pub group sale

A £2.6 billion takeover bid for Birmingham's most famous pubs group could be sealed in three weeks' time, it was revealed today. Read

Rover creditors face a wait for 'peanuts'

NEARLY 10,000 creditors owed hundreds of millions of pounds following the collapse of Longbridge face many months of waiting to receive "peanuts." Read

Reunion for Central studio staff

FORMER staff at Birmingham's famous Central TV studios are to hold an April Fool's Day reunion - at a restaurant once regarded as their "external canteen." Read

Council's gamble to beat NEC debt

A TOP secret report told Birmingham City Council that annual debts of nearly £8 million-a-year at the NEC could be wiped out if the venue's bid for a super-casino was successful. Read

Jobs at risk at store axes night shift

MARKS & Spencer is scrapping its overnight operation at its main Birmingham city centre store, threatening 37 jobs. Read

Unveiled: Brum's theme park in the sky

EUROPE'S first theme park in the sky is on its way to Birmingham with a £60 million scheme providing the city's tallest building. Read

Villa fans blast lack of information

THE £64 million takeover of Aston Villa was at a standstill today as fans called for the Comer brothers and Michael Neville to "put up or shut up". 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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