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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

20,000 chase jobs at Jaguar Land Rover in Solihull

RESURGENT Jaguar Land Rover has received more than 20,000 applications for just 1,000 new jobs.Read

New Year blow for 500 West Midland workers

MORE than 500 West Midland workers were dealt a huge New Year blow as nationwide clothing chain Peacocks collapsed into administration.Read

First Birmingham city centre store for Waitrose

UPMARKET High Street retailer Waitrose is opening its first store in Birmingham city centre – creating 40 new jobs.Read

Birmingham engineer beats diesel mix-ups

A BIRMINGHAM engineer has invented a device which claims to solve the age-old motoring problem of confusing petrol with diesel.Read

Asian investors target Belfry bid

THE Midlands’ world-famous Belfry hotel and golf resort is being targeted by potential Asian investors after being officially put up for sale.Read

Birmingham BBC strike threatens Archers and Hairy Bikers programmes

AROUND 90 BBC staff in Birmingham are to walk out for 24 hours this week amid fears that the city will become a “media ghost town”.Read

Top US award for Land Rover's Range Rover Evoque

LAND Rover is celebrating its first major success of 2012 – after the Range Rover Evoque was named North American Truck of the Year.Read

Drayton Manor theme park defies the downturn to celebrate a record year

DRAYTON Manor is set for a record-breaking year with around 1.2 million visitors flocking to the theme park – its biggest attendance figures for more than 60 years.Read

New moves in "tombstone" fire station plan in Birmingham

THE developer behind a £50 million plan to build student accommodation on the site of Birmingham’s former Central Fire Station has hit back fiercely at a “tombstone” tag.Read

Pictures: New £24m hotel set for Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM’S latest £24 million hotel is to open its doors in March – changing the skyline of the city centre and creating 100 new jobs.Read

New job fears for ex-Rover workers in Birmingham

DOZENS of former MG Rover workers are being made redundant for the second or third time as council cutbacks take their toll on the Northfield area, it has emerged.Read

Knowle mini-moguls' fossils enterprise

YOUNG entrepreneurs Callum and Eachan Allaway turned back the clock many millions of years to launch their own thriving fossils business – at the tender ages of 14 and 12.Read

£2 million record sales boom for MG Motor UK in Longbridge

LONGBRIDGE roared into the New Year with a £2 million boom – as MG enjoyed its biggest sales month after nearly seven years under Chinese ownership.Read

Railway revamp leads to business boom for Moor Street Station and Chiltern Railways

BIRMINGHAM’S historic Moor Street Station has become a business magnet – with around 50,000 extra travellers climbing on board its London route since a £250 million line upgrade.Read

High Speed Rail 2 decision due next week

THE Government decision on the future of the controversial £17 billion High-Speed Rail link between London and Birmingham is set to be announced next week, it has emerged.Read

Jaguar workers in Castle Bromwich given mopping up duties

ABOUT 200 workers producing Jaguar’s most luxurious model returned to work – mopping floors and tidying up, it was revealed today.Read

MG Rover Longbridge workers cash battle goes to High Court

THE fight for cash for more than 6,500 former Longbridge workers is to go before the High Court next month, it has emerged.Read

Birmingham NEC Boat and Caravan Show axed

ORGANISERS have pulled the plug on Birmingham NEC’s hugely popular Boat and Caravan Show – after the event was switched to London.Read

Angel of the North plan for Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM should get its very own Angel of the North – in the shape of a city Anchor celebrating nearly 240 years of jewellery hallmarking.Read

Land Rover workers called back from festive holidays as business booms

HUNDREDS of workers at booming Land Rover were called back from their Christmas and New Year holidays – to help the vehicle maker keep up with demand.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.