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Jon Griffin

Why Nanjing is a crucial cog in China

NANJING is a city of seven million inhabitants with an increasingly important role to play in the Chinese economy. Read

Relief in Brum as China crisis ends at Longbridge

BUSINESS and union leaders today pledged their support to the Chinese revolution at Longbridge - with production finally due to return to the historic factory after a three-year gap. Read

Three-year wait for Longbridge ends soon

CAR production is to finally relaunch at Longbridge in August – ending a marathon three-year wait. Read

Longbridge: First cars this summer

CAR production is to finally relaunch at Longbridge in August - ending a marathon three-year wait. Read

Plans for housing project in Newtown, Aston and Lozells

A NEW dawn has been signalled for one of Birmingham’s most crime-plagued areas with plans for a major affordable housing project on an industrial site which once housed a match factory. Read

Bournville jobs saved with £70m cash boost

CADBURY'S world-famous Bournville factory has won a massive £70 million vote of confidence, securing its future as a manufacturing site following two troubled years. Read

Mail brings down the wall of silence

SAIC/NANJING has promised to break its silence over Longbridge - just seven days after the Birmingham Mail launched a 'No More Chinese Whispers' campaign. Read

Motoring guru speaks out on Longbridge

FRESH delays over the long awaited relaunch of Longbridge are down to the link-up between former Chinese rivals SAIC and Nanjing, the Midlands’ top motoring industry guru said. Read

Chinese give Mail the cold shoulder

CHINESE bosses at Longbridge have snubbed the Mail after we took our new No More Chinese Whispers campaign direct to the Birmingham car factory. Read

Hope for cars in 2008

LONGBRIDGE'S production lines will be up and running again by the second half of 2008, Birmingham council leader Coun Mike Whitby said today. Read

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Nanjing refuses to meet unions

NANJING has refused to talk to unions about the long delayed Longbridge MG project for nearly six months, because the HR manager is on maternity leave. Read

Strike fear for bosses

MIDLAND firms were warned today to expect a sharp rise in absenteeism today as teachers went on strike. Read

Strike ballot in jobs axe storm

AROUND 140 angry Birmingham workers whose jobs are being lost to the USA are to be balloted for industrial action in a bid to stave off the axe. Read

Pledge of relaunch at Longbridge

THE president of Shanghai Automotive today vowed that production lines at Longbridge will be up and running again by July, with the two-seater MGTF on sale in the UK by the end of August. Read

New tower at Ackers centre

A LONG-established Birmingham charity is going up in the world – with a new adventure tower for thrill-seekers. Read

MG boss in crunch visit

THE top Chinese car boss at the helm of the Longbridge project is to jet into Birmingham next month for talks which could seal the fate of plans to relaunch MG models. Read

Top firms face 'rigging' charge

MORE than 100 construction firms were today accused of "bid-rigging" after one of the biggest ever investigations by the Office of Fair Trading. Read

140 jobs axed at Fujitsu

TELECOMS giant Fujitsu is sacrificing 140 Midland jobs by switching work to the USA - weeks after Gordon Brown praised the firm for offering UK jobs to overseas workers. Read

Bullring part owners Land Securities may sell their £300m stake

A STAKE in the Bullring could soon be up for sale in a £300 million auction - less than five years after the Birmingham shopping centre's huge makeover. Read

Pat's the way to do it

BOSSES at Birmingham vanmaker LDV are turning to Postman Pat to capture a share of the UK Post Office market. Read

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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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