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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

Phoenix 4 in new £30m storm

THE Phoenix Four were today at the heart of a new cash storm after refusing to hand over up to £30 million of assets to the trust fund for ex-Longbridge workers. Read

Co-op merger fears

WEST Midlands Co-op is to merge with the Oxford, Swindon and Gloucester Co-op - sparking job fears among its 2,200 strong workforce. Read

Phone firm cut off

THE West Midlands was dealt another industrial blow today as Sendo, the UK's only mobile phone manufacturer, collapsed into administration. Read

Firm's pressing Live8 task

A TINY Midland printing firm is on top of the world - and facing a race against time - after clinching the contract to supply all the programmes for Live8. Read

Nine bids for remains of Longbridge

ADMINISTRATORS were today examining nine bids for the remnants of Longbridge, as the deadline expired for takeover attempts. Read

Rover workers: We will not be crushed

THE West Midlands is fighting back hard from the "unprecedented" loss of many thousands of jobs following the collapse of MG Rover, Tony Blair was told today. Read

Rover creditors' payout worries

UP to 7,000 creditors caught up in the £1.4 billion collapse of MG Rover were warned today of negligible payouts from the remnants of Longbridge. Read

Rover men slammed

The Birmingham man who wanted to give his factory to an MG Rover worker today said he was stunned that no one had taken up his offer. Read

Britannic in £2bn merger

BRITANNIC, the Midlands' biggest insurance firm dating back to 1866, is to merge in a £2 billion plus deal, it was revealed today. Read

It's pay as you flow!

BIRMINGHAM'S canal network could be in line for its own version of the M6 Toll - thanks to city design engineer Terry Fogarty. Read

Wall plunge soldier gets £200,000

A FORMER Army commando who was reduced to a "baby in a man's body" after falling off a wall at a wedding reception has won more than £200,000 in compensation. Read

Postal firm in Villa sponsorship talks

BIRMINGHAM-based Business Post is in talks with Villa over a potential sponsorship deal, or 'strategic alliance', it was revealed today. Read

I love Rover so much I'll buy the company

MIDLAND millionaire Martin Moseley likes MG Rover so much he wants to buy the company! Read

Greens halt range rover

GREENPEACE activists today stormed Land Rover's giant Lode Lane factory at Solihull and chained themselves to assembly line vehicles to halt production of the Range Rover. Read

We want your cash

MG Rover boss John Towers could be forced to dig deep into his own pocket to plug the company's £40 million pension fund gap. Read

Boss slams council 'bully boy' tactics

A BIRMINGHAM industrialist who had to sell his £600,000 home to keep his firm afloat now faces plunging deeper into debt to carry on trading. Read

Rally for MG Rover

HUNDREDS of redundant MG Rover workers and Longbridge enthusiasts are to hold an Election Day show of support at the plant to highlight their plight. Read

My 4-car nightmare

Redundant Long-bridge worker Jackie Cook has been ordered to hand back FOUR cars - or splash out all her MG Rover payoff on just one. Read

£50,000 a day

FINANCE wizards handling the collapse of MG Rover are raking in at least £50,000 a day from Longbridge, it was revealed today. Read

Not such a capital launch for Brum!

BIRMINGHAM business chiefs in London for the public launch of the city's first office in the capital were amazed to find the national press had been left off the guest list. 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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