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Land Rover plant in Solihull closes for extra week at Christmas

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Land Rover plant in Solihull closes for extra week at Christmas

THE giant Land Rover plant at Solihull is to close down for nearly three weeks over Christmas and New Year in another production cutback at the Midlands’ biggest factory. Read

15-year-old from Sutton Coldfield launches online business

Will, a Year 10 pupil at John Wilmott School in Sutton Coldfield, is the teenage brains behind Ladz.biz, the ultimate online accessory for cool adolescents. Read

Severn Trent profits up after fall in consumption offset by price hike

WEST Midland-based Severn Trent today said profits rose 4.4 per cent in its water and sewerage division after higher prices offset a decline in consumption among metered customers. Read

Fashion chain Mark One collapses - 60 jobs at risk in the West Midlands

AROUND 60 West Midland jobs have been plunged into jeopardy for the second time in a year following the collapse of discount fashion retailer Mark One, it was revealed today. Read

Former MG Rover boss John Towers has bought two properties in France while ex-works wait for payout

FORMER MG Rover boss John Towers has moved to a picturesque hunting estate in rural France after splashing out on two rundown cottages near Toulouse, it has been revealed. Read

Former MG Rover boss John Towers has bought two properties in France while ex-works wait for payout

FORMER MG Rover boss John Towers has moved to a picturesque hunting estate in rural France after splashing out on two rundown cottages near Toulouse, it has been revealed. Read

200 Jaguar Land Rover workers clock off for 2008

A total of 300 production workers from Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich factory and Land Rover’s plant at Solihull have taken advantage of a unique scheme offering leave of up to three months. Read

Woolworths 'teetering on brink of collapse' as rescue deal falters

THE stores arm of Woolworths looked close to collapse today after the near 100-year-old retailer’s lenders apparently refused to sign up to a financial rescue deal. Read

£110m site is new car park for Xmas

THE vacant site of the long-awaited £110 million Edgbaston Galleries shopping centre has been turned into a car park – nearly five years after the huge scheme was first mooted. Read

Don't miss out on R&D tax breaks, Midland companies warned

MIDLAND companies have been warned they could be missing out on valuable research and development tax breaks – because they think they don’t qualify. Read

MIDLAND-based car parts and bicycles chain Halfords is still on track to meet profit targets – despite a recent slowdown in sales.

The Redditch group reported pre-tax profits of £49.1 million for the 26 weeks to September 26, an increase of 3.2 per cent on a year earlier after efforts to boost margins offset a 1.1 per cent decrease in like for like sales over the period. Read

Midlands' professional workers under threat of redundancy

THE Midlands’ professional classes have been warned they face a surge of redundancies next year as the recession bites deeper. Read

Solihull-based Enterprise Inns to sell-off 200 pubs

MIDLAND-based pub giants Enterprise Inns is to offload around 200 pubs in a £100 million sale as the credit crisis forces drinkers to stay at home, it was revealed today. Read

Wolseley to shed 2,000 jobs

MORE West Midland workers could be at risk after global plumbing and heating supplies company Wolseley Plc said 2,000 UK jobs were being shed. Read

Shadow Secretary Grayling targets training for jobless in visit to Newtown, Birmingham

INNOVATIVE ways to tackle rising unemployment were highlighted in Birmingham – with a VIP visit by Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Chris Grayling. Read

Two young trainees named West Midlands Engineering Apprentices of the Year

TWO outstanding trainees are celebrating after being named 2008 West Midlands Engineering Apprentices of the Year. Read

Two young trainees named West Midlands Engineering Apprentices of the Year

TWO outstanding trainees are celebrating after being named 2008 West Midlands Engineering Apprentices of the Year. Read

High Court showdown over badge rights for the world's most expensive MG

A HIGH Court showdown has been ordered over badge rights to the world’s most expensive MG – with a tiny West Midland firm pitted against one of the world’s biggest car makers. Read

Slump in orders forces job losses at Birmingham van maker LDV

BIRMINGHAM van-maker LDV is to cut nearly ten per cent of its workforce and shut down at Christmas for a month following a dramatic global slump in sales. Read

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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.