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Jon Griffin

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Birmingham businessman's safari tribute to wife

A BIRMINGHAM businessman who ploughs all his profits into charities to conserve wildlife in Africa has published a Safari travel book in memory of his late wife.Read

Birmingham City: Moneymen tighten screw over Carson Yeung

THE Hong Kong Stock Exchange has thrown down the gauntlet to Blues owners Birmingham International Holdings – and called for a breakdown of the circumstances behind the arrest of Carson Yeung.Read

Birmingham taxi firm TOA celebrates 50th anniversary

BIRMINGHAM’S oldest taxi firm TOA has clocked up a marathon half-century on the road.Read

DHL pay dispute puts Jaguar Land Rover in danger of parts crisis

Jaguar Land Rover could face a New Year crisis because of a pay dispute at a key supplier.Read

Royal Mail casual staff stage second protest at Birmingham sorting office

CHRISTMAS staff at the Royal Mail in Birmingham have held a second protest over not being paid in just 48 hours.Read

MP backs Rover workers £23m cash bid

MIDLAND MP John Hemming has thrown his weight behind the campaign to unlock a £23 million fund for the benefit of former Longbridge workers.Read

Belfry golf club up for sale as debts exceed £100million

THE Midlands’ world-famous Belfry hotel and golf resort is up for sale – despite a reported £105 million debt pile, it is claimed. Read

Dozen West Midland travel stores to close

NEARLY 70 travel jobs face the axe throughout the West Midlands with the closure of 12 regional stores across the Co-op Travel and Thomas Cook empire.Read

Birmingham Royal Mail workers in wildcat protest at Newtown centre

ANGRY agency staff stormed out of the main Royal Mail sorting office in Birmingham in a Scrooge dispute after their Christmas wages went unpaid.Read

Birmingham Airport pay showdown

A BITTER New Year showdown is on the cards at Birmingham Airport after the first pay rise for three years for 580 workers was rejected.Read

Duke of York visits Longbridge MG plant

MG Motor UK has enjoyed its first Royal visit since the Chinese took over Longbridge – in the shape of the Duke of York.Read

Shock cash crisis hits top Birmingham hotel

ONE of Birmingham’s best known hotels – the Radisson Blu – is at the centre of a shock financial collapse.Read

4,000 more join dole queues in West Midlands

AROUND 4,000 more West Midland workers joined the dole queue in the three months to October as UK unemployment spiralled to a 17-year high.Read

£45m deal saves four West Midland clubs

MORE than 120 jobs at four West Midland nightclubs – including giant Birmingham venue Oceana – have been saved in a £45 million deal which safeguards Britain’s biggest club chain.Read

End of would-be media mogul's Birmingham newspaper dream

WOULD-BE media mogul Chris Bullivant’s long-standing attempt to break into the Birmingham newspaper world finally ended with the sale of three laptops, a report has revealed.Read

BBC Mailbox union strike ballot

BROADCASTING union Bectu is holding a strike ballot over the BBC’s plans to move dozens of jobs from Birmingham to Bristol and cut TV and radio production.Read

DVLA Midland offices to close

MORE than 90 Midland jobs are under threat as the Government takes the axe to a network of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency offices.Read

Gary Hexley scandal switches to Isle of Man

DISGRACED financier Gary Hexley is at the centre of another financial crash which has left investors in an Isle of Man fund out of pocket to the tune of more than £1.5 million. Read

Birmingham is facing 'lost generation' of under-25s

AN ENTIRE generation of Birmingham’s young workforce faces being written off without urgent action, a city MP claimed.Read

Jag workers' free Xmas week in Liverpool

JAGUAR workers in Birmingham are being offered a free Christmas break in Liverpool – to help meet booming demand for the Range Rover Evoque.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.