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Takeover of National Express edges closer

A POTENTIAL takeover of debt-laden Birmingham-based National Express edged closer today after the transport giant told the City that talks with a consortium on a 500p a share deal were progressing.Read

Phoenix Four study MG Rover report

THE Phoenix Four were today studying the long-awaited 850-page report into the collapse of Longbridge – more than four years after the car firm crashed with debts of £1.3 billion.Read

Phoenix Four study MG Rover report

THE Phoenix Four were today studying the long-awaited 850-page report into the collapse of Longbridge – more than four years after the car firm crashed with debts of £1.3 billion.Read

Phoenix Four study MG Rover report

THE Phoenix Four were today studying the long-awaited 850-page report into the collapse of Longbridge – more than four years after the car firm crashed with debts of £1.3 billion.Read

Ex-Longbridge workers face payout wait

MORE than 6,000 ex-Longbridge workers face more months of waiting for four-figure payouts from the employee Trust Fund – despite the imminent release of the Government report into the collapse of MG Rover.Read

Europackaging bought back in job-saving deal

NEARLY 200 jobs have been saved at Birmingham-based Europackaging after it was bought back by former owners the Majid family, it was revealed today.Read

Europackaging bought back in job-saving deal

NEARLY 200 jobs have been saved at Birmingham-based Europackaging after it was bought back by former owners the Majid family, it was revealed today.Read

Europackaging bought back in job-saving deal

NEARLY 200 jobs have been saved at Birmingham-based Europackaging after it was bought back by former owners the Majid family, it was revealed today.Read

Cadbury's chocolate.

Cadbury fights £10bn takeover

BIRMINGHAM chocolate maker Cadbury is fighting off a £10.2 billion hostile takeover bid from US giant Kraft Foods aimed at creating a “global powerhouse” in food and confectionery.Read

BIRMINGHAM chocolate maker Cadbury is fighting off a £10.2 billion hostile takeover bid from US giant Kraft Foods aimed at creating a “global powerhouse” in food and confectionery.

The confectionery group, whose world-renowned chocolate factory at Bournville employs 2,500 people, has already rejected initial advances from Illinois-based Kraft, it was revealed today.Read

Potential LDV buyer makes appeal for backers

A NEW generation of green vans could rise from the ashes of the mothballed LDV factory – if backers can be found for a Welsh-based venture.Read

Birmingham charity chief steps down

ONE of the West Midlands’ best known business figures is stepping down from his high-profile job as chief executive of the region’s biggest charity organisation.Read

Nearly a third of town's rubbish and recycling workers to be axed

NEARLY a third of a Midland town’s rubbish and recycling workers are being axed in cutbacks which will badly hit the collection service for thousands of householders, according to unions.Read

Birmingham’s Royal Mail drivers in new 24-hour strike

WEEKS of postal chaos in the West Midlands were forecast today as pickets took to the streets in the latest 24-hour stoppage by Royal Mail HGV drivers.Read

Birmingham’s Royal Mail drivers in new 24-hour strike

WEEKS of postal chaos in the West Midlands were forecast today as pickets took to the streets in the latest 24-hour stoppage by Royal Mail HGV drivers.Read

Royal Mail drivers in 24-hour protest over working conditions

ROYAL Mail HGV drivers in Birmingham are to walkout for 24 hours tomorrow in a bitter row over working conditions – threatening bulk deliveries for businesses across the region.Read

Royal Mail drivers in 24-hour protest over working conditions

ROYAL Mail HGV drivers in Birmingham are to walkout for 24 hours tomorrow in a bitter row over working conditions – threatening bulk deliveries for businesses across the region.Read

Midland car dealership hails turnaround in market

MIDLAND car dealership Pendragon today hailed a “significant turnaround” in new and used car markets as the sector bounced back strongly from recession.Read

Longbridge celebrates 85 years of MG production with anniversary model

MORE than 80 years of one of the best known sports cars in the world are being celebrated at Longbridge with a new MG.Read

Lord Mandelson criticism sparks Phoenix Four anger

A BLAZING political row has broken out between the Phoenix Four and Lord Mandelson amid claims the ex-Longbridge bosses could face disqualification as directors.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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