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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

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Formula for bargain buy

A TINY Midland company is taking on Boots and other High Street giants by offering 90 per cent discounts against national chains. Read

Shane Kelly

"Ethical hacker" breaks the records

WHIZZKID Shane Kelly is a world-record breaker - at the tender age of 16. Shane has left older rivals across the globe standing by becoming the world's youngest ethical hacker, five years ahead of schedule. Read

Travel West Midlands drivers await ballot result

BUS travel in Birmingham could be paralysed by a strike of drivers in a 'winter of discontent' for the city, it was revealed today. Read

BT admit fault for giving city firm Wolverhampton number

TELECOM bosses today admitted getting their wires crossed after giving a 138-year-old Birmingham firm a Wolverhampton phone number. Read

West Midlands firms have "misplaced confidence"

FIRMS throughout the West Midlands have "misplaced confidence" about the future at a time of widespread economic uncertainty, a survey reveals. Read

M&B's £274m bet backfires

BIRMINGHAM pub group Mitchells & Butlers faced turmoil today after its finance director resigned following hedge fund losses of £274 million. Read

Nanjing 'gag' over relaunch

NANJING'S plans to bring Longbridge back from the dead were today shrouded in mystery after Chinese bosses muzzled their UK press manager. Read

New fears over Longbridge

TWO-and-a-half years after it was bought by Nanjing, Longbridge has yet to deliver a single car to a UK showroom. Read

Barber treats staff to Sweeney Todd showing

IT'S a cut-throat world in hairdressing, but top Midland barber Antony Kent knows exactly how to bring the best out of his staff. Read

Record 2007 for BMW plant

A MASSIVE Midland industrial success story has notched up another milestone. Read

400 City jobs going to India

AROUND 400 West Midland jobs are being lost to India and other parts of the UK with the closure of the Capita site at Wythall, it was confirmed today. Read

Jaguar's £300m joy

JAGUAR has already clocked up nearly £300 million worth of orders for the new XF model - weeks before its showroom debut. Read

Row over Cardinal resting place

AN UNHOLY row has erupted between Roman Catholic priests and Birmingham City Council over the final resting place of the city's greatest churchman - Cardinal Newman. Read

200,000 boost for Land Rover

LAND Rover has roared into the record books with the most successful year in its 60-year history - clocking up around 226,000 sales. Read

New Street revamp could be agreed within weeks

THE £550 million redevelopment of New Street Station is 95 per cent certain to be agreed within weeks, Government Minister Liam Byrne revealed today. Read

Union boss Tony Woodley in challenge to Tata over job security at Jaguar and Land Rover

TONY Woodley, the UK's most powerful union leader today threw down the gauntlet to Ford and Tata over job security at Jaguar and Land Rover as a takeover deal looms. Read

Indian giant Tata set to win battle for Jaguar and Land Rover

INDIAN industrial giant Tata was today in pole position to win the race for Jaguar and Land Rover - after a six-month battle. Read

Birmingham boss Stan Hughes sells the business he couldn't give away to ex-Rover workers

STAN Hughes - the pensioner who couldn't give his business away to redundant Longbridge workers - is selling up after 30 years in the same factory. Read

Bankruptcy forces Staffordshire aristocrat out of ancestral home

MIDLAND aristocrat Sir Charles Wolseley forced into bankruptcy is to leave his ancestral home - severing his family's 1,000-year plus links with the historic estate. Read

Net gain in hope of Olympic action

AN ON-LINE service which will give Birmingham businesses an inside track in the race to secure a slice of £30 billion worth of contracts stemming from the London 2012 Olympics is to be launched. 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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