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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

Campaign to protect licensed premises staff from attack

A MIDLAND-wide campaign to protect staff in licensed premises from verbal abuse and violence has been launched by local safety inspectors.Read

Funding joy for Jaguar Land Rover

JAGUAR Land Rover has won a 10-month battle for vital funding key to the job security of 12,000 West Midland workers, it was revealed today.Read

MG Rover: No criminal charges

THE Serious Fraud Office today ruled out a full criminal investigation into the collapse of Longbridge with the loss of over 6,000 jobs – leaving the Phoenix Four clear of prosecution.Read

THE Phoenix Four were today set to hear whether a full scale criminal inquiry would be held into the collapse of Longbridge amid claims the Serious Fraud Office had dropped the case.

Ex-chairman John Towers and other former bosses of MG Rover were due to find out whether the failed firm could be subject to a criminal investigation. But two reports speculated that a major fraud investigation had been ruled out by the SFO.Read

THE Phoenix Four were today set to hear whether a full scale criminal inquiry would be held into the collapse of Longbridge amid claims the Serious Fraud Office had dropped the case.

Ex-chairman John Towers and other former bosses of MG Rover were due to find out whether the failed firm could be subject to a criminal investigation. But two reports speculated that a major fraud investigation had been ruled out by the SFO.Read

MG Rover: No criminal charges

JAGUAR Land Rover has won a ten-month battle for vital funding key to the job security of 12,000 West Midland workers, it was revealed today.Read

THE Serious Fraud Office today ruled out a full criminal investigation into the collapse of Longbridge – as Lord Mandelson accused the Phoenix Four of “buck-passing.”

The Business Secretary questioned the former MG Rover bosses’ fitness as directors following the SFO’s decision not to order a full inquiry and bring possible prosecutions.Read

MG Rover report due this week

THE Serious Fraud Office is to announce this week whether a full criminal investigation into the collapse of MG Rover will be held, potentially leaving more than 6,000 ex-workers in limbo yet again.Read

Deliveries hit by Royal Mail drivers' strike

PICKETS took to the streets outside Birmingham’s Mail Centre today as a 24-hour strike by Royal Mail drivers threatened to paralyse business deliveries – with an autumn of discontent looming.Read

Two ex Land Rover workers have launched there own travel company

TWO former Midland car workers forced onto the scrapheap by the recession have bounced back in style with a dramatic career change – by launching their own travel company.Read

It’s vital to credit check IT suppliers

A LACK of supplier management and credit checking is an often unreported topic that has been causing some SMEs to fold.Read

Rent could lead to more failing Birmingham businesses

THE axe will fall on more Birmingham businesses as companies struggle to recover from the second quarter rental payment of 2009, a new survey has warned.Read

Rents could lead to more failing Birmingham businesses

THE axe will fall on more Birmingham businesses as companies struggle to recover from the second quarter rental payment of 2009, a new survey has warned.Read

It’s vital to credit check IT suppliers

A LACK of supplier management and credit checking is an often unreported topic that has been causing some SMEs to fold.Read

Time to get on our trike

IT’S the latest eco-friendly device to hit the streets of Birmingham – and is as carbon-neutral as a rickshaw.Read

£3bn profit for Barclays

BARCLAYS today brushed aside rising bad debts to post half-year profits of almost £3 billion, less than a year after the banking system came perilously close to collapse.Read

£3bn profit for Barclays

BARCLAYS today brushed aside rising bad debts to post half-year profits of almost £3 billion, less than a year after the banking system came perilously close to collapse.Read

REVENUE in Trinity Mirror Regionals, which includes BPM Media (Midlands) titles the Birmingham Mail and sister paper the Birmingham Post, has fallen by 28.2 per cent, the company announced today.

A half-yearly financial report, for the 26-week period ending 28 June 2009, showed revenue had dropped by £61 million to £155.4 million.Read

Losses rise to £48m for National Express

DEBT-laden National Express lurched further into the red today after clocking up pre-tax losses of more than £48 million for the first six months of the year.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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