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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

Postman

Posties hail deal to end delivery chaos

BIRMINGHAM postal workers today hailed the truce in the long-running Royal Mail dispute but warned the backlog of mail could take two weeks to clear. Read

The Labour Party

Labour in £4m boost for city

LABOUR is to hold its spring conference in Birmingham, ensuring a £4 million boost for the city as 4,000 delegates descend on the Midlands. Read

Builders.

Jobs go as building firm crashes

BIRMINGHAM builder William Sapcote & Sons - a fixture in the city for 154 years - has crashed into insolvency with the loss of around 120 jobs. Read

cadbury

Bournville is backed by Cadbury boss

THE man at the helm of Cadbury Schweppes has issued a major vote of confidence in Bournville - pledging investment in the factory where 200 jobs are being cut. Read

Broad Street

Crime cut on Broad Street

CRIME has plunged nearly two thirds in Broad Street in just over two years - thanks to a successful levy scheme and partnerships with the police and council. Read

Cadbury's chocolate.

Industrial action ballot warning for Cadbury

ANGRY unions fighting plans to cut 200 jobs at Cadbury's Bournville factory and transfer work to Poland could call a ballot for industrial action. Read

£15m phone debts blow

UP to 60,000 customers will not receive a penny following the collapse of Birmingham mobile phone firm Dialamobile Ltd with debts of up to £15 million, it was revealed today. Read

cadbury

Cadbury's accused of 'betraying' workers

CHOCOLATE giant Cadbury was today accused of betraying its Bournville workers by shipping hundreds of jobs to Poland. Read

Karren Brady

Brady quit hint over Yeung deal

BLUES managing director Karren Brady has hinted she could quit St Andrew's if the Carson Yeung takeover deal goes through. Read

Birmingham Mail

Trinity Mirror takes Birmingham Mail off sale

MEDIA group Trinity Mirror today decided to withdraw the Birmingham Mail and other Midland titles from sale. Read

The Aston Villa kit with the 32Red.com sponsors logo.

Villa sponsors in crisis over losses

ASTON Villa's lucrative multi-million-pound shirt deal could be in jeopardy after shares in sponsors 32Red were suspended today. Read

Llewella Bailey

TV Llewella in home sale court battle

CENTRAL TV newsreader Llewella Bailey is locked in a legal showdown with a Birmingham estate agent over the sale of her family home. Read

David Sullivan

Christmas deadline on Blues takeover

BIRMINGHAM City co-owner David Sullivan has threatened to pull the plug on the Carson Yeung takeover if a deal is not completed by Christmas. Read

Land Rover badge

Russians in love with Land Rover - with video

MIDLAND 4X4 giant Land Rover is benefiting from a new Russian revolution, with upwardly mobile drivers in the former home of Communism clamouring for its vehicles. Read

Aston Events Centre in Birmingham.

Cash crisis hits centre

UP to 70 staff at Birmingham's Aston Events Centre have gone without pay for three months amid fears the venue could close permanently after nearly 30 years. Read

VerTiPlex

High hopes for park in the sky

BIRMINGHAM'S theme park in the sky is already a huge hit with the public with more than 1,500 visitors flocking to view a scale model at Millennium Point. Read

Our high hopes

THE £95 million VerTiPlex theme park in the sky will leave the London Eye in the shade - delivering a "world-class" leisure project to Birmingham, VIPs were told. Read

House price slow-down

HOUSE price growth across the West Midlands has shown the most dramatic slow-down for nearly two years, a new survey showed today. Read

Debt cloud on horizon

CASH-STRAPPED Midlanders who ignore their debts to go on holiday could be facing their day of reckoning, it was claimed today. Read

Theme park in the sky

THE world's first purpose-built vertical theme park is on its way to Birmingham - FEATURING 3D VIDEO OF THE MULTI-MILLION POUND TOWER. 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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