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Strike threat at Land Rover

NIGHT workers at Land Rover’s giant Lode Lane headquarters are threatening to strike over new Sunday shifts – throwing parts deliveries into chaos.Read

Drayton Manor theme park finally gets go-ahead for £14m hotel

DRAYTON Manor Park has finally won a 12-year fight for a £14 million hotel to attract families for overnight stays at the West Midlands’ most popular theme complex.Read

Midland theme park finally gets go-ahead for £14m hotel

DRAYTON Manor Park has finally won a 12-year fight for a £14 million hotel to attract families for overnight stays at the West Midlands’ most popular theme complex.Read

Brummie newsagent gets top job

BIRMINGHAM newsagent Parminder Singh is making the news himself – as the first Sikh elected vice-president of his industry’s trade association.Read

Brummie newsagent gets top job

BIRMINGHAM newsagent Parminder Singh is making the news himself – as the first Sikh elected vice-president of his industry’s trade association.Read

Brummie newsagent gets top job

BIRMINGHAM newsagent Parminder Singh is making the news himself – as the first Sikh elected vice-president of his industry’s trade association.Read

Birmingham Airport expansion plans revealed

BIRMINGHAM Airport is aiming to knock two terminals into one and double passenger figures to 20 million in ten years in a massive expansion programme, it was revealed today.Read

LDV: Welsh firm’s bid could save hundreds of jobs

A WELSH-based group of former Jaguar Land Rover executives is bidding to rescue LDV from extinction – with a pledge to keep jobs in Birmingham by developing new green vans.Read

Cadbury’s sales increase despite recession

BRITAIN’S chocolate lovers are continuing to indulge their taste buds despite the recession – boosting sales for Cadbury by up to six per cent, it was revealed today.Read

Sutton Coldfield Edward's a funeral director at just 19

DEATH and dying is a taboo subject for many people, but it’s all in a day’s work for enterprising teenager Edward Cutler.Read

Midland car parts firm announces plans to reduce its debt mountain

MIDLAND car parts and aircraft engineering firm GKN today announced plans to raise £423 million in a rights issue as it looked to reduce its debt mountain.Read

Marston's calls for shareholder cash to build new pubs

MIDLAND-based pubs and brewing company Marston’s today asked shareholders for a £176 million funding boost to enable it to acquire and develop new pubs.Read

'Up to nine' companies show interest in saving LDV

HOPES that LDV could rise from the ashes rose today – with up to nine firms already throwing their hats in the ring for the collapsed van-maker.Read

Birmingham travel group National Express gets breathing space on debt

EMBATTLED Birmingham bus and rail group National Express has been given extra breathing space on its £1.2 billion debt pile until the end of 2009, it was revealed today.Read

'Up to nine' companies show interest in saving LDV

HOPES that LDV could rise from the ashes rose today – with up to nine firms already throwing their hats in the ring for the collapsed van-maker.Read

HUNDREDS more West Midland jobs were cast into major doubt today after well-known engineering group Metalrax warned it could be at risk of financial collapse.

Just a week after LDV crashed with the loss of 810 jobs and thousands more in the supply chain, Metalrax revealed its future as a “going concern” was in jeopardy.Read

Sainsbury's Midland distribution centre drivers face axe

ABOUT 80 drivers face redundancy at Sainsbury’s main Midland distribution centre at Hams Hall – a month after the supermarket giant announced an 11 per cent profits rise to ­£543million.Read

Sainsbury's Midland distribution centre drivers face axe

ABOUT 80 drivers face redundancy at Sainsbury’s main Midland distribution centre at Hams Hall – a month after the supermarket giant announced an 11 per cent profits rise to ­£543million.Read

Midland retailer bucks trend with sales of camping equipment

MIDLAND retailer Halfords is riding out the recession with record sales of camping equipment as hard-up holidaymakers try to save cash.Read

Midland retailer bucks trend with sales of camping equipment

MIDLAND retailer Halfords is riding out the recession with record sales of camping equipment as hard-up holidaymakers try to save cash.Read

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