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Jon Griffin

Jon Griffin

Asda eyes former Rover site

SUPERMARKET giant Asda is in talks for a £25 million store on the derelict former South Works at Longbridge - creating up to 400 jobs. Read

Blues team up with church for inner city

FIRST lady of Midland football Karren Brady is to join forces with the Archbishop of Birmingham to help regenerate some of the city's most deprived areas. Read

New firms sign up to Longbridge

NEW hi-tech businesses are already signing up to Longbridge as a fresh era finally dawns for the world-famous site, it emerged today. Read

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Deadline day for supermarket staff

UP to 100 West Midland supermarket workers left wthout wages for weeks were today facing an agonising 24-hour wait as their jobs hung by a thread. Read

Ex-England star involved in Blues deal

FORMER England star Steve McManaman has been signed up as the public face for Carson Yeung's bid for a potential takeover of Birmingham City. Read

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£5m hotel to be built on museum site

A NEW £5 million plus Travelodge budget hotel is on its way to Birmingham - as the first building on the former Science Museum site. Read

Landmark HP factory to be pulled down

THE world-famous Birmingham landmark of HP Sauce is to disappear from the city skyline after more than 100 years. Read

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Nanjing plan to boost MG relaunch

NANJING could link up with rivals SAIC in a "gentleman's agreement" to bolster the relaunch of MG at Longbridge. Read

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Blues takeover moves a step closer

THE Blues takeover edged closer today after shares in the Hong Kong firm bidding for a majority stake at St Andrew's were suddenly suspended. Read

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Dealers lined up for new MG

NANJING has lined up its first UK dealers in the next key stage of the long awaited rebirth of Longbridge. Read

The £52,000 homes that nobody wants

HOMES costing less than £100,000 are going begging in Birmingham city centre because no-one seems to want them. Read

Staff lose jobs and have pensions cut

SCORES of workers at a Birmingham factory which is closing after 112 years must leave with their pensions reduced by a third, it was claimed today. Read

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Posties deliver all-out strike action

UP TO 2,500 Royal Mail workers across Birmingham are set to walk out on Friday, causing a delivery backlog of up to five days. Read

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£200m Belfry hotel plan unveiled

THE Belfry is to undergo a huge £200 million revamp to create the Midlands' only five-star hotel and provide a "world-class" boost to its golf facilities. Read

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Supermarket staff face wages delay

ANXIOUS staff at crisis-hit Kwik Save stores throughout the Midlands have been left without wages as the stricken chain attempts to find a rescuer. Read

Cash tills ring at Edgbaston

WARWICKSHIRE are set to cash in on cricket's most lucrative one-day phenomenon as the Twenty20 bandwagon rolls into Edgbaston again. Read

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Battle for supermarket custom hots up

STORE wars are set to break out in Birmingham after supermarket giant Asda revealed it is targeting sites in the south of the city - including Longbridge. Read

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Land Rover makes £200m Longbridge claim

LAND Rover is claiming £200 million from the financial collapse of Longbridge, it was revealed today. Read

Reassurance for 3,000 Bournville workers

UP to 3,000 workers at Cadbury's Birmingham plant received a massive vote of confidence today as the parent group prepared to axe 7,500 jobs worldwide. Read

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Bournville escapes brunt of Cadbury job cuts

UP to 3,000 workers at Cadbury's Birmingham plant received a massive vote of confidence today as the parent group prepared to axe 7,500 jobs worldwide. 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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