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Jon Griffin

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New MG clocks up £3 million of orders

LONGBRIDGE’S first all-new MG for 16 years has drummed up over £3 million of business in just two weeks – with 180 cars sold.Read

New £24m hotel for Birmingham

THIS is the first image of a new £24 million hotel set to change the skyline of a key gateway to Birmingham – creating 100 new jobs for the city.Read

300 Midland jobs in peril at Tamworth DIY distribution centre

MORE than 300 jobs at a major Focus distribution centre in the Midlands are hanging by a thread after workers were sent home when the DIY giant went bust.Read

Birmingham Airport faces closure threat

BIRMINGHAM Airport would be forced to close completely if angry firefighters opposing changes to their pensions take industrial action, it was revealed today.Read

Midland special constable's 007 role in America’s old Wild West

A FORMER special constable has swapped the mean streets of Redditch for a quieter life in America’s old Wild West.Read

Cadbury workers' New Year bonus decision

MORE than 150 Cadbury workers at Bournville are to finally receive £70 New Year bonuses – five months late.Read

200 West Midland DIY jobs at risk

NEARLY 200 West Midland workers’ jobs are hanging by a thread after national DIY chain Focus crashed into administration amid debts of £147 million.Read

Birmingham business duo bid to buy HMS Ark Royal to turn it into a boarding school

AN INTREPID Birmingham business duo are bidding to buy Britain’s only aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal – and convert it into a boarding school.Read

Midland pubs plan Royal Wedding bonanza

PUB landlords across the Midlands were today raising a glass to the Royal Wedding – with drinkers set to down millions of extra pints to toast the happy couple.Read

Land Rover fined £20,000 over health risks

LAND Rover has been fined £20,000 after it “systematically failed to manage risks” with hand tools – jeopardising the health of employees.Read

Revealed: Why Jaguar Land Rover needs a new engine plant

JAGUAR Land Rover needs a new engine plant to overcome a shortage of supplies from Ford – following an “amazing” sales success story.Read

West Midland drivers are amber gamblers -survey

MORE than half of all drivers in the West Midlands are “amber gamblers” at traffic lights, a new road safety survey has revealed.Read

Anger over £100m Holloway House plan deadlock

A BOLD £100 million scheme to transform Holloway Head in Birmingham city centre has been approved after a 20-year wait – prompting an angry attack on city planners from investors.Read

MGs sales success in China

MGs are selling like hot cakes in China – while scores of UK dealers queue up for deliveries of the new MG6.Read

Financial crisis hits the owner of the Belfry

THE future of the Midlands’ world-famous Belfry resort is in the melting pot after a financial crisis gripped its Irish owners the Quinn Group.Read

Birmingham City face Premier League cash probe

FOOTBALL authorities are to quiz Blues bosses over the club’s finances amid new fears that the St Andrew’s outfit could be banned from European competition, it has emerged.Read

Birmingham civil servants hold city protest outside conference

DOZENS of angry workers took to the streets of Birmingham in protest at a “scandalous” Government-backed event promoting the Civil Service – while up to 600 face the chop in the city.Read

Phoenix Four quit as directors of company as Trust Fund saga continues

THE Phoenix Four have resigned as directors of ill-fated MG Rover’s parent group – with no resolution to the Trust Fund saga in sight.Read

Carson Yeung shows off baby daughter

CARSON Yeung has another rival for his affections following his latest cash outlay on Blues – a baby daughter.Read

MG convoy marks Longbridge relaunch

NEW MG dealers from Newcastle to Eastbourne joined a special convoy to Birmingham city centre – launching Longbridge’s biggest sales drive for years.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.