Feb
2009
Articles from 16th Feb 2009
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UNIONS at crisis-hit Jaguar Land Rover have staved off the threat of compulsory job losses for two years after reaching a crucial framework agreement for a new round of cost-cutting.
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
The pact in the long-running talks revealed today safeguards the shopfloor jobs of hundreds of hourly-paid workers at JLR plants at Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Halewood. Read
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Nuneaton-based childrenswear firm Adams saved from administration
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
MIDLAND-based childrenswear chain Adams will remain on the high street after a rescue deal with its former owner that will preserve 1,900 jobs, administrators have said. Read
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UNIONS at crisis-hit Jaguar Land Rover have staved off the threat of compulsory job losses for two years after reaching a crucial framework agreement for a new round of cost-cutting.
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
The pact in the long-running talks revealed today safeguards the shopfloor jobs of hundreds of hourly-paid workers at JLR plants at Castle Bromwich, Solihull and Halewood. Read
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Sutton Coldfield comptetition to design logo for climate change festival
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
SUTTON Coldfield will become the first city constituency to hold its own climate change festival and artistic residents are being asked to design a logo. Read
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Birmingham City Council parking row at new offices
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
A PARKING row has erupted after council bosses planning to house 2,200 staff in a Birmingham office block allocated just 78 parking spaces. Read
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Midlands hotel boss concerned his brother's killer may be sent to an open prison
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
THE boss of a top Midland hotel has spoken out amid fears his brother’s killer could be sent to an open prison after serving just eight years of her 12-year sentence. Read
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Celebrity chefs join Tory campaign for more honest labelling on food
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
CELEBRITY chefs today lined up behind a Tory campaign for more honest food labelling as farmers’ leaders gathered in Birmingham. Read
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Celebrity chefs join Tory campaign for more honest labelling on food
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
CELEBRITY chefs today lined up behind a Tory campaign for more honest food labelling as farmers’ leaders gathered in Birmingham. Read
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Members of Jewish and Muslim faiths gather to promote harmony and understanding
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
children and their demise.” Read
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Birmingham City Council parking row at new offices
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
A PARKING row has erupted after council bosses planning to house 2,200 staff in a Birmingham office block allocated just 78 parking spaces. Read
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Sutton Coldfield comptetition to design logo for climate change festival
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
SUTTON Coldfield will become the first city constituency to hold its own climate change festival and artistic residents are being asked to design a logo. Read
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Midlands hotel boss concerned his brother's killer may be sent to an open prison
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
THE boss of a top Midland hotel has spoken out amid fears his brother’s killer could be sent to an open prison after serving just eight of her 12-year-sentence. Read
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CALLOUS companies were today condemned as “vultures” for waiting outside Birmingham’s courts to pounce on desperate families on the brink of losing their homes.
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
Debt experts from the city’s money advice service revealed workers were waiting outside the civil courts offering to buy homes for cash from those facing repossession, often well under the value of the property. Read
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POLICE have launched an inquiry into a relationship between a convicted fraudster and the teenage daughter of a high-ranking Midland police officer.
Feb 16 2009 | Birmingham News
West Mercia Constabulary began the probe after it emerged crooked psychic Craig Shell, 23, had dated 18-year-old student Zoe Chesterman, the daughter of the force’s assistant chief constable Simon Chesterman. Read
