Birmingham-based engineering firm IMI has said it had cut 10% of its workforce since December as a dramatic downturn in global markets rocks the business.Read
Wolverhampton-based support services and construction giant Carillion has defied a worsening economic climate with a booming order book and 55% hike in annual profits.Read
Police have extended the bail of a foreign lorry driver who was arrested on suspicion of murdering a 36-year-old man during an attempted robbery in Warwickshire.Read
TOP auto industry boss Roger King today challenged Birmingham City Council to grant crisis-hit LDV a £10 million emergency loan to help save 7,000 UK jobs from the scrapheap.Read
Children’s hospice charity Acorns has reached crisis-point and is being forced to make redundancies and cut services immediately to survive the credit crunch.Read
BIRMINGHAM schools are to receive a £12 million cash boost a year early, as the Government tries to kick-start the economy through a programme of public spending.Read
The West Midlands is the model for Currys and PC World owner DSG International’s plans for up to 50 megastores as part of a revamp of its UK business.Read
The Chief Executive of the Road Haulage Association also added his weight to calls for state support for the stricken Washwood Heath van maker and warned: “LDV must not fail.”Read
Trevor Collins, from the Stone Cross St George’s Day Association, met with Sandwell Council events manager Tony Potter yesterday to look at getting the annual parade, which has been billed as the biggest in England, back on.Read
A RADICAL business transformation programme at Birmingham City Council is already on course to save £400 million only three years after being implemented, the local authority’s chief executive insisted today.Read
FORMER Warwickshire and Worcestershire cricket ace Tom Moody has said the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricketers which left eight people dead was “nearly inevitable”.Read
FORMER Warwickshire and Worcestershire cricket ace Tom Moody has said the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricketers which left eight people dead was “nearly inevitable”.Read
KIND-hearted Birmingham volunteers have been encouraged to sign up as “Dignity Champions” in a drive to improve standards and recognise carers who make a difference across the city.Read
A LEFT wing organisation is trying to remove a lecturer from a Birmingham university because of his alleged membership of the Far Right British National Party.Read
FORMER Warwickshire and Worcestershire cricket ace Tom Moody has said the attack on Sri Lanka’s cricketers which left eight people dead was “nearly inevitable”.Read
A RADICAL business transformation programme at Birmingham City Council is already on course to save £400 million only three years after being implemented, the local authority’s chief executive insisted today.Read
The Chief Executive of the Road Haulage Association also added his weight to calls for state support for the stricken Washwood Heath van maker and warned: “LDV must not fail.”Read
TWO historically-styled guests arrived in Birmingham to celebrate the 300th anniversary of a journey made by Midland author Samuel Johnson and actor David Garrick.Read
