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Birmingham financier gets record £1m fine over homes scam

Gurpreet Singh Chadda

Entrepreneur dubbed a disgrace to sector after receiving biggest fine of its kind to sole trader

More than 5,000 apply for jobs at Midland Tesco

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Rising unemployment blamed as almost 20 people apply for each position in new store

Administrators of troubled Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust given more time

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Stafford Hospital
The health regulator Monitor said it had agreed to a request from the special administrators at the trust, giving them an extra 30 days to draw up a financially and clinically viable plan to deliver healthcare at the two hospitals it runs - Stafford Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospita

HS2 demand 'has been overestimated'

An artist's impression of the HS2 train
Thinktank says government is gambling with plans to invest heavily in new high-speed line

Four workers at 2 Sisters Food Group struck by tuberculosis

2 Sisters food group
Workers from Midland factory respond well to treatment after infection identified

Reckless bankers will face jail as report recommends banking reform

David Cameron
David Cameron promised to act on key recommendations in the Banking Standards report, including the power to claw back bonuses

Business

Gurpreet Singh Chadda

Birmingham financier gets record £1m fine over homes scam

Entrepreneur dubbed a disgrace to sector after receiving biggest fine of its kind to sole trader

Birmingham's business community counting down to Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival

Deutsche Bank's Hawaiian team takes part in the 2012 Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival
Annual Brindleyplace event will raise thousands for Harry Moseley charity

Using transience as a strategy to cope with constant change

General business
Dr Steven McCabe writes "Every manager recognises that the conditions in which their organisation must cope are increasingly turbulent and that there is a need to be able to think and act in a way that ensures it can cope with continual fluctuation."

News

President Barack Obama waves before speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

The day's news in pictures: June 19, 2013

The day’s biggest stories from the UK and around the world in pictures

Royal birth: Duchess of Cambridge planning natural birth in the hospital wing where the Duke of Cambridge was born

The Duchess of Cambridge has spent the night in hospital with severe morning sickness
St James's Palace confirmed details of the plans in place for the birth of Kate and Prince William's baby next month

Royal Ascot: Sun shines on day two of racing at world-famous meet

The Queen views horses in the Parade Ring ahead of The Prince of Wales's Stakes with the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and her racing manager John Warren
The Queen wore mint green for the second day of action at Ascot Racecourse

What's On

Deutsche Bank's Hawaiian team takes part in the 2012 Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival

Birmingham's business community counting down to Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival

Annual Brindleyplace event will raise thousands for Harry Moseley charity

Five great things to do in the Birmingham area tonight: Wednesday, June 19

Rod Stewart is playing at the LG Arena
Rod Stewart rocks the LG Arena, there's opera and classical ballet at the Hippodrome and a black comedy that rests on the roll of a dice at The Old Rep

What's on TV tonight: Hollywood Me, The Apprentice and Quick Cuts

Interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Our pick of the best shows on the box for Wednesday, June 19 - plus our at a glance soaps round-up

Post People

Ian Atkinson, Leslah Garland, Aaron Blutstein, Vij Randeniya, Roger Bibbings.

Celebrating a year of safety at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole

More than 4,000 winners and their guests attended the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ (RoSPA) Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2013 held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole at Birmingham NEC.

The BRENDAs awards event held at the Burlington Hotel

The BRENDAs awards.
The an annual tongue-in-cheek awards event, The BRENDAs, organised by Birmingham’s commercial property sector, was held at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham.

Ladies nail networking event at The Mailbox

Catherine Hepton, Denise Mickle, Ed James Group; Laura White, Margaret Daly, Sunny Gill, Kerry Pybus, Natasha Small, Alma Aganovic.
Project Emerge, a new pop-store by Bournville College in The Mailbox, was the setting for a ‘Nails and Networking’ event.

Lifestyle

Deutsche Bank's Hawaiian team takes part in the 2012 Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival

Birmingham's business community counting down to Brindleyplace Dragonboat Festival

Annual Brindleyplace event will raise thousands for Harry Moseley charity

Property of the Day: Victorian property in Edgbaston

Six-bedroom Victorian property in Clarendon Road, Edgbaston.
This six-bedroom property in Clarendon Road, Edgbaston, has been re-wired and boasts a new heating system.

Birmingham's independent stores get chance to shine during special week

Great Western Arcade will be the focus of the Celebration of Independents week
City centre Celebration of Independents week starts on July 1 and will launch new map and guide

Politics

Council House dyn

Council sickness rates soar by a quarter

Taxpayers foot the bill as authority sees the number of days lost to sickness increase

Two freed on bail after new arrests over Andrew Mitchell "Plebgate" affair

Andrew Mitchell leaves Downing Street on his bike
Diplomatic protection group police officer and a 49-year-old woman were held for questioning on Saturday

Outcry at council's £29,000 wheelie bin publicity campaign

The new wheelie bins are delivered to Brandwood
Cash-strapped Birmingham authority spent funds to get public behind controversial scheme

Videos & Photos

Ian Atkinson, Leslah Garland, Aaron Blutstein, Vij Randeniya, Roger Bibbings.

Celebrating a year of safety at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole

Six-bedroom Victorian property in Clarendon Road, Edgbaston.

Property of the Day: Victorian property in Edgbaston

The BRENDAs awards.

The BRENDAs awards event held at the Burlington Hotel

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