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Solihull Council
05:00, 17 APR 2014
Engineering college boost for skills shortage
Manufacturing
The University of Warwick is proposing a new college backed by Jaguar Land Rover, Aero Engine Controls and Arup, which have had difficulty recruiting staff with the right abilities
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MIPIM 2014: The Greater Birmingham itinerary
Commercial Property
The city's MIPIM delegation has a packed schedule next week as it tries to encourage international investment.
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85 jobs at risk as council looks to save £2.5million
Economic Development
Almost 100 Solihull Council jobs are at risk in a £2.5 million cost-cutting drive.
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Housing benefits bill hits £1.2bn a year in West Midlands
Economic Development
Private landlords raking in £6m a year from subsidised rent payments
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Fourth Solihull Lib Dem councillor defects to Greens in protest
Economic Development
A Solihull Liberal Democrat has become the fourth councillor to defect to the Green Party in disapproval at the party’s performance in the Coalition Government.
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Senior council director steps down in management shake-up
Economic Development
Mark Barrow, the authority’s strategic director for development and culture, will step down on January 31, while fellow director Paul Dransfield has been named deputy chief executive
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Midland councils make £10m in parking fines
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council recouped £6.9 million more than it spent from parking in the 2013 financial year – although that is significantly less than rival cities like Nottingham and Manchester.
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Birmingham City Council appoints Solihull Council's Mark Rogers as new chief executive
Economic Development
The £180,000 a year job running Birmingham City Council has been handed to the chief executive of neighbouring Solihull Council it has been announced.
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HS2 could create up to 50,000 jobs, claim bosses
Economic Development
High-speed rail officials pledged the HS2 line could create about 50,000 jobs as they visited to Birmingham.
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New £5m Solihull dog rescue home gets go-ahead
Economic Development
Purpose-built dog rescue and welfare centre is to move from Birmingham city centre to Solihull
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Solihull town centre set for biggest redevelopment for a generation
Economic Development
Mell Square purchased for £44 million by Lord Edmiston’s IM Properties group with plans for retail, leisure and public spaces
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It’s sink or swim time unless we show this type of ambition
Opinion
The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP), working with a cross-party group of local MPs and Solihull Council, united in a visit to London to spell out the potential from expanding the economic hub around the M42 motorway near Solihull.
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M42 business corridor could mean £19bn economic boost
Economic Development
A blueprint for UK Central (UKC) – the area around the NEC and Birmingham Airport – claims it could boost the region’s economy by £19.5 billion by 2040
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Meriden gypsies launch new bid to return to site
Economic Development
Gypsies evicted from an illegal camp following a three-year battle have launched a bid to return to the green belt site – dealing residents a hammer blow.
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Grandmother blames 'bedroom tax' for her death in suicide note
Economic Development
Stephanie Bottrill was hit by a lorry on the M6 on May 4
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Sainsbury's has change of heart on Dorridge town centre development
Economic Development
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has bowed to pressure and agreed to start work earlier than planned on a new store in the village where the firm's chief executive Justin King grew up.
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Economic Development
Local government is in a mess, not just here in the West Midlands but across the country as a whole.
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