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The hub area, part of the UK Central plans for around the M42 corridor

M42 business corridor could mean £19bn economic boost

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

Birmingham financier gets record £1m fine over homes scam

£300m manufacturing focus by investment firm

Economy

Skilled manufacturing — The Midland arm of private equity house LDC has given the manufacturing and specialist engineering sector a boost after announcing a pledge to increase its investment from £200 million to £300 millioN

Aston Martin lifts lid on new supercar with £200,000 price tag

Warwickshire

The Vanquish Volante is the convertible version of its coupe sibling, which was launched last autumn

Engineering firm plans job boost after funding win

Warwickshire

Burnsall Engineering manager Alan Bratby, with Coventry City Council's Colin Bull, Scott Pladdys of Burnsall, Coun Lynnette Kelly, and Burnsall Engineer's Rob Bent and Paul Kirwa — Manufacturer invests in new machinery and plans recruitment drive after financial boost

Birmingham financier gets record £1m fine over homes scam

Birmingham

Gurpreet Singh Chadda — Entrepreneur dubbed a disgrace to sector after receiving biggest fine of its kind to sole trader

Glyn Pitchford, Adrian Roddick, Andrew Dowler.

James & Lister Lea reunion in Birmingham

Left Right

Commercial Property

Mailbox refit could ruin us, say Birmingham city centre retailers

Mailbox

Retailers in Birmingham’s traditional shopping heartland fear a major investment in the city’s exclusive Mailbox could be another nail in the coffin for them.

£50m facelift planned for Mailbox in Birmingham

£50m facelift planned for Mailbox in Birmingham

Costs spiral for regeneration at former Walsall copper works

Black Country

Former IMI James Bridge Copper Works site at Darlaston — The projected costs of a major Black Country regeneration scheme have spiralled after a private sector development deal fell through according to a confidential report seen by Birmingham Post.

Finance

Dominic King and Ross Andrews from Zeus Capital

Familiar faces return as broker sets up city office

Brindleyplace

Dominic King, one of the founders of Arden Partners, will head up the new city office for corporate finance and brokering firm Zeus Capital

Boris Johnson forms alliance with Birmingham Airport over plans to expand

Midland peer calls for return to traditional ‘Dad’s Army’ banking

Warwick Manufacturing Group

Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, a Labour peer, told the Lords that small business was still struggling to secure finance, he warned.

West Bromwich Building Society taking on staff after cutting losses

Black Country

RGK's is a real story with no spin offs attached

Staffordshire

Jon Griffin writes "RGK was set up 25 years ago by two young West Midlanders who had been left paralysed following terrible road accidents."

Unspoilt turf recalls a life long gone

Using transience as a strategy to cope with constant change

Business Opinion

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."

Manufacturing

David Hillan corporate tax partner at Grant Thornton

Manufacturers missing out on tax relief says Grant Thornton partner

Birmingham

David Hillan, corporate tax partner at Grant Thornton, said bosses were failing to realise they could be in line for savings on innovative research

Birmingham firm unveils tracking lock for cargo shipments

Birmingham

Matt Harwood, from Barkley Plastics, Andrew Harrison from Guardfreight and Steve Gaston from MAN — Birmingham-based Guardfreight International has created a new satellite-tracked lock for cargo shipments and is promising to deliver dozens of jobs on the back of it.

Jobs promise with E-Containerlock cargo lock launch

Birmingham

Matt Harwood, from Barkley Plastics, Andrew Harrison from Guardfreight and Steve Gaston from MAN, who are working on the new E-Containerlock — Birmingham-based Guardfreight International launched E-Containerlock – which aims to prevent £70 billion worth of cargo going missing every year – at the Subcon conference in the city this week.

Legal

Paul Wilson, chief executive of Shakespeares

Shakespeares law firm plans merger with Marrons

Birmingham

Birmingham-based Shakespeares has announced another proposed acquisition as part of its growth strategy.

Lawyers take protest against legal aid cuts to Birmingham Crown Court

Lawyers take protest against legal aid cuts to Birmingham Crown Court

Crime

Legal Aid Protest outside Birmingham Crown Court — Law Society and Bar Council join forces to oppose Ministry of Justice cutbacks

Birmingham Law Society president wants to bring fun to the legal profession

Solihull

Martin Allsopp — The new president of Birmingham Law Society is aiming to help boost beleaguered high street law firms during his year in office.

Moseley Arts Market to make a return to Birmingham business district

Creative

University of Warwick's statistics work on brain scans gets Wellcome boost

University of Warwick

Researchers at the University of Warwick have been awarded £1.1 million to develop the statistics needed to pool the vast quantities of data generated by brain scans.