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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

Engineering firm plans job boost after funding win

Warwickshire

Manufacturer invests in new machinery and plans recruitment drive after financial boost

More than 5,000 apply for jobs at Midland Tesco

Chamber of Commerce

Thousands more Midlanders in higher rate tax bracket

Birmingham

HM Revenue & Customs — Experts say businesspeople will be worse off because of changes to the top rate of taxation

Jaguar Land Rover supplier DHL facing shopfloor revolt

Jaguar Land Rover

Boost to plans to save hundreds of Remploy jobs

Employment

The BRENDAs awards event held at the Burlington Hotel

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

Foreign Investors in the English Regions: Who ya Gonna Call?

European Union

David Bailey writes "The recent survey by Ernst & Young of the UK's attractiveness to foreign investment showed a 2.7% rise in foreign-backed UK projects"

Why Jaguar Land Rover keeps on rolling

Better protection for investors

Business Opinion

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.

Joy for Jo Harrington in her new role as chair of the BPA

Creative

Tamworth software firm Flydocs to open China office

Emirates

Anne Ryan, finance director at Tamworth based FLYdocs. — A Midland software company is to open a new office in China after signing a contract with Hong Kong's international flag carrier.

Post People

The BRENDAs awards event held at the Burlington Hotel

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.