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Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung fails to get expert witness dismissed
Economic Development
Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung has failed in a bid to have the evidence of an expert witness dismissed at his £60 million money laundering trial.
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Birmingham Young Professional Of The Year 2013
Economic Development
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Review: Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2013
Retail & Consumer
Peter Bacon attends some of the gigs in Cheltenham during this year's jazz festival
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Campaign to save the old Warwickshire Fusiliers gathers pace
Economic Development
Campaigners battling to save Birmingham’s own battalion from being disbanded have said it is not too late to back their petition before the July deadline.
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New health and safety laws sees distribution deal for Birmingham manufacturer
Manufacturing
New workplace health and safety laws in Turkey has seen a specialist Birmingham manufacturer sign another international distribution deal.
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Council leader Sir Albert Bore to quit as Birmingham hospitals chairman
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore is to stand down as chairman of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, according to reports.
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Plans for Birmingham flood defence from Perry Barr to Witton revealed
Economic Development
New anti-flood defences are being unveiled which Environment Agency bosses hope prevent two parts of Birmingham being devastated by water ever again.
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Investigation into bogus charity bins in Warwickshire
Economic Development
Consumer watchdogs have launched an investigation into bogus charity collection bins in Midland recycling areas and supermarket car parks.
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Birmingham Deutsche Bank recruiter Sean Sales named BYPY 2013
Economic Development
A graduate recruiter at one of city’s biggest financial services employers has been crowned Birmingham Young Professional of the Year 2013.
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Why Birmingham's football teams can't compete with Manchester's
Economic Development
With Manchester United winning the Premier League with games to spare and Aston Villa suffering the worst season in decades, the difference between the two conurbations’ footballing achievements has never been more stark.
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Birmingham and Black Country featured strongly in CAMRA's historic pub guide
Economic Development
New book Britain's Best Real Heritage Pubs is a reminder of the rich history of brewing - and drinking - in the West Midlands.
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Slow progress for Birmingham's Grand Hotel restoration
Economic Development
A year on from planning permission being granted for a £30 million scheme to redevelop Birmingham’s Grand Hotel, Graeme Brown talks to its owners about progress.
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Birmingham Eastside projects take civil engineering awards
Economic Development
Two Eastside engineering projects took away a handful of trophies at the annual Institution of Civil Engineers West Midlands awards.
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Successful March sees Birmingham's hotels leading the pack
Economic Development
Birmingham hotels enjoyed a strong March and outperformed the º£½ÇÊÓƵ as a whole in a boost to the leisure sector.
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Birmingham Airport control tower wins property award from RICS
Commercial Property
The new £10 million air traffic control tower at Birmingham Airport has been crowned the West Midlands property project of the year.
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CMA creates video to promote Sea Life Centre
Enterprise
A Birmingham visitor attraction has commissioned city talent for a Midland cinema marketing campaign.
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New bill aims to unlock large areas of land for development
Commercial Property
A new bill aimed at fast-tracking large-scale developments could help to unlock large pieces major land, according to a Birmingham planning expert.
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Birmingham Post Business Growth Fund hands out £500,000 to local businesses
Economic Development
The Post has again delivered on its pledge to get the West Midlands working - by handing out grants worth a total of £572,000 to 10 businesses.
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Police cuts will lead to more crime, warns commissioner
Economic Development
The region's new crime commissioner is to review every police station in the region to see if it can be closed down amid fears of even greater cuts to officer numbers.
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Birmingham's Big Brum Open Top Buz facing funding shortfall
Economic Development
The battle to secure the future of Birmingham's only open-top bus sightseeing tour - which is threatened by a funding shortage - has won high-profile backing.
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Measles risk for 40,000 Birmingham children who have not had MMR jab
Economic Development
As many as 40,000 teenagers and children in Birmingham are not protected properly from catching measles, new figures have revealed.
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Noddy Holder heads back out onto the road
Retail & Consumer
Noddy Holder was just seven years old when he stood up on stage at a working men's club to sing.
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The humour and pain of coping with anorexia is brought to the stage
Retail & Consumer
Writer and actress Caroline Horton has turned her own experience of an eating disorder into a play, as she explains to Roz Laws.
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Bureaucracy concern of Birmingham SMEs chasing council contracts
Economic Development
Small and medium sized businesses could miss out on Birmingham City Council contracts thanks to an "unnecessarily bureaucratic" new policy designed to help them, it has been claimed.
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