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Mother-of-two tastes success with Lichfield venture
Economic Development
A mother-of-two is savouring sweet success after an award-winning grocer snapped-up her dessert to sell on the shelves of his Birmingham deli.
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Review: Heather Gardner by Birmingham Rep at The Old Rep Theatre
Retail & Consumer
Four comments I heard at the end of this re-titled, Brummiefied version of Ibsen's classic play Hedda Gabler summed it up.
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Birmingham based BCL Legal opens London office
Professional Services
After 10 years of increasing its influence in the regional legal recruitment sector, Birmingham-based BCL Legal has made the move into the London market by opening a new, full time office in the heart of the Square Mile.
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Corporate deals for FBC Manby Bowdler
Professional Services
West Midlands law firm FBC Manby Bowdler completed corporate deals worth £43 million in the last quarter of 2012.
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Kings Chambers QC appointed Deputy High Court Judge
Professional Services
Kings Chambers has announced that David Casement QC has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge bringing Kings’ representation at the High Court bench to five individuals.
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New managing director at Cartwright King
Professional Services
Birmingham specialist legal firm Cartwright King which has offices in the McLaren Building on the Queensway has restructured its management team and appointed Rupert Hawke as managing director.
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Promotions at Shoosmiths
Professional Services
Shoosmiths has announced six promotions at its Birmingham office, to take effect from May 1.
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John Clancy: A new municipal bank may pay off for our region
Economic Development
Regional development banks and municipal banks have been at the heart of my calls over the last 16 years for radical reform of banking.
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Birmingham MP Liam Byrne battles Labour left over welfare reforms
Economic Development
One of Labour’s most senior MPs in the Midlands is at the centre of a major row with activists and union leaders after he refused to vote against the Government’s “workfare” plans in the Commons.
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Fashion chain ASOS opens first operation outside London in Birmingham
Economic Development
New highly-skilled jobs have been created after online fashion giant ASOS chose Birmingham to set up its first operation outside London.
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Princess Elizabeth steam train gets overhaul at Tyseley Locomotive Works
Economic Development
The Princess Elizabeth locomotive is undergoing a major overhaul in a Birmingham workshop, in desperate need of funds to help return it to the railways.
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Jon Griffin: Virtual generation feeding off a diet of bullet points
Economic Development
Very occasionally, as the boundaries between perception and reality become increasingly blurred to older generations, there’s a dazzling shaft of light.
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Jobs lost at law firm DWF after takeover of Cobbetts
Professional Services
Almost 40 support staff have been made redundant at law firm DWF in the wake of its takeover of troubled rival Cobbetts – and 21 more are at risk.
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Calls for Birmingham NHS trust to take control of Redditch hospital
Economic Development
The trust which runs Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital has become embroiled in a bitter row with another Midland health trust over suggestions that it could take over another hospital.
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Lack of social care blamed for rise in bed blocking in Birmingham
Economic Development
The number of patients stuck in hospital unnecessarily has shot up by 70 per cent in Birmingham in the past year, official figures have revealed.
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Birmingham software firm Delcam reveals record results
Enterprise
Birmingham-based software firm Delcam unveiled its best-ever results – with record annual sales of £47.1 million and profits of £5.1 million.
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Fleet Street food fails to hit the mark
Retail & Consumer
Richard McComb heads down to Fleet Street for a tasty treat, but leaves feeling rather hacked off.
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Birmingham's old Queen Elizabeth Hospital reopened in beds crisis
Economic Development
Patients are being sent to an obsolete hospital dating to the 1930s – because the £545 million superhospital built to replace it cannot cope.
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Birmingham City Council’s equal pay claims bill rockets to £890m
Economic Development
The cost of equal pay claims has rocketed by £130 million – leaving Birmingham City Council facing a colossal £890 million bill.
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Office availability falls to five-year low in Birmingham
Commercial Property
Top grade office accommodation in Birmingham city centre has shrunk to its lowest level of availability for five years, a new survey reveals.
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Professional body for advertising agencies elects first Birmingham head
Economic Development
The professional body for advertising agencies has elected its first head of Birmingham.
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Accelerator programme opens in Birmingham
Enterprise
The window for applications for the third series of tech accelerator programme Oxygen Accelerator has now opened.
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Coventry University leads games project
Enterprise
Coventry University's Serious Games Institute is set to play a leading role in a £1.5 million research project which aims to help manufacturing firms transform their business models using games technology.
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Birmingham City Council 'can't afford academies'
Economic Development
Birmingham’s education chiefs have made a stark warning – if many more schools turn into academies we will run out of cash.
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