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Rich List 2017: No.8 - Lord Paul of Marylebone and family
Lord Paul of Marylebone
Caparo Group founder Lord Paul remains in the Rich List top 10, despite the family's fortunes dropping from £1.2 billion to £800 million
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Rich List 2017: No.=11 - Caspar MacDonald-Hall
Caspar MacDonald-Hall
Property developer Caspar MacDonald Hall, chair of London & Cambridge which owns The Arcadian, has jumped up two places in the Rich List from 2016
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Rich List 2017: No.14 - Roy Richardson and family
Roy Richardson
Owners of Merry Hill Shopping Centre have seen their fortune remain constant at £480 million despite dropping three places in the Rich List
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Rich List 2017: No.=37 - Constantine Folkes and family
Constantine Folkes
Ower of Folkes Holdings has seen his fortune remain constant at £125 million while dropping five places on the Rich List
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Rich List 2017: No.=41 - Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin star has seen his wealth increase by £5 million while his Rich List ranking has gone up by three places
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Rich List 2017: No.49 - Tony Deep Wouhra and family
Tony Deep Wouhra
East End Foods bosses' fortune has increased by £4 million while their Rich List ranking has dropped two places
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Natural environment essential to achieving 2020 Vision for Birmingham
Environment
Local conservationists are calling on everyone in the region to pledge to protect and improve Birmingham's natural environment.
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The blackbird should challenge the robins' Christmas monopoly.
Environment
There are about 5 million breeding pairs of blackbirds in this country, and by Christmas they will have been joined by up to five million individuals from Scandinavia and northern Europe.
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Brownfield sites are the perfect pop-up for nature
Environment
The best of our brownfield sites have been described as 'Britain's rainforests' because of the variety of wildlife, rare and common, that colonises them.
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IoD treats dinner guests to a canal boat trip
Post People
Guests at the IoD Black Country Dinner gained a fascinating insight into the region’s industrial heritage from a pre-dinner canal boat trip
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Bats are the other stars of the night sky
Black Country
Wild About Gardens Week, jointly organised by the Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society, focused its attention onto bats.
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100 new jobs at Travelodge development
Employment
Work starts on hotel project in West Bromwich which will bring vacant brownfield land back into use
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Worrying report is a stark warning to the state of our wildlife
Black Country
The nation's nature conservation organisations have published a worrying report on the overall health of our wildlife.
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Summer drinks celebration at Hotel Du Vin
Post People
WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff hosted their annual summer drinks party at Hotel Du Vin
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Dog Days could be near for British wildlife
European Union
There is an opportunity now to reform and improve the ways we reward those who manage land for helping wildlife; equally there is a huge risk that the imperfections of the present system will be used as an excuse to dismantle the whole process.
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Black Country golf course on market following owner's death
Golf
Garratt family launched Hagley Golf & Country Club in 1980 and are now seeking offers in the region of £2m
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Black Country Chamber appoints new chief executive
Chamber of Commerce
Corin Crane will join business body later this from an enterprise partnership in the East Midlands
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Tata Steel starts JV talks with German group Thyssenkrupp
Engineering
Continuing saga over sale of beleaguered º£½ÇÊÓƵ arm goes on as Tata Steel contemplates possible tie up to boost European business
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Enoch Evans boosts IP team
Law
Amy Hylton joins Black Country law firm to advise clients on trademark law and protection of assets
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Law firm Talbots commits £1m to expansion
Law
Practice has also moved to a new office as it plans to hit the £01m turnover mark in 2016
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Black Country road improvement work to start
Transport
Troublesome junction on busy road to undergo work to improve lot for cyclists and also unlock six housing development sites
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Sajid Javid meets Tata Steel chiefs as sale process put on hold
Employment
Business Secretary in Mumbai as long-running process to offload Tata Steel º£½ÇÊÓƵ appears to have been halted
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The Case of The Deer in The Night
Black Country
Suburbia, with its large gardens and quiet corners, seems to be good habitat for the Muntjac deer.
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Online pharmacy Chemist Direct in merger deal
Technology
Oldbury business ties up with Pharmacy2U to create £43m venture aimed at dominating online pharmacy market
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