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Wonderful or whimsical? A Black Country garden city
Retail & Consumer
The Black Country's innovative garden city proposal has been entered for a £250k prize for new garden city designs put up by the Wolfson Foundation.
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Institute of Directors West Midlands' Black Country dinner
Economic Development
Three inspiring speakers followed a co-ordinated theme centred on re-energising the local Black Country economy.
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Ed Balls: Labour will offer West Midlands more powers
Economic Development
Shadow Chancellor claims LEPs 'lack resources to do proper job'
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Wildlife trusts reveal fears over HS2
Economic Development
The Ƶ’s 47 wildlife trusts warned in a joint submission that HS2 “will damage and destroy more wildlife habitat and populations of wild species than will be replaced.”
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£1.5m Progress Point work completed
Commercial Property
Progress Point on Pensnett Estate, Kingswinford, is already attracting inquiries from businesses keen to relocate to the region
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Enoch Evans gets Law Society quality mark
Professional Services
The Walsall & Black Country firm celebrated becoming the first provider of legal services in Walsall and its surrounding areas to secure membership of the Law Society’s Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS). 
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New 'Greater Birmingham' local authority could happen
Economic Development
The region may finally create an over-arching local authority, but the North will get there first, reports Political Editor Jonathan Walker
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Arford Steel Profiles boss predicting 100 per cent growth in three years
Manufacturing
Diane Kimberley is looking to increase turnover at Kingswinford firm to record levels
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Chamber: Osborne must focus on skills and rates
Economic Development
Chancellor George Osborne finally has growth on the horizon as he prepares for his fifth Budget announcement next Wednesday.
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Daily Leads & Deals: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust looking for leadership support
Professional Services
Business activity of the day for Thursday, March 13 2014
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Enjoy a free concert with International Dawn Chorus Day
Retail & Consumer
Suddenly blossoms are filling our waysides, parks and gardens instead of incessant rain and floods.
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Sandwell Council adds to calls for West Midlands-wide authority
Economic Development
Darren Cooper joins Wolverhampton Council leader in calling for more collaboration between councils across the region
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MIPIM 2014: Regions unite under Greater Birmingham banner
Commercial Property
Birmingham and the Black Country speak as one at property conference, as leaders seek to make the most of HS2, Ƶ Central and other key schemes
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Sunday Snapshot: Birmingham Day and NEC Group sale in editor's review of the week
Economic Development
There is a new spirit of cooperation in the region and an acceptance Birmingham can be the hub for a successful local economy
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Money won't be handed out easily, says minister
Banking & Finance
Business and council leaders will go through a “Dragons’ Den” style grilling to test whether their bids for government cash stand up to scrutiny, Cities Minister Greg Clark said.
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Business rates not fit for purpose say MPs
Economic Development
Business rates should be radically reformed or scrapped to protect the Ƶ’s struggling shops, an inquiry led by a Midland MP has warned.
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The F-word's vital to the success of city film festival
Retail & Consumer
The Flatpack Festival is back for an eighth year - and this time it's even got film in the title. Graham Young reports
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Region bids for £210m funding for next year
Economic Development
Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP is bidding for that funding next year and a total of £561 million of public money over the next five years towards 94 projects
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New era of co-operation for Birmingham and Black Country
Economic Development
Sir Albert Bore said a new era of co-operation had begun, as he spoke alongside representatives of Local Enterprise Partnerships from both Birmingham and the Black Country
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Birmingham Day: Civic leaders and local enterprise partnerships pledge to work together
Economic Development
“We can re-emerge as the nation’s second economy and, most importantly, the most significant economy outside London.”
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Birmingham Day manufacturing showcase at House of Commons
Manufacturing
The theme will be the important role played by niche manufacturers, to dispel the myth that manufacturing is dead or in decline
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Birmingham Day March 2014: Introduction from Gisela Stuart MP
Manufacturing
In the past two decades manufacturing’s share of the economy has fallen from 20 per cent to 10 per cent and there is an agreed consensus nationally that the economy needs to be rebalanced in favour of manufacturing
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Birmingham Day March 2014: Manufacturing expert Prof David Bailey's view
Manufacturing
Sectors such as automotive, aerospace, power-generation and the production of specialised precision components are all driving ahead, as the West midlands Economic Forum (WMEF) has recently highlighted
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Concerns over Birmingham's MMR uptake
Economic Development
Fears over the MMR jab have been blamed for the city and Black Country having the third worst level of take up in the country – sparking fears of a “mini epidemic”
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