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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.50 - Steve Smith (£40m)
Economic Development
Former Black Country market trader Steve Smith is a serial entrepreneur.
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PM launched election battle at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Retail & Consumer
After the bloody years of the First World War, Prime Minister David Lloyd George chose Wolverhampton to declare a general election. Chris Upton looks back at his prestigious visit to the Black Country.
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Theatrical delights head to the Midlands
Retail & Consumer
The new year brings a host of theatrical delights to the Midlands, discovers Roz Laws.
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The boys breaking down the barriers
Retail & Consumer
A project to challenge young men’s perceptions of dance is under way across the West Midlands. Catherine Vonledebur chats to schoolboys about the impact it has had on their lives.
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Crashes, skirmishes and lives of hardship - the best history books of 2013
Retail & Consumer
In his second piece on the best local history books of 2013, Chris Upton looks at air crashes, wars, drovers and lost pits.
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McKechnie Brass calls in administrators
Manufacturing
Dozens of workers lost their jobs on the last day of the year after one of the oldest brass mills in the country collapsed.
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Questions asked as closed courthouses cost £22,000 a month
Professional Services
Ministers say the aim was to dispose of buildings which were unfit to be courts and deny Labour claims the policy was designed to save money.
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Diverse analysis of our rich local history
Retail & Consumer
Local history books could be a welcome gift this year. Chris Upton takes a look at some of the best on offer.
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Engineering group Lonestar to invest £7.5m in new headquarters
Commercial Property
The company manufactures and supplies high-performance fasteners, sealing and precision-engineered components for the global energy markets.
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Midlands towns and cities hit by funding cuts while wealthy south gets increase
Economic Development
Funding for Birmingham and the Black Country has been cut again - but wealthy authorities in the south enjoy bigger budgets
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Woodlands in the Midlands to be transformed this winter
Retail & Consumer
Woodlands in Birmingham and the Black Country will be transformed from dark, overgrown places into beautiful flower- and bird-filled copses and spinneys by the Wildlife Trust.
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Government’s City Deal unveiled for the Black Country
Economic Development
The scheme is also predicted to regenerate brownfield sites, create 1,500 apprenticeships in manufacturing and provide support to help 2,800 unemployed people get back into work
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Closed Midland courthouses costing taxpayers £22,000 a month to maintain
Economic Development
Figures were released by Ministers in response to questions in Parliament
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Sweeteners for city if elected Mayor plan goes through at second attempt
Economic Development
Birmingham voters shunned the idea last year when 57.8 per cent said no to creating a role similar to Boris Johnson’s in London
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Black Country LEP City Deal expected to create more than 5,000 jobs
Economic Development
City Deal status indludes a new Black Country Investment Fund to help develop key industrial sites
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Queen Victoria and the shocking Swede
Retail & Consumer
A revealing photograph featuring naked women was enough to shock the Victorians when it went on display in 19th century Manchester. But were viewers in Birmingham more sexually liberated? Chris Upton finds out.
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Black Country law firm QualitySolicitors Talbots set for expansion
Economic Development
QualitySolicitors Talbots has taken over Lumsdons’ Stourport office in a deal that will secure the jobs of all ten staff
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Photographer wins battle over high street store Next over picture usage
Professional Services
Allan Potts, who specialises in taking pictures of extreme sports, has prevented Next from continuing the illegal use of a photograph he took during the Shropshire County Show in June 2010
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Woman arrested after driving wrong way on M5
Economic Development
Motorist held on suspicion of driving under the influence of drink or drugs on motorway in West Bromwich
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Baldwins and Knights steer NWF takeover of SC Feeds
Economic Development
West Midlands accountants and law firm advise Cheshire firm's shareholders
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Top public school Bedales was an innovation - and founded by a Dudley man
Retail & Consumer
John Haden Badley introduced radical new ideas when he set up the boarding school in Hampshire
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Data analysis: How road upgrades will support 900 West Midlands jobs
Economic Development
Pproject includes the completion of a managed motorway network between junctions 5 and 8 of the M6
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Walsall FC enjoys eight consecutive years of profit-making
Economic Development
The Bescot Stadium club posted a profit of £23,000 for the year to May 21, 2013, which compares to an average net loss in League One of £2.4 million
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Singing stars team up with Sandwell community orchestra for festive concert
Retail & Consumer
Christmas Music by Candlelight performance will be crowning achievement for West Midlands charity project
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