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Funding cuts to nature conservation
Retail & Consumer
Why is money so hard to come by to address loss of habitats, but apparently available to give us images of wildlife which may or may not still be living in the places concerned?
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MP calls for prisoners to be tested for legal highs
Economic Development
Ministers have backed calls from a West Midland MP to give prisons more powers to test inmates for drugs – including so-called “legal highs”.
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How we can use HS2 to boost regional regeneration
Opinion
This is develops the argument in my current Birmingham Post column on how we need to make the most of HS2 for wider regional regeneration. For more on this, buy this week's Birmingham Post...
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Data analysis: Black Country Bullet puts spotlight on region's auto trade
Economic Development
With a long history of industry and innovation, the Black Country’s engineering expertise is integral to supply chains in the aerospace, automotive, construction and energy sectors
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Spy agencies lack democratic control, MP Tom Watson warns
Economic Development
Revelations that security services are monitoring internet traffic have led to outrage in the US but little debate in the Ƶ, according to MPs
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Black Country supercar showcases region's engineering prowess
Manufacturing
Digital car promotes an area that has a long and proud association with manufacturing
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Former Challinors Solicitors HQ sold after collapse
Professional Services
Sandwell Inspires Partnership Services (SIPS) to move into the 21,895 sq ft office near to West Bromwich town centre
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ONS data analysis: The value of West Midlands business and how it compares to other regions
Employment
According to latest commercial data from the Office for National Statistics, annual turnover in the region tops £232 billion
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Labour MP calls for state sponsorship of public school places
Economic Development
Black Country MP Ian Austin (Lab Dudley North) set out radical proposals to end the link between wealth and access to high-achieving schools
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Print company ISP takes five-acre site at i54 business park in Black Country
Commercial Property
ISP constructing a 70,000 sq ft printing facility, and at a later stage intends to expand the premises by 30,000 sq ft to meet increased demand
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'£800 million' Poundland planning stock market flotation
Economic Development
Poundland started out as a single store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990 and has since grown to 488 outlets, with aims to more than double its empire to 1,000
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Challinors creditors likely to lose out
Professional Services
The grim outlook for unsecured creditors of the collapsed law firm was revealed in a report by administrators Baker Tilly.
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Midlands food and drink exported to Poland in new export campaign
Economic Development
Heart of England Fine Foods organised the consignment of food and drink products to be showcased at one of eastern Europe’s largest trade exhibitions
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Birmingham heads to Las Vegas to promote conferences and events
Economic Development
Business tourism programme Meet Birmingham hopes to attract £1m of business to city
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Engineering group takes over rival
Manufacturing
Deal set to create new centre of excellence for engineering in the West Midlands
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Wolverhampton construction firm Carillion to help develop Manchester Airport City
Economic Development
Company selected as part of consortium working with China’s Beijing Construction Engineering Group on £800m scheme
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Former Walsall home of author Jerome K Jerome for sale
Economic Development
The former home of Walsall-born Jerome K Jerome, best known as author of the all-time comedy classic Three Men in a Boat, is on the market – for £425,000.
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Black Country enjoys a rise in visitors and foreign investments
Economic Development
Leisure sector and jobs boost for region.
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Nine arrests after dawn raids in Wolverhampton
Economic Development
Black Country raids prompted by a series of shootings in Wolverhampton
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£3m investment in Dudley corrosion centre by Exova
Economic Development
New facility expected to be among world's leading centres for corrosion work
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Birmingham social workers being lured away with £10,000 'golden hellos'
Economic Development
Birmingham’s head of children’s services has revealed that workers are being tempted by councils, including nearby Sandwell, offering huge payouts to join them
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Chambers call for ‘Greater Manchester approach’ to transport
Economic Development
Commerce bodies have produced a joint document calling for urgent action on transport issues across the West Midlands 'without boundaries'
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Violent crime up nine per cent in West Midlands - force misses all its summer targets
Economic Development
Overall crime was 2.6 per cent up in the year to date and July’s figure was up 5.9 per cent
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Beth Sherburn overloads Merry Hill perfume counter with talent
Retail & Consumer
Singer Beth Sherburn was talent spotted whilst she was singing on the perfume counter at a Black Country department store.
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