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Birmingham Metropolitan College to invest £4m in Skills Centre
Birmingham Metropolitan College
Birmingham Metropolitan College is redeveloping its Skills Centre in Erdington after securing a £1.3 million Skills Funding Agency grant
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Seneca Capital pumps new investment into FJ Holdings
Professional Services
Dudley firm will use new backing to reorganise group following recent acquisition
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'Blot on the landscape' in Black Country to be knocked down
Commercial Property
Cavendish House, which councillors say is a  “blot on the landscape” has been earmarked for demolition.
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Perfect placing for retailer as seven make Fast Track countdown
Economic Development
Coleshill-based Perfect Home and JCB among Ƶ's fastest-growing companies according to new report.
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Local enterprise partnerships could see more funding says Prime Minister
Economic Development
The Government committed £2 billion to the first Single Local Growth Fund pot – set up as a result of Lord Heseltine’s devolution plans, in which he called for a pot of more than £50 billion.
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Black Country Living Museum gets £263,000 Arts Council funds for skills scheme
Banking & Finance
Museum was recently used as a filming location for hit BBC drama Peaky Blinders
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Servosteel name returns following HSBC-backed deal
Professional Services
As the Ƶ’s largest supplier of toll processing services to the strip mill products market, directors believe the return to independent ownership will be welcomed by its customers and suppliers.
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The hospital chief who came in from the cold
Economic Development
She was the youngest ever NHS hospital chief executive when appointed. Alison Stacey finds out why Birmingham Children's Hospital boss Sarah-Jane Marsh turned down the chance of becoming a spy to get into the business of saving lives.
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Fears over community response to khat ban
Economic Development
Home Office survey of people of Somali origin in Birmingham in 2005 found that 34 per cent said they had chewed khat in month before the interview
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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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Makeover for Merry Hill after Intu invests £400 million in giant shopping centre
Retail
Merry Hill was developed in the late 1980s. It has 1.4 million sq ft over two retail levels with 214 shop units and a further 300,000 sq ft of other adjacent retail space generating net annual rent of almost £55 million
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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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Pregnant smokers still risking harm to babies
Economic Development
In some parts of the region almost one in five expectant mothers are continuing to puff away throughout pregnancy
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Non-English speakers outperforming natives in exams
Economic Development
In four of the seven local authorities in the region, pupils whose first language isn’t English outperform native speakers in getting 5 A*-C grades at GCSE
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Dudley product designer Sanjeev Dass in the running for national award
Enterprise
His company’s first commercial product, a home organiser called the key-pad, is shortlisted for the prestigious Shell LiveWire Grand Ideas Awards
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Court chaos forecast as lawyers walk out
Professional Services
Criminal lawyers across the region are to stage a mass exodus in anger at Justice Minister Chris Grayling’s latest cutbacks, which will see a further £220 million shaved off the legal aid bill
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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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Same sex marriages are golden opportunity for Assay Office
Economic Development
City's first female Assay Master predicts boost for traditional precious metal trade in Birmingham.
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Tributes paid after photographer Willoughby Gullachsen dies
Economic Development
Willoughby Gullachsen, who has died aged 92, spent more than 70 years as a renowned photographer – in the process capturing 189 productions for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
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Jazz Diary with Peter Bacon
Retail & Consumer
Peter Bacon rounds-up the coming week of jazz events in the West Midlands.
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City council vows not to switch off the lights
Economic Development
Birmingham says it will not follow in the footsteps of Dudley Borough Council which will switch off some street lamps in a bid to save £100,000 a year
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Taming the Tame
Retail & Consumer
The much-maligned Environment Agency, local authorities, civil engineers and conservation bodies have had enormous success in alleviating flooding in many parts of the country.
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Overstretched Birmingham GPs turning away patients
Economic Development
Figures show that 14 per cent of patients who tried to get an appointment in the central and south Birmingham last year were unable to see a GP on the day they wanted.
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Housing benefits bill hits £1.2bn a year in West Midlands
Economic Development
Private landlords raking in £6m a year from subsidised rent payments
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