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Easter

Extra bank holiday in 2021 to replace Easter would bring 'cash injection' to hospitality industry, says SWBC boss
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his route out of lockdown but under the plans hotels, restaurants and pubs will still be closed over the Easter weekend
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Holidays to Wales could be on for Easter - but don't expect to eat out
Wales
First Minister Mark Drakeford has indicated what could open up in the coming weeks
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Wales Easter holiday opening discussions between Welsh Government and tourism and hospitality sectors
Easter
First Minister Mark Drakeford said this would only happen if current progress is continued
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'Let us re-open by Easter or risk major job losses', say holiday park operators
Leisure & Touism
Caravan park and lodge operators say the nature of their sites makes them more Covid-secure than many other locations
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Cinema chain closes majority of its movie houses until Easter 2021
Entertainment
Merlin Cinemas has put staff on furlough and mothballed most of its venues due to Covid uncertainty and lack of new releases
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Pottery firm Steelite International cuts working hours even more - and extends its Easter shutdown by a week
West Midlands
The senior management team have also taken a temporary pay cut
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Major rail disruption over Easter as upgrades carried out in Midlands
Network Rail
Work is part of £250m project to free up bottlenecks in Midlands
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Review: Solihull Choral Society does Mozart Requiem and Vespers
Retail & Consumer
The choral society gave a strong performance at Olton Friary
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Ex Cathedra to premiere James MacMillan's Seven Angels at Town Hall concert
Birmingham Town Hall
The new work will be performed at Birmingham Town Hall as part of New Jerusalem Concert
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º£½ÇÊÓƵ manufacturing: Between a rock and hard place?
Opinion
Manufacturing output in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ saw a surprise fall of 1.3% in May, the biggest decline since January 2013, according to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics. This left much head scratching as manufacturing data and surveys so far this year had indicated that the sector has been growing pretty robustly.
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Working a way through the holidays in China
Opinion
The date of the Chinese New Year does tend to totter about somewhat uncertainly between late January and mid-February.
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An Easter message for politicians
Opinion
Part of my work involves visiting the business shows at the NEC, which gives me an insight into other business owners’ thoughts.
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Discover the beauty of Bach this Easter
Retail & Consumer
A celebration of Bach will take place in Birmingham over Easter, as Christopher Morley reports
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School repairs scuppered by rare bat colony
Economic Development
The plug was pulled on roof repairs at Erdington’s Oasis Academy after the nesting pipistrelle bats were discovered
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Adam Munday: Christmas coming too soon?
Economic Development
Preparations for Christmas seem to be coming around early every year
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Adrian Quin: Gloomy dose of reality from year that was
Economic Development
Did you manage to guzzle some Easter eggs... or are you banned from nibbling by the "health police".
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Lack of social care blamed for rise in bed blocking in Birmingham
Economic Development
The number of patients stuck in hospital unnecessarily has shot up by 70 per cent in Birmingham in the past year, official figures have revealed.
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Caparo Group founder Lord Paul facing suspension from House of Lords
Economic Development
A millionaire peer with significant business interests in the Black Country should be suspended from the House of Lords for four months, a parliamentary sleaze inquiry has ruled.
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Council expenses system much fairer than Parliament's
Economic Development
Parliament would do well to follow standards set in monitoring councillors’ allowances, says Chris Game.
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Concert true to Handel original
Retail & Consumer
Colin Baines has sung in more than 80 performances of Handel’s Messiah and helped prepare at least 30 as assistant conductor of the City of Birmingham Choir.
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Seasonal sonority
Retail & Consumer
As Easter approaches, performances from choral societies form a prominent part of the current concert calendar.
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