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Experts discuss issues affecting manufacturing
Economic Development
Businesses from across the region gathered to hear from two leading experts on manufacturing and the automotive industry at Aston University.
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House prices in Birmingham rise 10pc in one year
Economic Development
Average cost of house in city now £181,000, although price growth well behind London and Manchester
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Revenues rise for Unipart
Manufacturing
Total Unipart Group turnover for the year ended December 31 2013 was £1.055 billion, up by £45 million from £1.010 billion in 2012.
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Growth plans after Oakhill Optical agrees funding deal
Banking & Finance
The wholesale and manufacturing laboratory supplies ophthalmic lenses to around 120 clients across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and Ireland, including high street store Boots opticians
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Alucast reshores £2.5m contracts from India and Brazil
Manufacturing
Wednesbury-based Alucast, which specialises in sand, gravity and pressure casting, has won business back from abroadl, continuing a reshoring theme that has created 1,500 manufacturing jobs since 2011
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March of the Makers finally underway?
Opinion
The much-vaunted 'March of the Makers' may well have stumbled last year but is finally moving again, and at a decent enough rate for now at least.
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Osborne delivers Budget for pensioners, working people and manufacturers
Economic Development
More than 250,000 working people in the West Midlands will be taken out of income tax entirely under changes announced in George Osborne's Budget statement
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Midlands manufacturing hits 16-year high
Manufacturing
The quarterly Manufacturing Outlook survey published today by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and business advisers and accountancy firm BDO LLP in the Midlands reveals a new mood of optimism among industrialists.
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MIPIM 2014: º£½ÇÊÓƵ Central opportunities on show
Commercial Property
Attendees to Greater Birmingham’s stand at MIPIM 2014 will hear first hand from key players in the scheme, including Councillor Ian Courts of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council and Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council
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Manufacturers urged to chase offshore wind sector
Manufacturing
A major new conference will highlight how companies should prepare to take advantage of billions of pounds of new contracts.
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Economy is months away from pre-recession levels, report claims
Banking & Finance
The latest Business Trends report by business adviser BDO shows the predicted growth is fuelled by markedly strong optimism and hiring intentions across all sectors of the economy, with manufacturers in particular feeling very positive about the future
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£1m investment at Birmingham doors company
Manufacturing
Tyseley firm Warrior Doors is investing £1 million to expand into new premises - creating jobs in the process
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Barometer reveals surge in investment from Midland manufacturers
Manufacturing
Nearly 90 per cent of respondents to the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) Barometer were planning to spend on capital equipment
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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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Works starts on £60m Rolls-Royce centre
Manufacturing
Centre is being funded through a £40 million investment by Rolls-Royce, matched by a £20 million government grant
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JLR deal will see Land Rovers built in Saudi Arabia
Manufacturing
Rapidly-expanding Jaguar Land Rover is set to sign up for a major manufacturing plant – eventually employing as many as 5,000 people – according to a high-level JLR source
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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 2014: Profile - Toye & Co, historic manufacturer based in city
Manufacturing
Company holds a Royal Warrant from Her Majesty The Queen as supplier of Gold and Silver Laces, Insignia and Embroidery, and was commissioned to manufacture the medal presented to serving personnel in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
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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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Survey claims offshored business is coming back to region
Manufacturing
Key findings of an EEF/Squire Sanders survey showed that one in six companies re-shored production in-house in the last three years, and a similar number re-shored sourcing to a º£½ÇÊÓƵ based supplier
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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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'Birmingham Day' to make most of city firms
Economic Development
Region to highlight its best firms
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Oh, recession, how I miss you - misery was so much more fun
Opinion
We're out of recession, though the recovery isn't looking much different at the moment.
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Bishop of Birmingham says it's a scandal that so many depend on food banks
Economic Development
Birmingham's Bishop will visit foodbanks and shelters across Birmingham during the festival of Lent
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