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Region to receive £765m under European funding agreement
Economic Development
The West Midlands will receive more than £765 million worth of European money over the next six years in a funding deal confirmed today.
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Sex-change MEP Nikki Sinclaire 'overwhelmed' by support
Economic Development
West Midlands MEP has released her autobiography in which she revealed she had been born male
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Professor Feiger on economic fallacies, villains and heroes
Opinion
Professor Feiger of Aston University outlined the straightforward matter of, 'understanding systems dynamics in economics: the villains and the heroes'.
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SMEs missing out on export growth, according to new report
Economic Development
Financial contraints and lack of funding holding back Midland firms, says Trade & Export Finance Ltd survey
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West Midlands 'will be in export surplus next year'
Economic Development
Boom in overseas sales on back of Jaguar Land Rover set to push region into positive in terms of international trade
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Digby Jones: Britain must be prepared to leave EU
Economic Development
Lord Jones of Birmingham warned that the EU was a "job destroyer"
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Business leaders back call for new bonfire of red tape
Economic Development
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce said that the proposals 'could make a very real and tangible difference to companies'
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Happy front as Frankfurt prepares for China arrival
Opinion
Volkswagen poured a large bucket of cold water reality on perceptions of the state of the European car market.
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Mike Nattrass: I am NOT joining the English Democrats Party
Economic Development
West Midlands MEP slams right wing party after it claimed he was joining them from º£½ÇÊÓƵIP
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MEP Mike Nattrass to join English Democrats Party after quitting º£½ÇÊÓƵIP
Economic Development
Anti-EU politician criticised by Nikki Sinclaire for joining party which has been "infiltrated by BNP".
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G20 Summit also talked business
Opinion
The St. Petersburg summit was dominated by the crisis in Syria, yet its formal agenda was principally economic
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Judge backs º£½ÇÊÓƵIP in selection row
Economic Development
Deselection of West Midlands MEP Mike Nattrass was "not unfair"
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Jobs boost as Raptor electric vehicle orders soar
Manufacturing
Orders have come from the US and Australia for the a three-wheeled electric-powered vehicle that can travel up to 60 miles on a single charge
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A return to animal spirits at long last
Opinion
Whilst evidence of the improved economic outlook is relatively easy to find it’s more difficult to explain the reasons why the economy seems to be improving.
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Number out of work is highest since recession
Economic Development
West Midlands bucks national trend of falling unemployment with 18,000 rise in last quarter
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Labour mayoral hopeful could return with a European seat
Economic Development
Former Erdington MP Sion Simon is likely to be taking up a West Midlands seat in European Parliament next spring.
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Late payments still plague small firms and the recovery despite EU directive
Banking & Finance
More than 25 per cent of firms polled said late payment of invoices remained a frustration
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Midlands auto productivity accelerates as pace of innovation revs up
Opinion
With changing patterns of automotive production  Professor David Bailey predicts that the Midlands is well positioned to take advantage of its worldclass strengths in innovation having, as it does, 'one of the best design bases in the world'.
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Companies ‘need to fail’ for city to compete
Economic Development
The counter-intuitive statement came as evidence showed that more successful city economies have businesses springing up all the time and a competitive climate that means many to go to the wall
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Parliament ‘not holding EU or Government to account’
Economic Development
Gisela Stuart (Lab Birmingham Edgbaston) criticised the decision to scrap Commons debates about the European Council, the body which brings together national leaders from across the EU and makes key decisions
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Wind starting to change in EU direction
Opinion
This week the object of my rose-tinted gaze is Europe.
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Transatlantic deal plans to boost motor sector firms
Economic Development
All Party Parliamentary Motor Group chair Richard Burden urges all parties to back Midlands car industry
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Nigel Farage plans to bring º£½ÇÊÓƵIP into the mainstream
Economic Development
º£½ÇÊÓƵIP leader says they are no longer a single issue party and he has big plans for the election thanks to an unlikely role model
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Liam Byrne - dropping in and catching up on China
Opinion
Mike Loftus writes "About halfway through his new book " Turning to Face the East " Liam Byrne maybe reveals his hand."
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