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Birmingham Day March 2014: Profile - Englands Safety Equipment
Manufacturing
Englands Safety Equipment specialise in the design and supply of bespoke equipment to various law enforcement agencies and special forces throughout the world
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Budget 2014: Call for VAT on housework to be cut
Economic Development
Tens of thousands of jobs and £15 billion savings could result if George Osborne amends VAT laws, companies claim
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Push to get Midland SMEs exporting
Economic Development
The Improve Your Export Success seminar is next Wednesday lunchtime at the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce headquarters in Edgbaston amid fears of an ‘imbalance’ in the import-export ratio of many SMEs in the region
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'Offshored' jobs heading back to West Midlands
Manufacturing
Rising costs in China and the Far East means a boost for Midlands employment.
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JLR isn't enough for Cable's export dream to realise
Opinion
Vince Cable wants to see the º£½ÇÊÓƵ's selling £1 trillion worth of high-tech goods and services around the world
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50p tax rate is no attack on business
Opinion
Economics and jobs are of course huge and the fight will be intense to convince the British people who can deliver.
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Birmingham firm Nicolites in talks to have e-cigarettes classed as medicine
Manufacturing
Aston company could have its product prescribed by the NHS and other medical professionals
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Soshi Games celebrates £285,000 crowd-funding success
Enterprise
Soshi Games, based at Birmingham Science Park Aston, has secured £285,000 via the SyndicateRoom equity crowd-funding platform
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Mind to Market - Closing the gap between education and customers
Opinion
We need more people teaching who are able to maintain a market stance or posture whilst at the same time helping to create the means to impart this information to students.
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Jobs boost after training firm given £750k funding
Banking & Finance
Succeed secured the capital from Birmingham City Council and Finance Birmingham’s Business Loan Fund
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SMEs bullish about 2014 growth prospects
Economic Development
Survey also finds two fifths of bosses feel they have a good work-life balance and just three per cent believe that running their business has a negative impact on their relationships with family and friends
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Rebalancing regional economies requires City leadership in developing eco-systems
Opinion
Whilst there is much talk about innovation eco-systems and their value to wealth creation there is not so much about the practical means to understand, harness and develop them.
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Minimum wage rise will his small businesses
Opinion
Small companies are going to be hit with further overheads as the cost of the new pension laws come into effect, coupled with the ever increasing rates for fuel and power
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Longbridge's £1 billion rejuvenation could take another 20 years, admits developer
Economic Development
Development of 468-acre site complex, which once housed the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s most famous car plant, is nearing its halfway aim of creating 10,000 jobs across high-technology, retail and leisure
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Midlands leading the º£½ÇÊÓƵ recovery, says recruitment firm Hays
Economic Development
Global recruitment giant Hays say the region’s ‘fantastically broad-based economy’ is helping power the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s fightback from the downturn.
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Seminar tackles IP protection
Economic Development
Marks & Clerk held an intellectual property breakfast seminar at the Innovation Birmingham Campus.
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Birmingham City University to launch website linking business students to SMEs
Economic Development
Project aims to increase interaction with SMEs, including offering advice and access to funding.
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£9.3m helping hand for Birmingham's entrepreneurs
Economic Development
Enterprise Catalyst business support scheme has been part funded by the European Regional Development Fund
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Nuclear physicist wages war on hackers
Economic Development
West Midlands businesses are being blackmailed by gangs of organised cyber criminals who are charging monthly fees for them to access their own databases.
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Fortunes are mixed for the legal sector
Opinion
The legal sector has endured a lot of consolidation during the recession. Now we are seeing an increased polarisation of the profession.
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An alternative to the Tata successes of recent years
Opinion
Tata's takeover of Jaguar Land Rover has been an unqualified triumph, the single biggest industrial º£½ÇÊÓƵ success story of recent years.
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Women still paid far less than male counterparts
Economic Development
The gender pay divide is widening, according to pro-female campaigners Opportunity Now, from Business in the Community
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Divided reaction to Autumn Statement 2013
Economic Development
Business groups welcome the Chancellor's moves while union leaders have warned about mounting austerity and debt problems
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Challenger bank Aldermore looking to shake up Big Four
Economic Development
The bank posted its first year of profits in 2012, and by June this year had over 84,000 deposit accounts
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