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Surprise celebration salutes Leicester manufacturing stalwart Jaspal Minhas
Engineering
'Jaspal’s dedication complements his warm, sincere personality - in the manufacturing fraternity his reputation is second-to-none'
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Claim no-deal Brexit is intended to help currency speculators and hedge funds
Brexit
"Shouldn't the minister who is responsible for overseeing the risk to our economy stand up to the Prime Minister and tell him how inappropriate it is for any candidate for prime ministerial office or any party to accept funds from individuals speculating on the potentially enormous risk to our economy from no-deal Brexit?"
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Fastest 50 launched to celebrate the North East's fastest growing firms
North East
Newcastle law firm Ward Hadaway has been running the event with support from The Journal since 1998
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Ƶ industry slides into third recession in the last decade
Economy
David Bailey looks at the latest official data showing that Ƶ industry is sliding into its third recession.
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Channel 4 could move to Birmingham
BBC
Future of state-owned broadcaster is being debated by ministers
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Midland MPs put at heart of business and finance in Westminster
Economic Development
Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid has has been appointed Business Secretary while Ladywood's Shabana Mahmood will be Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
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General Election 2015: A disunited kingdom?
Opinion
What last week's general election did expose was that the Ƶ seems to be a more fragmented place than ever.
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We must champion diversity in Birmingham's boardrooms together
Opinion
The membership had changed significantly given the three board members who had retired at the last AGM.
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Business support is 'too complex' for firms to access
Economic Development
With more than 600 schemes designed to support business, firms struggle with the range of different organisations and measures
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£55m Regional Growth Fund boost for 12 West Midlands firms
Economic Development
Jaguar Land Rover and Stobart Biomass among 12 regional companies to share in latest round of funding from the Government's economic stimulus programme
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Driverless vehicles made in the Midlands go on show
Economic Development
Groundbreaking pods made by Midland firm RDM Group will be tested on public roads later this year after being given the green light
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City Link: Nearly 500 West Midlands jobs axed on New Year's Eve
Economic Development
A total of 491 job lossses have been confirmed in the region, many of whom learnt of the company’s collapse on Christmas Day
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Venture capitalist Jon Moulton apologises for festive City Link job losses
Economic Development
The Staffordshire-born investor, who was once close to buying Rover, claimed taxpayers would not foot “much of a bill” for redundancy payments for the firm’s staff
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Jaguar Land Rover pledges to produce a self-drive car within ten years
Manufacturing
Jaguar Land Rover told MPs it plans to build cars which gave motorists the option of driving for themselves or letting the vehicle take over.
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Vince Cable calls for resolution to Jaguar Land Rover pay dispute
Jaguar Land Rover
Shop stewards have called on workers to reject a deal worth around 14 per cent over three years amid fears that pensions will be cut to help pay for the rises
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Labour Shadow Universities Minister: I want a graduate tax
Economic Development
Birmingham MP Liam Byrne, Labours higher education spokesman, says he backs a graduate tax to replace student fees but party is still deciding policy
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HS2 college: Skills boost welcomed with 2,000 apprentices to be trained
High Speed 2
The college, which will train rail engineers of the future, will be spread across Birmingham Science Park Aston and Doncaster’s Lakeside Campus
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Birmingham MPs unite to demand HS2 college in the city
Economic Development
The MPs, eight Labour, one Conservative and one Lib Dem have all signed the letter in which they argue Birmingham is the only logical place for the college
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Zero hours clampdown promised by government
Economic Development
Ministers said they wanted to discover if "unscrupulous" employers might try to find a way of avoiding the ban by offering just one hour of work
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Region well-placed as £10m driverless cars boost unveiled
Manufacturing
Driverless cars will, for the first time, be driven on public roads in a series of trials that will last between 18 and 36 months
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West Midlands has more people in work than ever before
Economic Development
Latest data shows there are 2.52 million people employed in the region currently, which is more than any stage on record
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West Midlands unemployment falls by 66,000 in a single year
Economic Development
There were 268,000 people out of work in May 2013, compared to 202,000 a year on, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show
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Midland firm chosen to make Ƶ first driverless cars
Economic Development
Coventry-based RDM Group will work alongside Oxford University experts to create three test vehicles to carry two passengers unmanned at speeds of up to 7mph
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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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