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Review: VMF Restaurant, Aston Villa
Retail & Consumer
Aston Villa onto a winner with its young team
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Higgs helps Talash expand hotel portfolio
Professional Services
Law firm backs entrepreneurs to buy Honiley Court Hotel
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Local enterprise partnerships could see more funding says Prime Minister
Economic Development
The Government committed £2 billion to the first Single Local Growth Fund pot – set up as a result of Lord Heseltine’s devolution plans, in which he called for a pot of more than £50 billion.
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Alcopal adverts banned over drink-driving claims
Enterprise
Birmingham company claimed Alcopal tablets would “guarantee to improve impairments caused by consuming alcohol”.
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Higgs & Sons advise on steel deal
Professional Services
The Higgs corporate team, led by Nick Taylor and supported by Jamie Partington, was able to complete the deal within a tight deadline.
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The hospital chief who came in from the cold
Economic Development
She was the youngest ever NHS hospital chief executive when appointed. Alison Stacey finds out why Birmingham Children's Hospital boss Sarah-Jane Marsh turned down the chance of becoming a spy to get into the business of saving lives.
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Fears over community response to khat ban
Economic Development
Home Office survey of people of Somali origin in Birmingham in 2005 found that 34 per cent said they had chewed khat in month before the interview
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Midland academy sponsors banned from opening more schools
Economic Development
Trusts told they can’t open new free schools or academies until they prove that pupils at their existing colleges “get a good education”
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West Midlands football clubs post a combined £87.5m loss
Economic Development
Financial struggles at Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers were behind the loss in 2013, which compares to an overall profit of £1.3 million the year before
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Jobs boost as Hill & Smith Holdings invests
Manufacturing
Hill & Smith Holdings has created 37 new jobs making temporary steel barriers on the back of rising spending on the country’s roads.
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Hill & Smith creates dozens of jobs as infrastructure spend rises
Manufacturing
Hill & Smith Holdings has created 37 new jobs making temporary steel barriers on the back of rising spending on the country’s roads
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Enoch Evans gets Law Society quality mark
Professional Services
The Walsall & Black Country firm celebrated becoming the first provider of legal services in Walsall and its surrounding areas to secure membership of the Law Society’s Wills and Inheritance Quality Scheme (WIQS). 
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Real Estate Investors enjoys four-fold profits rise
Commercial Property
The company has also announced its intention to convert to a REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust – which could be as early as 2015
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New 'Greater Birmingham' local authority could happen
Economic Development
The region may finally create an over-arching local authority, but the North will get there first, reports Political Editor Jonathan Walker
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Daily Leads & Deals: Stepnell awarded £448,500 contract for youth centre conversion
Professional Services
Business activity of the day for Friday, March 14 2014
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Non-English speakers outperforming natives in exams
Economic Development
In four of the seven local authorities in the region, pupils whose first language isn’t English outperform native speakers in getting 5 A*-C grades at GCSE
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Great British pub in peril as a way of life dries up
Opinion
A letter in last week's Post from Keith Watkins of the Walsall Campaign for Real Ale summed up the state of much of what is left of our pub industry.
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Court chaos forecast as lawyers walk out
Professional Services
Criminal lawyers across the region are to stage a mass exodus in anger at Justice Minister Chris Grayling’s latest cutbacks, which will see a further £220 million shaved off the legal aid bill
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Birmingham Day March 2014: Introduction from Gisela Stuart MP
Manufacturing
In the past two decades manufacturing’s share of the economy has fallen from 20 per cent to 10 per cent and there is an agreed consensus nationally that the economy needs to be rebalanced in favour of manufacturing
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Tributes paid after former BBC journalist dies
Enterprise
John Wood, who had been suffering with diabetes-related problems for several years, rose to Chief Press and Public Relations Officer at Pebble Mill after starting his career with the corporation in London in the 1950s
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Taming the Tame
Retail & Consumer
The much-maligned Environment Agency, local authorities, civil engineers and conservation bodies have had enormous success in alleviating flooding in many parts of the country.
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Overstretched Birmingham GPs turning away patients
Economic Development
Figures show that 14 per cent of patients who tried to get an appointment in the central and south Birmingham last year were unable to see a GP on the day they wanted.
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Busy Bees founder honoured by Birmingham City University after £220m sale
Economic Development
John Woodward, founder Busy Bees childcare, will be honoured at a ceremony at Birmingham City University
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Housing benefits bill hits £1.2bn a year in West Midlands
Economic Development
Private landlords raking in £6m a year from subsidised rent payments
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