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£11m college campus plans get go-ahead
Economic Development
The new three-storey facility will be built on empty land next to Walsall College’s existing Wisemore Campus on the edge of Walsall Town Centre and is expected to open in September 2015
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Midland house price rises mean homeowners 'need to double salary'
Economic Development
Spiralling house prices and a slowdown in the number of home being built in recent years mean that in parts of the region people would need to take home an extra £24,000 a year to be as well off as they were in 1997
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Midland police 'should patrol polling stations'
Economic Development
The Electoral Commission listed 16 areas at risk of electoral fraud and called for police, local authorities and political parties to take tough action in May to combat it
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Greater Birmingham: Pulling together to become the Self-Made Place
Opinion
Too many people in Birmingham prefer to say they are from Longbridge, Aston, Ladywood, Edgbaston.
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Time to say hello to regional mayor and cash control?
Opinion
Big cities should be allowed to put up council tax, keep a share of VAT and elect regional mayors and assemblies in a similar way to London, according to Birmingham City Council.
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Jazz Diary with Peter Bacon
Retail & Consumer
Peter Bacon rounds-up the coming week of jazz events in the West Midlands.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: Tightening the focus on our entrepreneurs
Economic Development
Our tighter geographical focus means we are concentrating on the area covered by our three local enterprise partnerships.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.=12 - Casper MacDonald-Hall (£450m)
Commercial Property
Turnover at Kingswinford-based London & Cambridge Properties increased to £88.2 million in 2012-13, reflecting steady growth in recent years.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.20 - Richard Harpin (£150m)
Economic Development
Richard Harpin’s Homeserve, the Walsall-based home maintenance and insurance firm, is still rebuilding after more than £450 million was wiped off its share value in November 2011.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.23 - James Holder (£140m)
Retail & Consumer
Studley-born James Holder’s SuperGroup fashion retailer is recovering from a big drop in share price in 2012.
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2014: No.=33 - Raj Chatha (£95m)
Retail & Consumer
A successful drinks distribution business keeps 43 year-old Raj Chatha in this year’s Birmingham Post Rich List.
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Tougher restrictions on postal voting rejected by watchdog
Economic Development
Electoral Commission ruled out changes despite naming Birmingham, Coventry and Walsall as fraud hotspots
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Review: Out of Order at The Grange Playhouse, Walsall
Retail & Consumer
Ray Cooney's comedy about Richard Willey, a Junior Government Minister, who plans to spend the evening with one of the Opposition's typists when things go disastrously wrong
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170-year-old rail track could be re-opened to create link to HS2 line
Economic Development
Chinese ready to stump up £280m to put thousands of people within minutes of high speed interchange
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Elections watchdog rules out crackdown on postal voting
Economic Development
The Electoral Commission has named Birmingham, Walsall and Coventry as election fraud hotspots - but rejected calls to restrict postal voting, which has been connected to fraud in the past.
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Edgar Stammers Primary School
Economic Development
Find out how Edgar Stammers Primary School rates compared to other primary schools in Walsall with our school ratings
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Rough Hay Primary School
Economic Development
Find out how Rough Hay Primary School rates compared to other primary schools in Walsall with our school ratings
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Birmingham Post's 2011 Rich List hints at private sector recovery
Economic Development
If the coalition government is looking to the private sector to take up the employment slack of public sector cuts, then the Birmingham Post Rich List is probably a good barometer for predicting how successful that aspiration will be.
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