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Profits rise at Marston's
Banking & Finance
Revenue was up by 4.5 per cent to £374.3 million while pre-tax profit increased by 9.4 per cent to £29 million.
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Who will get to vote on May 22 and who's it for?
Economic Development
Chris Game examines the potential machinations of next week's local elections across the West Midlands
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Historic Birmingham undertaker acquired by Laurel Funerals
Professional Services
Deal hungry Wolverhampton parlour snaps up WH Scott & Son and Kent-based Earl & Co in double deal
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Warwick rises and Birmingham City University falls in new rankings
Economic Development
The University of Warwick is the leading university in the West Midlands, according to TheCompleteUniversityGuide.co.uk, while BCU was the region's biggest faller
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ICE Awards 2014
Commercial Property
Institution of Civil Engineers 2014 West Midlands Awards
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Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton battle to host high speed rail college
Economic Development
Midland cities Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry are competing to build a £20 million rail engineering college.
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Show blurring lines between the pros and the local boys
Retail & Consumer
The classic novel Lord of the Flies has been brought to the stage with the help of 22 local boys, discovers Diane Parkes
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Artist turns full circle with album covers that inspired him
Enterprise
He made his name as a graffiti artist and now Birmingham's Temper is returning with a new collection based on classic LP covers. Graham Young reports.
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Charity expert joins EFG Independent Financial Advisers
Banking & Finance
Simon Williams will develop and communicate EFG's help for charities including investment, banking relationships, use of short term reserves and developing contingency plans
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Social network firm moves to Birmingham Science Park
Enterprise
Wambiz to target new product at schools and colleges to improve student interaction and attendance
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º£½ÇÊÓƵ's biggest loan collection of British art buys work by West Midlands artists
Retail & Consumer
After being spotted at galleries and studios in Birmingham, work by Barbara Walker, Stuart Whipps, Chris Clinton and Lucy Hutchinson is the latest to be purchased by the Arts Council Collection’s Acquisitions Committee
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Alcohol shortens men's lives by over 12 months
Economic Development
New figures reveal drink-related health crisis across the Midlands
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Shappi Khorsandi: The industry is so male dominated I couldn't rest
Retail & Consumer
Comedian Shappi Khorsandi tells Roz Laws about life as a single mum and being the token female on TV shows.
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Estate agent Goodchilds makes Colmore Row move
Commercial Property
Wolverhampton-based estate agents and lettings firm Goodchilds has moved into 102 Colmore Row in Birmingham city centre, taking 269 sq ft at £25 per sq ft on a five year term
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'Telling Jimmy Savile to get lost is my badge of honour'
Retail & Consumer
Disabled comedian Laurence Clark tells Roz Laws about being patronised – even by Jimmy Savile
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Up to 143 jobs axed as Sandvik closes Midland plant
Economic Development
Engineering giant Sandvik Machining Solutions plans to shut its Featherstone plant and move production out of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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Solihull stands in the way of West Midlands combined authority
Economic Development
Talks are taking place over the region’s authorities uniting under one banner, which could unlock a £20 billion pot were Labour to take power next year
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Peer-to-peer lending backs Iron Works gym owners
Banking & Finance
Husband and wife team use lending model to help them takeover Birmingham gym
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Call for apprenticeships to be pushed in secondary schools
Manufacturing
A suggestion apprenticeships should be highlighted in secondary schools was one of the key messages at the launch of EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation’s new Technology Training Centre.
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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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Time to recognise female pioneers of our civic life
Opinion
Today's theatre is seriously diverse. The Birmingham Rep's current programme, for instance, lists forthcoming plays about a granny pirate, an Eritrean refugee, aspirational binmen, and the No 11 bus.
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Birmingham City Council leader: We must redraw region's economic boundaries
Economic Development
He is among a group of Labour leaders in the region, alongside the leaders of Wolverhampton and Sandwell’s councils, to call for a West Midlands-wide authority in recent weeks
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Farage, EU and Immigration
Opinion
As a British citizen - but one who is, essentially, from an immigrant family - the current xenophobic climate is, at the best, unsettling; at the worst, alarming.
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The perfect time to strike up the band
Retail & Consumer
The poignant story of musical miners was a hit around the world. Roz Laws discovers more about the latest Brassed Off show.
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