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Enda Mullen

Rivals offer reprieve for axed Blitz Games Studios staff after firm's collapse
Economic Development
Blitz, one of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s longest-running video games developers, announced it was to close on September 12, with around 175 people losing their jobs.
Plastic trombone maker lands Innovation of the Year award
Manufacturing
Warwick Music honoured at Nectar Small Business Awards
Video games developer Blitz closes
Enterprise
Blitz Games Studios was founded by brothers Andrew and Philip Oliver, who formerly worked with Codemasters
Tata's Jaguar Land Rover turnaround has created more than 35,000 jobs
Economic Development
Figure emerged after firm’s latest announcement that it is creating 1,700 new jobs at its Land Rover plant in Solihull
International trade tops agenda at European conference
Economic Development
European Trade Study Group conference is the largest meeting of trade economists and is taking place at the University of Birmingham
VIDEO: Jaguar in uncharted territory with C-X17 crossover concept car
Economic Development
Designed to showcase the firm’s advanced aluminium monocoque architecture, it is expected to make it into production in the near future
Business prospects hit 29-month high, says BDO Output Index
Economic Development
Business confidence also continues upward trend but hiring intentions level off
Chiltern unveils new look Birmingham to London trains
Economic Development
Launch of upgraded rolling stock is part of a £5.3 million train investment programme
Taxi production returns to the West Midlands
Manufacturing
Production of the famous London taxi is set to resume in the Midlands – almost a year after the company that made it went into administration.
Midland firm to make black cabs again a year after administration
Economic Development
Chinese automotive giant Geely stepped in to save Manganese Bronze earlier this year
Law firm takes over Bromsgrove practice
Professional Services
The two-partner Bromsgrove firm, which can trace its roots back nearly 130 years, provides a variety of family, matrimonial, probate and property legal services
Boss is always there with ‘Big Brother’ app
Economic Development
Solihull firm launches app which can follow employees' every move
The futuristic vision of a Birmingham that never was
Economic Development
A fascinating insight into how 1950s town planners envisioned Birmingham has been revealed with the reprint of two influential books that helped shape the nation’s cities. Enda Mullen reports
David Higgs celebrates 50 years of law with the family firm
Professional Services
Lawyer David Higgs reveals how the profession has changed over five decades. Enda Mullen reports.
Summer heatwave sees income boost for Enterprise Inns
Economic Development
July sees rise in sales across the country for Solihull-based pubco
Legend of the Queen giving Birmingham's ring road the wrong name is confirmed
Economic Development
Her Majesty named the entire route the Queensway, rather than just the Queensway tunnel, when she opened the road on April 7, 1971.
How the British won the war but squandered its motor industry
Economic Development
The demise of Birmingham’s MG Rover is the focus of a new documentary exploring why Germany’s car industry prospered as Britain’s declined. Dominic Sandbrook explains.
Challinors has debts of more than £11 million
Economic Development
Figure emerged after the firm’s partners unanimously agreed a notice of intention to appoint administrators
HS2 could create up to 50,000 jobs, claim bosses
Economic Development
High-speed rail officials pledged the HS2 line could create about 50,000 jobs as they visited to Birmingham.
Black Country business leaders welcome closer ties with Birmingham
Black Country
Paul Bennett, president of Black Country Chamber of Commerce, welcomed comments by Sir Albert, who called for closer ties between the neighbouring areas.
Creditors hit out at unpaid debts as Challinors sale is planned
Law
Dharmendar Khag, who said he lent the firm £400,000 over a two-year period, and games designer Cosmic Concepts, which said it lent the firm £250,000, have both served statutory demands on partners of Challinors.
Calls for Moseley to be more like Brighton than Bournville as battle looms over suburb's future
Moseley
Critics of a vision for Moseley, laid out in the Moseley Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), claim it focuses too much on policing and conservation rather than rejuvenating its daytime economy.
Family to be cast in statue outside new Library of Birmingham
Mailbox
The remaining contenders in the Ikon Gallery’s Real Birmingham Family competition will be showcased in a new exhibition at the BBC’s Mailbox base, opening on August 5.
Project for major new public art for Birmingham gets go-ahead - now it just needs the funding
Economic Development
As the proposal to create an iconic piece of public art for Birmingham gathers pace, Enda Mullen looks at the vision behind the exciting £1 million project