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Land Rover marks the end of Defender production
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Special ceremony at Solihull plant welcomes former Top Gear presenters to see final Defender roll off the production line
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End of the road for Land Rover Defender
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The final edition of the famous 4x4 will roll off the production line in Solihull tomorrow after 68 years of production
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Government needs to rethink decision to scrap MAS
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Professor David Bailey says it is a backward decision by the Government to axe the Manufacturing Advisory Service
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Jobs boost as ADI Group plans to create 500 new roles
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Engineering firm which was a winner at the Birmingham Post Business Awards says it will double by 2020
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.1 - Lord Bamford & family
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Lord Bamford’s JCB – one of the world’s most famous companies – celebrated 70 years in business in October
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.2 - Lord Paul of Marylebone & family
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16 companies from Lord Paul's Black Country-based steel and engineering empire, the Caparo Group, went into administration last autumn
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.3 - Jacques Gaston Murray & family
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Andrew Sykes is largely owned by the oldest entrant in our Rich List, 96 year-old Jacques Gaston Murray
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.4 - John Bloor
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The upturn in the housing market, escalating prices and ultra-low interest rates have propelled John Bloor into the exclusive billionaires' club
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.28 - Andrew Thorpe and family
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Andrew Thorpe is chairman and joint chief executive of the Redditch-based company F W Thorpe, which designs, manufactures and supplies professional lighting systems
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.29 - Jeremy Woolridge and family
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Jeremy Woolridge runs the Willenhall-based Wedge Group which galvanises steel and iron components
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.32= - Constantine Folkes
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Constantine Folkes’ Folkes Holdings operates across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and South Africa, with a mixed commercial property portfolio worth more than £100 million
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.32= - Simon Preedy & family
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Simon Preedy runs Warwickshire-based Marla Tube Fittings which specialises in metal tube manufacture
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.42= Afzal and Shabir Alimahomed
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Birmingham's Hall Green Greyhound Stadium, home to dog racing for nearly 90 years, was sold to the Alimahomed's Euro Property Investments Ltd for £3 million in April 2014
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: No.48 - David Ball & family
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David Ball’s industrial fan business – Elta Group Ltd – has restructured and put aside investment to support the º£½ÇÊÓƵ construction sector and grow its own business
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Birmingham Post Rich List 2016: Global slowdown takes its toll on manufacturing
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Slowdowns in the previously buoyant economies of China, India and Brazil, Russian sanctions and sluggish economies in Europe have taken their toll on manufacturers
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Fight to bring Aston Martin to Sutton Coldfield hots up
Aston Martin
Council leader says attracting the luxury car brand to green belt is now a priority as manufacturer eyes multiple sites
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Formula 1 supplier secures multimillion-pound buyout
Engineering
Precision Technologies International wins support from Finance Birmingham to back a deal which will see it enter new markets
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Video: Fly-through clip shows JLR's expansion plans
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New 90-second video gives insight into what the site and £40 million bridge could look like if project wins city council backing
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Jaguar Land Rover reveals giant investment amid plans for new car factory
Manufacturing
The car giant is set to spend about £500 million on a 30-acre site in Coventry, less than 12 months after a huge investment in Castle Bromwich
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Futura sales rise to £25m after best year on record
Technology
Black Country manufacturer enjoys bumper period in company's 28-year history after securing more than £3m worth of orders over past year
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LDV vans return to Birmingham... but now they're made in China
Manufacturing
LDV vans, built at Washwood Heath until the firm’s collapse seven years ago, will go on sale in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ again under a new brand
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Steel business set to realise ambitions with funding package
Wolverhampton
Midland Bright Steels plans to double its workforce after securing a £250,000 finance package
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JLR reveals record global sales - despite fall in China
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Record figures in º£½ÇÊÓƵ and Europe boost car giant's global sales - despite fall in Far East
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Record º£½ÇÊÓƵ sales as Jaguar Land Rover breaks 100,000 barrier
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The º£½ÇÊÓƵ remains the number one market for the car giant after a 22 per cent rise in sales in its home country last year, to 100,787
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