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Alert on threat of rise in oil prices
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The threat of rising production costs has been heightened after oil prices climbed to nearly $80 a barrel – the highest level for five weeks.
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Jaguar Land Rover in recruitment drive for graduates
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Resurgent car-maker Jaguar Land Rover is defying the recession to take on more than 100 graduates and undergraduates in a major recruitment drive of young talent.
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Pro-face stay local to look worldwide
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An international electronics company has provided a shot in the arm for the West Midlands by opting against a relocation out of the area.
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Car valeting group making a tidy future
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Industrial Editor John Cranage looks at one company’s expansion despite the recession
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Production heading back to º£½ÇÊÓƵ over freight concerns
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Manufacturers are moving production back to the º£½ÇÊÓƵ from overseas amid concerns over quality and the high cost of freight.
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West Midlands automotive industry heads to India for AutoExpo
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West Midland automotive companies will be looking to build on Tata’s presence in the region when they visit India early in the new year.
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Exports helping Birmingham manufacturers through recession
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Manufacturers in Birmingham and Solihull are turning to export sales to help them through the economic downturn, according to new figures.
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Wind of change is ruffling the locals
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With pressure on the Government to use renewable energy, wind turbines could soon be installed without the need for planning permission.
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West Midlands firms told to grab green opportunities
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Manufacturers in the West Midlands are being urged to embrace the low carbon agenda and take advantage of a £3 trillion marketplace in the process.
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Innovative Weatherite goes 'tri-gen'
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A West Bromwich manufacturer is tackling the recession and diversifying to produce the next innovation in sustainable combined heat and power systems.
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Tallest paper tower in the world
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Teamwork between two Wedge Group galvanizing plants – B E Wedge at Willenhall and East Anglian Galvanizing near Peterborough – has helped create the tallest paper tower in the world.
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Debate over automotive sector policy
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The automotive industry in the West Midlands is being invited to make a contribution towards European policies next year.
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Big rush for JCB Academy places
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Demand for places at the JCB Academy is gathering pace – with the £22 million regional centre of learning not due to open its doors for the first intake of students until September 2010.
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Administrators called in at troubled manufacturing companies
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Employees at two West Midland companies which have fallen into administration just days before Christmas look set to face an anxious festive period.
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DR Shoes taking steps to beat recession
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A Staffordshire designer of fashion shoes is beating the recession by finding new markets across the globe – with help from º£½ÇÊÓƵ Trade & Investment.
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Breakthrough at Redditch firm Springpart
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A specialist manufacturer from Redditch is celebrating its 35th birthday by pioneering a new solution to producing springs for the pharmaceutical industry.
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Hill & Smith raises £1m with sale of subsidiary
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Engineering group Hill & Smith has raised £1 million by selling a subsidiary firm.
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Business Profile: William McGrath, chief executive of Aga Rangemaster
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Investment bankers with a passion for manufacturing are rare.
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Wind of change a step closer to reality
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The Midland company planning to build a £1.3 billion offshore wind farm which could provide more than one per cent of the nation’s energy is poised to submit planning permission for a key part of its site in Norfolk.
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GKN to cut jobs at Birmingham plant
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The Redditch-based group has made 19 people redundant at its Aerospace Transparency Systems plant in Kings Norton.
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GKN expects profits of up to £80m
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Automotive and aerospace firm GKN is expected to make up to £80 million profits this year after it revealed to investors that trading had been better than expected.
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Engineers' drought could hit º£½ÇÊÓƵ hard
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More than half a million new engineers will be needed by 2017 to ensure the recovery of the national economy, a major new manufacturing report reveals.
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Campaigners to fight on after planning approval given for leisure village in Warwickshire
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Campaigners have vowed to fight on after developers were given approval for a controversial leisure village in the Warwickshire countryside.
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Job losses as auto supply firm falls into administration
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Nineteen people have lost their jobs and a further 21 positions are under threat after a Coventry-based automotive supply firm collapsed into administration.
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