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The Birmingham Big Art Project - a chance to create a new iconic glue?

I'm proud to have been asked to join the board and hope to make a contribution as Glyn moves this idea through artifice to art.

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Classic design and cutting edge technology: The best of British?

It's a remarkable collaborative effort between Morgan and aluminium specialist Superform which is helping to create growth and jobs, and to redefine the nature of the industry.

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Making sense of the latest economic data

The latest raft of economic data produced by the ONS provides mixed messages as to where we currently are in the recovery process.

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How budget pension plan could leave racing in the doldrums...

Bookies asked to foot the bill might withdraw vital funding

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Early bird catches benefit of tax year

Have you ever wondered why on earth our tax year runs from April 6 to April 5 – it is such an odd date, not even a month end.

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Narcissists - can't work with them, can't work without them

We are ever more interested in executives responsible for leading major companies and organisations.

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How they did like to be beside the seaside

Last Sunday, courtesy of the Flatpack Film Festival, I had the opportunity of hosting John Krish’s marvellous 1961 documentary, They Took Us to the Sea.

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Miliband under pressure to hand power to cities

Labour leader Ed Miliband may need bold policies in order to secure an election win.

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Mustn't grumble... city sees a huge big drop in councillor complaints

Politics in Birmingham has cleaned itself up after it was revealed that the independent standards committee has not even met this year.

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No Lamborghinis for councillors as pension scheme gets the chop

Councillors have had their Local Government Pension Scheme policies terminated at the end of their current term of office, and barred to their successors.

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'Greater Brum' is a phrase too far for the greater good

The whole Greater Birmingham debate is a bit of a curate’s egg to those of us outside the city’s political and corporate elites.

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Incentivising the public to help manage flooding in their gardens

If we were to encourage people to keep their gardens green let's think about the multiple benefits to us all that such actions might deliver.

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March of the Makers finally underway?

The much-vaunted 'March of the Makers' may well have stumbled last year but is finally moving again, and at a decent enough rate for now at least.

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Let's move the Chinese border down the M6

The West Midlands is the only part of the ��Ƶ with a positive trade balance with China.

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Aston Martin secures funding for new model range

Iconic-car maker Aston Martin is thought to have secured as much as $165m in funding to underpin investment a new model range

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How #birminghamsmell provided a whiff of the value of social media

In Birmingham we use social media in a way that’s somehow ambitious yet grounded, conscious of our past and self-deprecating all at the same time.

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Is Michael Gove planning to slash funding for schools in major towns and cities?

For years schools in some parts of the country have been complaining that they receive far less funding than others.

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With friends like this, who needs 60,000 traffic fines to sort out?

Warning signs for motorists approaching three out of ten city centre bus lanes were inadequate

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Considering inequality in Britain

Accounts of poverty and injustice are included in publications going back millennia and repeated ever since; especially in the works of Charles Dickens.

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Birmingham - where iconic brands are born

Birmingham and its hinterland, the Midlands, is first as a city of designers and makers.

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Gary Bainbridge: I'm a running joke

Death might be preferable to a fitness regime

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Christopher Bucktin: Should New York City mayor rain on anyone's parade?

Bill de Blasio has caused a row after announcing plans to boycott the Big Apple's St Patrick Day’s Parade

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Bookies are flat to the boards in the race for your cash

Big guns line up for battle... but who are the winners and losers?

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A new era for mortgage planning has arrived

Following almost five years of review and consultation, we will see the new rules for mortgage advice and sales come into effect on April 26.

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