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Fortunes are mixed for the legal sector
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The legal sector has endured a lot of consolidation during the recession. Now we are seeing an increased polarisation of the profession.
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The science behind investing in the art world
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Devoting a small proportion of your portfolio to more niche assets can have diversification benefits and an investment in art is a good example.
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Sir Albert cuts it fine in the face of Armageddon
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Sir Albert Bore has managed to avoid the predicted Armageddon in his budget work thus far.
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Auction will be a step back into library's past
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The other week I voiced my worries about the future of the spiral staircase in Birmingham’s former Central Library.
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Eric Pickles' bid to stop council PR being too interesting
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Eric Pickles says council newspapers are being used to promote authorities, and wants them to be scrapped.
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Calculating the cost of chucking the baby out with the bath water
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It was publicly admitted for the first time that council officers have been asked to work out the cost of cancelling the Service Birmingham IT and call centre contracts.
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An alternative to the Tata successes of recent years
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Tata's takeover of Jaguar Land Rover has been an unqualified triumph, the single biggest industrial º£½ÇÊÓƵ success story of recent years.
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Stuck in Beijing and the cards are stacked against me
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You are doing that check. Then a growing realisation. Oh dear, where is my bank card wallet? I am on the express train to the centre of Beijing. I am in China for the next ten days. Where is my bank card wallet?
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Birmingham becoming a city with buildings that people talk about
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Stacey Barnfield , editor of the Birmingham Post, lauds the growing profile of the city’s skyline and its ambitious architectural plans that match a growing international status.
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Birmingham suffers from a "largely bobbins transport policy"
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Cities Minister Greg Clark wants us to give having an elected Mayor to cover Greater Birmingham another shot.
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Appreciating the value of human capital
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What frequently differentiates the end products we buy, consisting of standard components, is how they look judged in terms of, for example, elegance and features
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Electric cars and floods - a shocking problem?
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Do electric cars and water mix? Are anxiety levels increased in stop/start traffic when there isn't the reassuring rumbling of a petrol engine at idle?
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Beijing bending away from Beckham
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Across downtown Beijing there are huge advertising hoardings featuring David Beckham promoting luxury clothes and watches.
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Will changes to the rules really make a big difference to Formula One season?
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The ‘if it ain’t broke’ mantra seems to have disappeared from the world of sport.
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More become pension savvy as retirement crisis is laid bare
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With the process of auto enrolment now in full swing, the workplace pensions environment is currently undergoing great change.
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Sleepover gave insight into top charity work
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Birmingham Law Society (BLS) held its annual charitable event, a ‘sleepover’ in St Phillip’s Churchyard, for the benefit of my chosen charity, St Basils.
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Why the Midlands is losing out on turning knowledge into gold
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The shrewdest venture investing takes advantage of ‘highly likely markets’.
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New runway will see us going places
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Birmingham Airport’s lengthened runway will open, allowing airlines to offer direct services to such distant destinations as the west coast of America, South America, South Africa and the Far East.
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Peaky Blinders through the eyes of Cecilia Costello
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Recovered song gives an insight into the real Peaky Blinder.
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If no-one’s there to hear Sir Albert does he actually make a sound?
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It has become clear that Council Leader Sir Albert Bore certainly makes a sound, even when there is no-one there to hear him.
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Bashing MPs over their pay for the sake of it breeds more cynicism
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MPs could receive an 11% pay rise to £74,000 after the Parliamentary Standards Authority recommendation.
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City should set out its stall for a better Christmas market
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It’s that time of year again, when the centre of Birmingham is transformed into an ersatz German fairytale village, dedicated to the consumption of beer, sausages and chocolate.
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Sleeping on the streets of Birmingham for a good cause
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Post Editor Stacey Barnfield joined colleagues for a night on the city centre streets in aid of St Basils homeless charity in Birmingham.
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"It's local government Jim, but not as we know it"
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David Cameron, at the CBI Annual Conference, said he would score the Local Enterprise Partnerships as a success since their launch following the last election.
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