Recently added articles from The Birmingham Post (England):
JLR staff asked to delay wages on the day new range revealed.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Byline: JONGRIFFIN Thousands of salaried employees at Jaguar Land Rover have been asked to agree to delayed wage payments to "smooth out cash-flow" at the loss-making group. As the 4x4 manufacturer today prepared to fight back against the recession with the ...
Rotary Convention: City coffers boostedby [...].
Jul 02, 2009 ... Rotary Convention: City ...
pounds 25M KEY FIGURE [...].
Jul 02, 2009 ... pounds 25M KEY FIGURE The amount of money the International ...
No more state-subsidised second homes; COMMENT.
Jul 02, 2009 ... MPs should rent one-bedroom flats - page 14 Despite all the scandal, all the public outrage and all the resignations, some MPs still don't understand what the problem is with the expenses arrangements in the House of Commons. It's not simply that a few MPs were ...
Council should have more powers to refuse late-night plans.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Row over kebab shop opening - page 15 The case of Village Kebab Shop in Moseley is really about more than one fast food outlet. Police wanted the shop to employ bouncers if it hoped to stay open until 3am. Bouncers, or doormen as they are often called, are ...
TODAY'S EVENT.
Jul 02, 2009 ... What: UK Performance Poetry Slam. Where: The Rep. When: 7.45pm. Details: Two of the West Midlands' best poets compete in the ...
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Who: Kim Ward Why: The chief executive of Brierley Hillbased aerospace specialist Hampson Industries saw his firm's shares gain seven per cent yesterday after announcing a $30m project in the US. Background: Hampson is one of the world's leading specialists in making tooling for assembling ...
SHAREWATCH.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Who: Evolution Group Why: The financial services group has seen a good first half of the year, and while income streams are not necessarily secure for the whole of 2009, there is still reason to be confident. The two big events in that time were ...
02.07.2009.
Jul 02, 2009 ... BUSINESS NEWS 4-11 LDV dealers 'working for nothing' Around 200 employees at LDV dealerships across Europe have been forced to work for nothing following the vanmaker's collapse with debts of pounds 75 million. Page 4 Rotarians add pounds 25m to city's coffers The international Rotarian ...
KEY WORDS.
Jul 02, 2009 ... We had business people and opinion formers from all over the world in ...
Trinity Mirror to close titles; MEDIA.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Birmingham Post owner Trinity Mirror Midlands has announced plans to cut a number of newspapers to secure its long term future. About 94 redundancies are anticipated across the Midlands businesses and the company has now entered a period of consultation with all affected staff. ...
M& S's smaller-than-expected sales decrease boosts ailing sector; RETAIL.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Byline: GRAEMEBROWN Retail giant Marks & Spencer has provided a boost for the ailing retail sector by announcing a smaller-thanexpected fall in sales. Chief executive Sir Stuart Rose, who has been criticised over recent trading and corporate governance issues, said ...
LDV dealers in Europe 'working for nothing' AUTOMOTIVE.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Byline: JONGRIFFIN Around 200 employees at LDV dealerships across Europe have been forced to work for nothing following the vanmaker's collapse with debts of pounds 75 million. Staff at the crisis-torn Birmingham van maker's dealer network in Holland, Belgium, Spain, ...
Why we all need better value; city view.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Every four years I deride the Americans for taking 18 months to elect a President. We do the job in a three-week campaign, don't we? And there is no shilly-shallying afterwards. The removal van calls at No 10 next morning for the loser's knickknacks. Well, this time the British ...
Rotarians' pounds 25m lift to city coffers; CONFERENCE.
Jul 02, 2009 ... The international Rotarian convention that came to Birmingham last week pumped nearly pounds 25 million into the city's coffers. The influx of 20,000 to the conference held at the NEC was worth huge amounts of money to local hotels, shops, attractions and businesses - at least ...
Short-term gain is no way to run a railway for the nation; Analyst Howard Wheeldon considers National Express's struggles and the future for the rail industry.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Byline: Howard Wheeldon In the face of falling passenger demand on its East Coast main line and in anticipation of running up first-half losses of around pounds 20 million, it seems that National Express has effectively walked away from the important and seemingly valuable ...
National Express goes off rails on East Coast; TRANSPORT.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Byline: GRAEME BROWN Debt-ridden transport firm National Express made up to pounds 20million in firsthalf losses on its East Coast franchise before hand of the London to Scotland rail route yesterday after National Express defaulted on its franchise. Meanwhile, chief ...
Union leaders call for action to save two shipyards from closure; MARITIME.
Jul 02, 2009 ... Union leaders have urged politicians and shipbuilding bosses to act now to prevent the closure of yards with the loss of thousands of jobs. A leaked memo has reportedly revealed plans which could see two British shipyards close. The memo says that the Ministry of ...
Cineworld reports blockbusting first-half sales figures; LEISURE.(Financial report)
Jul 02, 2009 ... Blockbusters including Slumdog Millionaire, X-Men and Transformers drove half-year box office sales up by 17.9 per cent at Cineworld. The UK's second biggest cinema chain reported on a "healthy" first half, thanks to the strong line-up of films, with director Danny Boyle's ...
New bank deal secures future of Metalrax; ENGINEERING.
Jul 02, 2009 ... The jobs of hundreds of workers have been secured after engineering group Metalrax arranged a crucial refinancing deal with its banks. Just a week ago, chief executive Andrew Richardson said the West Midlands firm would be unable to continue if it could not arrange a deal. ...