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Article: Black Country: IMAGE? WHAT IMAGE? Is the Black Country still something of an unknown quantity outside of the West Midlands? Ian Halstead reports on the debate at the latest Business Property Forum.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 7, 2004
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Byline: Ian Halstead
The Black Country remains an unknown area to many people outside the region, according to the latest Birmingham Post Business Property Forum.
The debate, which is held in association with Headline Communications, exchanged its traditional Square Mile venues for Walsall Art Gallery last month.
Chairman Peter Burford, in typically provocative vein throughout, began the debate by asking if recent regeneration initiatives had improved the Black Country's historically poor image.
Bulleys' partner Rod Spiby believed that ...