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Latest News | Approval has been recommended for a bid to increase the capacity of Resorts World Arena to more than 21,000 ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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In this blog, Professor Martin Freer, director of the Energy Research Accelerator and the Birmingham Energy Institute, suggests that one of the ways we can both restart the economy and fight climate change is by focusing on decarbonisation of heat.
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A major shareholder in Sutton Coldfield-headquartered funerals provider Dignity has upped its stake.
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The University of Wolverhampton and the Caparo Angad Paul Fund have invested £120,000 in a new spin-out company which is developing a new approach to the verification of identity through fingerprints.
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A Lichfield-based video game developer has secured a funding boost from the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS).
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A £40m initiative designed to support green start-up companies across the UK has launched.
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Gary Harmer, sales director at Hikvision UK & Ireland, says innovative technological approaches like temperature screening will be crucial in enhancing confidence in workplace and public safety – but potential users need to be aware of issues around their implementation, and realistic in their expectations about performance.
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Revenues at Begbies Traynor are expected to rise to £70m with the company believing it is "well placed" despite the ongoing epidemic.
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Historic shoe brand Clarks has announced plans to make 160 redundancies in its global operations, including 108 at its headquarters in Somerset, as part of a new strategy which will involve about 700 job losses over the next 18 months.
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The company behind brands including Sports Direct and House of Fraser has revealed its stores could reopen from 1 June.
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Sales have dipped in the full-year results for luxury fashion brand Burberry following the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Plans for a £1bn transformation of the area around the iconic Custard Factory in Birmingham's Digbeth area have been submitted to the city council.
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Construction work is set to start on the new £17.4m Dudley Leisure Centre site.
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A proposal to construct 14 apartments in Solihull has been recommended for approval.
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Housebuilder Avant Homes has sold a portfolio of 77 show homes to property investor Moorfield Group for £20m.
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JCB has reached agreement with the GMB union on a new working pattern with the aim to safeguard up to 915 hourly-paid shop floor positions across its UK operations.
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A new non-executive chairman has been appointed by a BGF-backed Coleshill-headquartered automotive components manufacturer.
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Tthe first Range Rover made under new social distancing measures has been driven off the production line at Jaguar Land Rover’s manufacturing plant in Solihull, following the recent temporary pause in production due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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UK revenue dropped to just 10.4 pe cent at Birmingham-headquartered floorcoverings wholesaler since the lockdown began, the listed company has confirmed.
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A Coventry anti-terrorist bollard manufacturer has landed its first export order in Finland.
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Member Exclusive News | Wolverhampton Wanderers have partnered with workplace mental health platform, Unmind.
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A Warwick-based photo printing company has signed an exclusive deal with Boots.
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