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Insider is the number one business magazine in the Midlands, with a business readership topping 50,000 directors from both the corporate (80%) and professional (20%) communities. Insider has established itself as the most influential business magazine in the region.
Insider’s annual search for the region’s most impressive young entrepreneurs – 42 of them in fact – is presaged by a look at what has happened to some of the alumni from previous years.
The phrase ‘health and safety gone mad’ will have been heard, perhaps even muttered, by many of you, and like political correctness, it has become something of a by-word for excessive corporate cosseting. But the important message behind the sneers is that we never again want to return to the days when greedy bosses put their workers’ lives at risk by allowing them to work in dangerous conditions.
Corporate life goes on even when money is tight, and with that in mind, there will be those of you who are planning to put on a company event.
Just how has the Midlands dealmaking fared in the first quarter since the recession officially ended?
Last year, flotations were virtually non-existent, but this year, things look different. A number of companies have been running dual processes – looking at sales and listing options – and the likes of Ocado are planning to float.
It’s that time of year again – Insider proudly presents its 2010 review of the Midlands’ 500 biggest players.
Kraft has been warned by experts in the field that it will be making a huge error if it tampers with the Cadbury brand. But what exactly does this mean?
Our new section looks at out-of-work activities and may include restaurant and hotel reviews, a look at what’s going on in our area in terms of sport, drama, opera and dance, travel offers and a peek at what’s available in our top stores and specialist shops.
It goes without saying that offering a decent salary is a pre-requisite for attracting the best staff, but these days, it is only part of the equation. Companies are now ranked – by national newspapers and others – in terms of how good they are to work for.
There are big plans in Stoke-on-Trent to build a prosperous future through regeneration and inward investment. While those plans have taken a battering during the recession, they haven’t gone away. We look at which parts of its ambitious physical regeneration proposals are likely to ‘get away’ in this climate.
From Shrewsbury biscuits to Lincolnshire sausages, from Melton Mowbray pork pies to Staffordshire oatcakes, and from Bakewell tarts to Stilton cheese – with names like these why isn’t the Midlands’ massive food and drinks industry more widely recognised? Is it simply too disparate?
If there’s one legacy the Midlands’ long industrial heritage has left, it’s an abundance of brownfield sites ripe for development. For years, the government’s planning policies have actively promoted bringing these plots back into useful and productive life, with often spectacular results.
If you’re a would-be occupier looking for a new home, how do you go about finding it? In this feature, we look at the property search facilities available – often, but not exclusively, from the public sector – and speak to those who have used them to find out how well they work.
The recent sale by developer Stoford of its yet to be completed All Saints office development in West Bromwich shows a level of confidence in the sub-region’s commercial property sector.
