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Give us AWM assets, says Marches LEP
The councils behind the Marches local enterprise partnership bid want to be given the local assets of former regional development agency Advantage West Midlands (AWM). The Marches LEP bid brings together Telford & Wrekin, Shropshire and Herefordshire local authorities and, speaking at Insider’s Shropshire Economic Forum in Telford yesterday, Tom McCabe, director of development services at Shropshire Council, outlined what the bid is based on.
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Property
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Hat trick for Hortons
Hortons’ Estate, the property company based in Birmingham, has acquired the former 0.9-acre Co-op Dairy site on the Hagley Road, Birmingham. This latest acquisition completes an investment hat trick for the company, which has invested over £10m in the last three months.
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Office space demand on the up, says Colliers
Birmingham’s core office market is showing signs of “a real upturn” according to Colliers International. The real estate service said there had been a sharp increase in Grade A office occupation, resulting a drop of office space availability in the city for the first time in just under three years.
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CRT is on the move
Research company Customer Research Technology (CRT) is relocating from the University of Warwick Science Park’s Business Innovation Centre in Coventry, having undergone four moves within the centre in recent years.
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Business
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Aston Villa to open eaterie
Aston Villa Football Club is opening a new restaurant. Villa Midlands Food (VMF), which is due to open on 7 October, will employ 12 trainee hospitality students to cook and serve the cuisine.
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City Council 'could face dismissal claims'
Birmingham City Council could face a mountain of costly unfair dismissal claims from the 26,000 workers threatened with the axe, a leading Midland employment lawyer has warned. Sally Morris, head of employment at MFG Solicitors, said the council was probably already in breach of the law by failing to consult.
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Birmingham prepares for Papal visit
Birmingham City Council has called Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the region “a big day for all Birmingham faiths”. The visit, which will take place on Sunday, is expected to generate revenues of up to £12.4m for the city.
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West Mids companies make top tech list
Three technology companies headquartered in the West Midlands have made it onto the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 list. The league table ranks Britain’s 100 privately-owned technology, media and telecoms (TMT) companies with the fastest-growing sales over the last three years of available accounts.
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Businesses told to join Team Birmingham
Birmingham’s support organisations should merge into Team Birmingham to eliminate mixed messages and confusion, a group of the region’s business leaders were told last night. President Paul Bassi was speaking to nearly 750 guests at the annual awards of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group (BCCG).
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Challenges ahead for health sector, says PwC
Major funding challenges lie ahead for the health sector, specialists at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Midlands have warned. The caution comes following the government’s promise last week that health services will be excluded from the ongoing public spending cuts.
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Community
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In Focus: Reading the runes
Can we make any predictions about the economic future of the region, or are we left with the same certainty as a weather report on a British summer's day? Andy Coyne tries to make sense of it all in his latest blog.
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Talking Point: A European adventure
We often hear that local companies should be spreading their wings and plying their trades overseas, but making the move takes courage. This week we hear from Nick Morgan, CEO of Big Cat Group, who's taken the chance.
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