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Black Country businesses must stop acting like "issue families stuck in a benefits cycle" and look to self-help rather than state aid, the leader of the region's LEP has told an Insider forum. READ MORE...
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About £100m-worth of investment and more than 4,000 new jobs have been secured by the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership, it has claimed. Read More...
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Veterinary product supplier Dechra Pharmaceuticals has bought the rights to an intravenous horse injection for more than £5m. Read More...
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Average house prices in the West Midlands have dropped below £130,000, the Land Registry has reported. Read More...
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The first phase of work has begun for a new bus station to form part of a £350m project in Stoke-on-Trent. Read More...
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Homeware retailer The Range is to create up to 2,000 jobs over the next 12 months, its owner and founder Chris Dawson has told Insider. Read More...
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National Grid is set to invest up to £3.3bn into the business' growth over the next year, the company told the Stock Exchange this morning. Read More...
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Coventry and Warwickshire's LEP has appointed a new director to the board, replacing Derek Parkin. Read More...
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Walsall-based HomeServe has appointed Martin Bennett as the group's chief operating officer. Read More...
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