Enemies of the State
Dave Woodhall endures an afternoon at Villa Park watching Stoke, and looks forward to more enjoyable times to come.
Driven to succeed
TR Fleet, one of the UK’s leading fleet management specialists celebrated its second anniversary with confirmation of a £300,000 investment by Birmingham based venture finance company Midven.
Thurston Moore (SONIC YOUTH) & Michael Chapman – Tour 2013
Co-founder of scene-changing band Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore will be headlining a show with Michael Chapman at Glee Club Birmingham, Thursday 7th February 2013.
Selling Birmingham to investors
Ten influential advisers to global investors toured Birmingham last week to see the city’s increasingly compelling offer for themselves.
Aldridge students full of festive cheer
Music students will keep an unbroken Christmas tradition alive when they perform at a carol service supported by Aldridge School for more than 50 years.
Spend a Friday Night in… (a Cardboard Box) and raise funds for Birmingham City Mission
Birmingham City Mission is calling for participants for the 2013 Sponsored Sleepout to be held on Friday 15th February
Martin Longley’s gig review: The Cork Jazz Festival
Martin Longley’s quaff-of-choice certainly ain’t Guinness, but he still ventured across the waves to drink in the Cork Jazz Festival…
Christmas comes early for South African schools thanks to The International School
The International School and Community College, East Birmingham, generously donated their entire stock of redundant IT equipment to schools in South Africa this month.
No Waterloo sunset for busy Dudley business
A Dudley-based manufacturer has tapped into the spirit of the Olympics to record its best ever year and is now setting its sights on a £2m turnover and the creation of new jobs.
Coventry and Warwick students join forces to recruit donors for blood cancer charity
Students from Coventry and Warwick universities joined forces to host a donor recruitment drive for a leading blood cancer charity.
Reaction to the Autumn Statement
Neil Rami welcomes the Chancellor’s support for Lord Heseltine’s proposals
EXCLUSIVE MEDIA SCOOP: Editors Back Down Over Leveson Press Inquiry
HOWARD K. ELSTON (DOA) gives us the lowdown on those UK Fleet Street talks in light of Leveson. Here’s his report:
Police seek help in murder hunt
The death of a Birmingham man at a local beauty spot has led to a call for witnesses.
Stoked Up
Terry Wills on Albion’s defeat to Stoke.
That pregnancy, this curmudgeon
As the nation revels in the premature news that a young, newly married, couple are expecting a child, Laurence Inman has been pondering on likely names.
Royal Baby ‘Will Be Rich’ Regardless of Sex- Shock Statement
HOWARD K. ELSTON (CBE), our royal reporter-in-chief, gives us the latest on the great news about Wills and Kate and you-know-what
Birmingham ranked second in the UK
Birmingham has been ranked as having the highest quality of life of any UK city outside of the capital in a new study by Mercer, a global HR firm.
Calling skilled graduates
A new graduate led programme run by the University of Wolverhampton is looking for skilled graduates to work for forward thinking businesses in the region.
Santa Stroll takes place this weekend
Brindleyplace and Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust are on the hunt for people to take part in the charity’s Santa Stroll event taking place this weekend
Late lunch and laughs at thestudio
A Birmingham meeting space is opening its doors and celebrating Christmas with a ‘late lunch and laughs’ event, starring critically acclaimed comedian, Tom Craine.
Teacher ‘taches raise ‘Movember’ dosh
A hair-raising approach to helping a good cause has paid off for a group of Solihull School teachers sporting the best ‘taches in town.
Comtec announces the world is open for trade with Britain
Leamington Spa based translation provider Comtec is reinforcing the message that the world is open for trade with Britain after experiencing growth of its own throughout 2012.
Birmingham Science Park’s Dr David Hardman elected as new Chair of UKSPA
Dr David Hardman MBE, CEO of Birmingham Science Park, has been elected by members of the United Kingdom Science Park Association to be its new Chairman.
Birmingham business backs report focus on quality apprenticeships
Leading Birmingham-based building services provider J S Wright has welcomed a House of Commons report suggesting that quality and not just quantity should be the focus for apprenticeships.
Will you send Christmas texts rather than cards this year?
Twenty years after the first text message, more than half of people prefer to text their friends rather than phone or meet in person
Butterfly survival blueprint unveiled
Restoring and joining up habitat will prevent threatened butterflies and moths in the Midlands from becoming extinct in the future, a groundbreaking report today revealed.
Medical Charity Doubles Your Donation to Save Mothers’ Lives
Medical charity Ammalife kicks off donation campaign with deal to double your offer to help save lives
University of Wolverhampton launches new academies
Two West Midlands primary schools reopened today as academies under a new trust led by the University of Wolverhampton.
The economics of regeneration
Alan Clawley writes: “We are not alone in being sceptical about the ability of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the RZ to rescue developments like Paradise Circus.”
Accountants agree Midland’s economy will recover during 2013
Seventy four per cent of accountants in the Midlands are confident that the economy will start to recover during 2013