Will Hutton from the Work Foundation – the UK’s most influential voice on work and employment – and leading UK economist Vicky Pryce will be visiting Birmingham on Monday (November 21) to meet local business leaders...

Government needs to be more creative to encourage businesses to take on apprentices which will be a timely intervention to reduce the region’s unemployment which has risen by 10,000 to 234,000 say West Midlands business leaders....

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group has pleaded with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take urgent action to boost British businesses and exporters. The Chamber has written to the Chancellor, George Osborne MP, ahead of his...

Business leaders in the West Midlands today welcomed the Transport Select Committee’s report on HS2.     ‘High Speed Rail’, the report of the inquiry into the project, will encourage economic growth and investment and create thousands...

West Midland business leaders welcomed the Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates at a historic low of 0.5 per cent. Michael Ward, president of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, said the move by the Bank’s...

Business leaders today welcomed the government’s decision to allocate £14.9 million to the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to help get building projects off the ground. But Jerry Blackett, chief executive of Birmingham...

Kamel Hothi, Niche Markets Director, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, has been recognised by the World Sikh University London, with an Honorary Doctorate. The Graduation Ceremony took place on Monday 14th November at Portman Hotel, London, during...

Seeing 2011 out with a bang, the most cutting edge Indian film of all time raises the bar higher than ever before as Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, reclaims his elusive avatar in ‘DON 2’, releasing in...

Muhammad Ali and many other boxing icons gathered to attend the funeral of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in Philadelphia this month. Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson turned up to the...

England coach Fabio Capello believes that David Beckham will be part of the Great Britain’s Olympic football squad, although he will not be part of the Euro 2012 squad. Fabio said that the former England captain,...