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Business leaders in the West Midlands welcomed today’s announcement that consumer inflation had unexpectedly dropped to 2.8 per cent in May. The Office for National Statistics also revealed that the retail price index dropped to 3.1...

Malcolm Harbour, West Midlands Conservative MEP has welcomed the news that Birmingham City Council has secured over £8m in EU grants to support small and medium sized businesses.  The new grant programme is aimed at encouraging...

Small and medium businesses in West Midlands to be hit and livelihoods affected The Financial Services Authority has announced that banks are guilty of mis-selling specialist insurance products designed to protect small firms taking out loans...

A campaign to increase the number of businesses taking on apprentices is being backed by Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group at a special event next month. David Way, chief executive of the National Apprenticeship Service, will...

SMEs suffering from late payments and bad debt expected to benefit from service A new payment system is launching in the UK that will enable companies of all sizes to accept credit and debit card payments...

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Business leaders in the West Midlands hit back at William Hague and Eric Pickles after the number of jobless in the region fell for the second month running. The foreign secretary had said that bosses should...

Birmingham must continue its campaign for devolved power from Westminster despite the rejection of an elected city mayor, say business leaders. While regretting the decision, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce said the ‘no’ vote should not be...

The Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates at 0.5 per cent will help sustain signs of recovery in the West Midlands, business leaders said. Michael Ward, president of Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, said: “Although...