1,000 Trades: Pub of the year
Birmingham’s pub of the year is the 1000 Trades. The Jewellery Quarter watering hole scooped the accolade this week at the 2025 Birmingham Association.
Culture
Business News
Sport
Worcester Warriors back to pro rugby
Worcester Warriors will re-enter professional English rugby at the start of the 2025/26 season, the club said today. The Warriors will join the.
Politics
Viewpoint
World Affairs
Reform eyes MAGA donors
Plans are under way for a new think-tank – tentatively dubbed Resolute 1850, according to the FT. Styled unapologetically on American political juggernauts.
Business News
World Affairs
Beijing: £57bn into state banks
China is deploying major capital injections into its top state-owned banks, raising a combined Rmb520bn (£57bn) in a rare government move to stabilise.
Business News
Tech
Grants for WM manufacturers
Trump’s tariffs, rising energy costs, Brexit, supply chain issues, increased minimum wage, National Insurance hikes … … all topics tackled at a business.
Life Sciences
Plasma: saving lives with ‘liquid gold’
The NHS Plasma Donor Centre on New Street, Birmingham, is one of just three such facilities in the country – and it’s making.
Environment
Leadership
Fact: Nature is good for the soul
Conservationist Chris Millward is introducing people to the concept of “biophilia.” After leading a wildlife walk this week for local folks at Queslett.
Politics
Viewpoint
World Affairs
Norway gets real on defence
Norway finds itself at a crossroads where virtue meets realpolitik. The theatre of ethics is clashing head-on with the choreography of geopolitics. For.
Business News
Environment
Brewery toasts eco funding
Birmingham craft beer firm Attic Brew Co is among 1,300 West Midlands businesses getting a share of £15m in funding to cut energy.
People
Viewpoint
Sentencing Council’s shame
The Sentencing Council’s refusal to backtrack on its so-called “guidance” wasn’t just tone-deaf – it was a democratic insult. Let’s call this what.