Base rate held at 4%
Elevate Property Group welcomes MPC’s interest rate decision The boss of a high-end Midlands property developer today welcomed the Bank of England’s move.
Business News
Developments
Finance
Politics
Viewpoint
Labour’s sleepwalk into irrelevance
The party that should be stopping Reform is instead fuelling its rise There are moments in political history when a government’s weakness becomes.
Jobs
Politics
Mayor to get 93,000 working
‘West Midlands Works’ seeks to lower WM region’s unemployment rate by 5 percentage points by 2035 West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has unveiled.
Birmingham
Transport
Probe into railway near miss
Shunter at Washwood Heath had to leap clear of approaching train An investigation is under way into a near miss on the railway.
Business News
Energy
Wolverhampton
Tomato Energy goes bust
Electricity retailer Tomato Energy today announced it has gone bust after many months of failing to get its spiralling debts under control. Today’s.
Business News
Culture
Solihull
Vinyl rock shop opens
Knowle gets niche music shop run by former mental health nurse A rock and heavy metal-loving former NHS mental health nurse is opening.
Politics
Transport
HS2 and the great illusion
How speed obsession derailed Britain’s biggest infrastructure story When the history of Britain’s 21st-century infrastructure is written, HS2 will not be remembered as.
Leadership
Politics
Viewpoint
We need leadership, not management
I wanna believe Rachel Reeves, but I’m having trouble – and I think I’ve worked out why The Chancellor’s been out warming up.
Birmingham
Black Country
Business News
Jobs
‘Big picture’ view overcomes headwinds
Staring Point Recruitment says a different approach is needed A multi-sector West Midlands recruitment firm attributes its recent success in the face of.
Business News
Finance
UK stops naming short sellers
Watchdog scraps EU-era rule in bid to boost London’s market competitiveness The UK’s financial watchdog is to stop naming investors who bet against.