Jay Birmingham crowned icon
Celebrity stylist takes top honour Celebrity hairdresser Jay Birmingham has been named Industry Icon at the Hair and Beauty Awards (HBA) 2025, a
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Entec Si earns accolade
Birmingham consultancy named among best Birmingham-based business change consultancy Entec Si has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting
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Reform: Entertainers or statesmen?
“I went to the Reform conference so you didn’t have to” Reform UK rolled into Birmingham this week with the swagger of a
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Wealth taxes fuel decline
Unions’ populist fix is fiscal folly Britain’s trade unions have a simple story to tell: the rich can pay, and the rest of
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“State prison photo censorship”
Allegation at Reform conference Lucy Connolly today claimed photos her husband took of her daughter competing for the UK at a European under-15
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Sumer targets billion-pound sale
Fast-growing consolidator explores options Accounting group Sumer, founded less than three years ago by former KPMG UK chief operating officer Warren Mead, is
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Dear Brad, choose Birmingham
An open letter from the West Midlands Dear Brad Pitt, We hear you’re bringing Plan B across the Atlantic. After F1 stormed the
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Farage clashes in Congress
Free speech warning Nigel Farage has urged US politicians and businesses to pressure the British government over freedom of speech laws, comparing the
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Reform’s conference conundrum
Partnership content, with Walk Through Walls. The risk of engagement Nigel Farage’s Reform UK may be topping opinion polls, but its Birmingham conference
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National phone alert test
System check scheduled The UK government will carry out a nationwide test of its Emergency Alerts system on Sunday September 7 at 3pm.