British Steel: Energy rethink required
After months of dithering, Keir Starmer’s government blinked. They pulled Britain back from the brink of an industrial betrayal – one that would.
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Futuristic cargo wagons
West Midlands innovators are working to create low-speed electric parcel-delivery vehicles which could one day replace petrol and diesel vans. The “Last Mile.
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Wealth drain hurting UK
Some 74,000 non-doms paid the UK government £8.9 billion in taxes in 2022/23. Changes in inheritance tax and capping business and agricultural relief.
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Repairing Brum’s reputation
[Note: Our man Josh Moreton wrote this before our interview with Sir Andy Street and our piece on the Birmingham Blues’ promotion to.
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Street: ‘Must negotiate down US car tariff’
The UK Government must negotiate down the US’s punitive 25% tariff on car exports from the UK, Sir Andy Street said today. “I.
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Trump: no tariffs on smartphones
And so it continues. First it was the bond markets which forced him to change his tune. Now the titans of tech have.
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Andy Street: ‘WM image rebuild required’
Sir Andy Street today urged a “leadership response” to rebuild Birmingham’s reputation following weeks of damaging headlines on bins and rats. The former.
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Trump tariff U-turn
After weeks of escalating rhetoric and tariff hikes that had global markets in a spin, Donald Trump abruptly hit pause. The US president.
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Martin Lewis “crashes” Tomato Energy
Tomato Energy, the electricity-only supplier, has paused taking on new customers after its website crashed. The cause, according to a Tomato insider, was.
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WM firms offered US tariff help
Bibby Financial Services is offering West Midlands companies help navigating the new world business order created by an aggressively protectionist America. British businesses.