West Midlands
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Wyevale to continue expansion
Wyevale Garden Centres said it planned to continue to increase its portfolio following its recent acquisition of Fairview Garden Centre in Aldridge, in the west Midlands.
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Tiger Tiger burns bright for Chorion
Chorion is to roll out its Tiger Tiger bar nightclubs. The decision follows a successful London Haymarket launch at the end of last year.
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Plan to save London buildings and Tube from flooding
A £10m project has been drawn up to save London’s buildings and Underground from flooding. The network of 50 boreholes to siphon off rising groundwater has been devised by organisations…
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Bromsgrove Council fails to overturn order
A story about a court case concerning Asda’s Bromsgrove store, which appeared on EGi at 5pm yesterday, was inaccurate and misleading.
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Hungary vies for Rover plant
The new chairman of Rover Werner Samann said he was fighting for the survival of the Longbridge plant, in Birmingham. But a plant in Hungary could be a close contender.
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Waterford Wedgewood closes Stoke-on-Trent satellites
Waterford Wedgwood has closed a figurine and jewellery plant in Stoke-on-Trent. The company said the two satellite factories had closed because there was ample space in the town’s main plant.
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Chiltern Railway studies upgrade
Chiltern Railways is looking at the possible upgrade of a further nine miles of track south of Birmingham. It has struck a deal to allow John Laing to acquire control…
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BMW hopes to build new Rover facility at Longbridge
BMW hopes to build a new production facility within Rover’s Longbridge, Birmingham site. It would be part of a £1bn-plus project which would also see surplus land sold.
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Rover’s Longbridge factory seeks government aid
Rover’s German parent company BMW said it was seeking government help to keep its Longbridge factory near Birmingham open. The future of the car plant, which makes the Mini and…
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Jensen car factory to open near Birmingham
Jensen Motors is to be relaunched as a private company under the control of Creative Design, a Redditch-based engineering consultancy. The company will open production at a facility near Birmingham.
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West Midlands: Harvey Nichols snubs Birmingham
Upmarket department store Harvey Nichols will not be opening in central Birmingham, saying that the chosen location for its fourth store is ‘likely to be in Manchester or Newcastle’.
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Richardsons strengthen grip on Birmingham’s prime leisure pitch
Richardson Developments has finally revealed its plans for the £10m redevelopment of the Hyatt Gardens site on Birmingham’s leisure hot spot of Broad Street.