West Midlands
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Blair plays down Longbridge intervention
The prime minister Tony Blair played down reports of his intervention in the Longbridge Rover plant crisis, in Birmingham. He told Radio 2’s Jimmy Young programme that the government would…
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Telford Trust investors drop claim against Grimley
Proceedings against Grimley J R Eve by the investors in Don and Roy Richardson’s Laser Richmount Telford Trust have been dropped.
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Mucklow secures ADT for first phase of Halesowen office park
Midlands-based A&J Mucklow is planning a £15m 8,000 sq m (86,000 sq ft) office park in Halesowen following a 1,858 sq m (20,000 sq ft) prelet to ADT Fire &…
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Richard Ellis and Johnson Fry sued over Telford enterprise zone property trust
Retail investors under the Telford Trust Action Group banner have launched a £21m action against Richard Ellis and Johnson Fry over their involvement in an enterprise zone property trust.
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Byers and Blair appeal to keep Longbridge open
Tony Blair made a personal appeal to German chancellor Gerhard Schroder to use his influence to save Rover’s Longbridge plant. Stephen Byers, the trade and industry secretary, made a separate…
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New BMW board weighs up Longbridge
BMW’s new board is expected to make recommendations about the future of its Rover Longbridge plant within two weeks. The board meet tomorrow for the first time following the departure…
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Investors sue RE Financial over Richardsons’ £30m trust
Richard Ellis Financial, Johnson Fry and the partners of Grimley J R Eve are being sued over Don and Roy Richardson’s £30m enterprise zone property trust, the Laser Richmount Telford…
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Critical BMW meeting could determine Longbridge fate
A meeting of BMW’s supervisory board today could be the final nail in the coffin for its Rover subsidiary’s Longbridge plant, in Birmingham.
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Wolves victorious in brewery battle
Woverhampton & Dudley Breweries has emerged victorious in its £285m battle for Marston, Thompson & Evershed. It secured 73.45% of the shares by yesterday’s lunchtime deadline in what is expected…
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Railtrack shunts attention to Birmingham Mailbox
Railtrack could be the first office occupier at Birmingham Mailbox following negotiations to take 5,574 sq m (60,000 sq ft). Developer Mailbox, run by ex-Brindleyplace director Alan Chatham, is proposing…
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Exclusive: Vodafone takes Ionica’s Brindleyplace call centre
Vodafone is setting up a new 6,373 sq m (68,600 sq ft) call centre operation in No 1 Brindleyplace, premises formerly occupied by troubled telecoms giant Ionica.
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Management changes at BMW threaten Rover’s Longbridge plant
The future of Rover’s Longbridge plant,in Birmingham, is in the balance again. Speculation is rife that Bernd Pischestrieder, chief executive of Rover’s parent BMW, could be sacked tomorrow to be…