Simon Penfold
Business Editor
Business Editor based at the Express & Star's head office in Wolverhampton, looking for stories big & small.
Fashion chain Coast collapses with loss of 300 jobs as Karen Millen buys concessions business
Investment in Birmingham demonstrates successful future – Chamber report
eBay extends Wolverhampton Retail Revival deadline
Mike Ashley saves Birmingham's landmark House of Fraser store
New Walsall development welcomes in first Rent to Buy customers
Black Country manufacturing campaign: one year on…
Grand Theatre strikes lucky with Casino 36 deal
Patisserie Valerie owner suspends shares amid fraud probe
Check out the homes delivered on the back of a lorry
Look, no hands! Self-driving Range Rover Sport tackles rush-hour ring road
Chamber patron businesses leg it to the Black Country
Walsall service station on the market for nearly £600,000
Marston’s wins regional employer of the year prize at apprentice awards
Business Secretary Greg Clark on the shop floor at a Black Country engineering firm
Regional delegation leads trade mission to India from Birmingham Airport
Merry Hill owner Intu faces possible takeover bid
Mike Ashley to bring Flannels luxury outlet to Merry Hill
University of Birmingham's £40m Collaborative Teaching Laboratory welcomes first students
Delivery group DX on 'road to recovery' after nightmare year
Truck parts challenger launches with £2m investment
JJX takes Alzhiemer's campaign on the road
Birmingham Airport passengers stranded after Primera Air collapses
Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley sacks House of Fraser bosses
M6 Toll revenue hits £89m as 18.3m vehicles use motorway
Carillion collapse drove 20pc surge in building firm insolvencies
Continued growth opens new doors for Latham’s
Counterplas injecting vigour into plastic moulding
£1.4m invested in new training centre
