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Dudley officers swoop on home after stolen goods posted online

Birmingham ranks fourth in Britain for young entrepreneurs

Birmingham ranks fourth in Britain for young entrepreneurs

Wayfair logistics depot at Magna Park, Leicestershire

Wayfair and Appliances Direct among firms fined £6m for misleading sales tactics

HR recruiter reviewing candidate's CV during job interview in modern office

Rising labour costs threaten job opportunities for young people, survey finds

Portraits of Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford are shown on a screen as they are announced as the laureates of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden

American economists win Nobel for overturning assumptions about economic shocks

Sunset over oil rig

Businesses backing North Sea drilling ‘increasingly out of step’ campaigners say

Dudley Road will be closed for another weekend of roadworks

Traders brace for second weekend of works on major Wolverhampton route

Work done by Spencer & Co

Award for Wolverhampton construction firm

New cars parked in lines

UK consumers urged to sign up for share of £56m new car delivery compensation

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Business must be ‘at heart’ of Burnham’s devolution plans, warns BCC

Tom Edmunds is MSP Capital’s new lead business development manage rfor the Midlands

MSP Capital appoints new business development lead

Beer glasses

Digital ID can be accepted as proof of age for alcohol under new rules

Thomas Keenan

Man jailed after stealing £4,000 of copper cables from Welsh business

Andy Burnham

Hundreds of hospitality businesses call on Burnham to lower VAT

Thomas Keenan

Walsall man jailed for more than a year after £4k copper cable theft

Most businesses received the top five-star rating in the latest round of food hygiene inspections.

26 Black Country businesses handed low food hygiene ratings

Congratulations to Bonnie Blue

Mark Andrews: Bonnie Blue, balaclavas, and £500,000 'pub talk'
Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week’s news
Mark Andrews

EU referendum

VAT differential on island of Ireland ‘putting NI businesses under pressure’

A sign in Glasgow during the coronavirus pandemic in November 2020

Pandemic experience of Scottish workers detailed in new inquiry publication

Indicative CGI of what the new Lidl store will look like

Opening date revealed for Darlaston's new Lidl supermarket

The Church Tavern Perry Barr

West Midlands pub remains closed after being submerged by heavy rain

An artist's impression of the proposed new neighbourhood at the former Sainsbury's St George's site in Wolverhampton

'I might lose half my customers': Parking fear over plan for 370 homes

Roger Cartwight

Plus Brierley Hill residents reveal what the area is really like

People in the sunshine outside Canary Wharf Station in east London

Vacancies slip again as private sector pay growth falls to near six-year low

(r-l) Cllrs Adam Davies and Wayne Little have been taking on rogue traders in Brierley Hill.

'More is needed' to tackle dodgy shops in Dudley, warns councillor

Sonia Kumar

Crackdown on vape shops and bookies will boost high street, says MP

New modern look revealed at Park Plaza

Cannock's Park Plaza unveils modern new look after major refurbishment

Entrance to Rodenhurst Business Park between Shrewsbury and Newport.

Plans for fully let rural business park to expand into farmland
Planners will be called on to weigh up the proposal before making a decision
David Tooley

Councillor Anthony Screen, with the potentially dangerous toys seized by Staffordshire trading standards

Risk of burns and choking: More than 100 'danger' toys seized in raid

Mayor Richard Parker wants to revive boarded-up shops like this one in Dudley

Mayor's £10 million fund to revive region's struggling high streets

Notes and credit cards

Heatwaves and sports events drive record demand for cash on high streets

Andy Burnham visit to Harlow

Burnham defends limiting business rate cuts, saying pubs are ‘our heritage’

PageGroup sees ‘tough but stable’ UK jobs market

People with fans, drinks and ice cream in London

June heatwave keeps shoppers away from the high street in blow to retailers

People in the sunshine outside Canary Wharf Station in east London

UK services firms report steepest drop in activity for three-and-a-half years

Billionaire Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management has said the UK is “no longer a serious contender” as a place to do business after losing a £200 million legal battle against the UK tax authorities (Aaron Chown/PA)

BlueCrest says UK no longer a serious place to do business after court loss

BCC Global Annual Conference 2025

New prime minister must ease burden on firms to drive growth, says BCC

Jenny Gilruth at her desk in Holyrood

Government announces urgent review of ‘anomalous’ business rates hikes

Stephen Gethins smiling in a Holyrood corridor

Scottish independence ‘challenge of the next decade’, says minister

A row of washing machines for sale. (Alamy/PA)

CMA orders Marks Electrical to refund customers over opt-ins to extra services

A plane takes off from Gatwick airport

UK services industry faces setback as activity falls for first time in a year

People walk through the rain carrying umbrellas

Downpours and cloudy skies for some this weekend after record-breaking heatwave

A man collects bottled water at a water collection point at a Sainsbury’s near Whitstable, Kent

Thousands to face water supply issues over weekend

A boy diving into a blue swimming pool

Amber health warning extended as temperatures soar

Pile of UK sterling cash notes and coins

UK business activity shrinks for first time in a year amid ‘perfect storm’

London Underground sign

24-hour strikes planned by London Underground staff called off

Businesses face energy bill rises of up to 80% due to Iran war price shock

UK business growth ‘slowed to a crawl’ due to war in Middle East, survey shows

Around £1.8bn in business rates predicted to be handed back to firms

Winners of Staffordshire’s tourism awards crowned

Winners at this year's Visit Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Tourism Awards.

Winners of Staffordshire’s tourism awards crowned

Businesses and community invited to support Easter egg appeal

Call for information as UK ‘moves closer’ to agreement with EU on agrifood trade

Supreme Court ruling does not signal the end for Trump’s tariffs, experts warn

Gen Z turn to trade jobs for steady pay and AI-proof work, data finds

Black Country businesses take centre stage at the Signature Awards Birmingham

Businesses need reforms amid ‘similar pressure to pandemic’, committee warns

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