UK Car Sales Drop 9.3% in July Says Motor Trade Body
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has reported that new car registrations fell 9.3% in July compared to a year earlier.
About 162,000 cars were sold during the month and the trade body says the market’s falling numbers,...
YOUNGEST PRESIDENT OF THE GBCC ANNOUNCED
Saqib Bhatti was installed as the youngest and first Muslim president in the 205-year history of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC).
The 33-year-old, a director at accountancy firm Younis Bhatti & Company, succeeded Paul Kehoe at last weeks annual...
Tap Into The Halal Tourism Boom, Muslim Businesses Urged
Tourism experts say the rise of Muslim travellers could be worth millions for UK
Businesses who supply products and services to Muslims are being urged to tap into the global boom in halal tourism.
Tourism experts say the rise of...
Birmingham Boys Bring It Home
As 2015 drew to a close, with remnants of Christmas cheer still lingering in the air for some, there remained some surprises still under wraps for a fated few.
On the penultimate day of December, the New Year’s Honours List...
Q Sustain’s Green Future
Network Rail's £650m New Street station redevelopment, which opened a year ago, is now over three times the size of the old station with 31 new escalators and 29 new lifts, along with a brand new look and iconic...
Pop-Up Birmingham to Open at Bullring
In Support of Midlands Entrepreneurs
A pop-up shop in Birmingham’s Bullring is set to give more than 80 Midlands startups an affordable route to the high street through a pioneering new initiative.
PopUp Birmingham opens next month in the iconic centre on the...
Hundreds of Pounds Go Missing from Tesco Bank Accounts
Tesco Bank current account holders have been targeted by fraudsters, with something losing up to hundreds of pounds.
According to the bank, the anti-fraud systems had picked up on “suspicious activity” on customer accounts and said some cards had been...
Non-Essential Sales Tumble after Easter Disappears
Barclaycard and the British Retail Consortium have both warned that the apparent uptake of high street shopping should not be trusted. Last month, spending at the high street increased, but the warning states that this was only due to...
IAB Annual Dinner and Awards Sold Out
Will Take Place on 29 November
The Institute of Asian Businesses (IAB) annual dinner has sold out two months ahead of the event – the first time this has happened.
There has been an unprecedented clamour for tickets for the...
Nominations for ABCC Executive Committee are open
The Asian Business Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) is inviting members to put themselves forward for election to the organisation’s executive committee.
Those standing for this prestigious office must belong to a business which is a member of the ABCC.
Nominations open...
