Business

Birmingham is widening its horizon and renovating its skyline by the 270ft, 26-storey hotel that will sit opposite the city’s new John Lewis store. The remarkable development is being planned by boutique hotel group Bloc and designed by Birmingham practice...

According to a Texas-based business, younger employees are spending less than half their time at work productively, choosing instead to post updates on social media. One defendant said in a survey that was published by the Federal Reserve Bank of...

After weeks of uncertainty due to administrators striving to find a buyer for the troubled high street retailer, the shops will close down by the end of June, including the Birmingham City Centre shop in Temple Row as well...

According to the insurance company Aviva, millions of young people are expected to find themselves living with their parents over the next decade. The core reason for this is the affordability of housing, which is increasing more and more. The study...

Steve Webb, the ex-pensions minister advised against hasty changes that could implicate workers outside the steel industry. A £485m pension shortfall has been daunting potential buyers of Tata Steel’s UK business. A proposal on the pension scheme’s future has been propelled...

Camran Khan, Director of Technology for Innovation Birmingham Campus-based digital lettings and property management provider, brightLET, has been shortlisted for this year’s international Talent Unleashed awards. A cloud based lettings and property management platform that connects landlords directly with tenants,...

NatWest has a long history spanning over 30 years of supporting retailers in Sparkhill, an area now widely recognised as Britain’s independent shopping capital. Two local businesses that are taking Sparkhill by storm with NatWest support are Poze Accessories and...

Despite being a feature of Birmingham’s high-street for over 80 years, historic retailer British Homes Store, has collapsed. With all 164 of its stores under threat, including branches in Solihull, Walsall, Merry Hill, Redditch, Wolverhampton and Stratford Upon Avon,...

Students visited the recently launched central Walsall store, where they heard from managers about the firm’s history, from how it first started to its rapid growth today, where it has amassed over 2,800 stores including one in every UK...

The event was attended by dignitaries from across the region big and small with special guest appearances from comedian Mani Liaqat and Elvis impersonator Muj Presley (known locally as Asian Elvis). Many of the cities councillors attended the event to...