Sharia Investment Options are Coming to a Venue Near You

London Has Already Taken in Over £11.7bn Worth of Islamic Investment With Muslims comprising 25% of the world’s population and 10,000 Muslim millionaires in Britain alone, the Islamic investment sector has become a financial powerhouse in the UK. The...

BGCC – Budget Mixed Bag for Greater Birmingham

Helpful Measures and Disappointing Omissions. Business leaders in Greater Birmingham said today’s Budget was a mixed bag of helpful measures and disappointing omissions.   Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) welcomed moves to help exporters with the doubling of finance available to...

Birmingham Airport Bids Farewell to Last Passenger DC-10 Aircraft

The Aircraft Belongs to Biman Bangladesh Airlines Birmingham Airport will bid a fond farewell to the last ever commercial DC-10 flight as it carries passengers for the very last time around the skies of Birmingham, before retiring. More than a...

Warwickshire Promotes Robust Strategy to IAB

Strategy Includes Ashes in 2015 Pictured from left are Saqib Bhatti (IAB Vice President), Gareth Roberts and Colin Povey (Warwickshire County Cricket Club at Edgbaston), Joanne Brain (Hyatt Regency Birmingham), Nasir Awan (IAB President), Mario Flannagan (Hyatt Regency Birmingham) and...

Samsung is India’s Most Trusted Brand

Sony ranks 2nd whilst Tata is 3rd India's much anticipated and most rigorous brand evaluation, The Brand Trust Report, India Study, a comparison of the trust held in brands, has been released for 2014. Samsung has emerged as India's Most...

BCC – GDP shows recovery is bedding in

UK economy grew by 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2013 Business leaders in Birmingham welcomed today’s GDP figures, which showed that the UK economy grew by 0.7% in the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing the annual growth rate to...

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

GOVERNMENT BOOST TO COMMUNITY ENERGY Local communities will be able to take control of their energy bills and help transform the energy system thanks to proposals unveiled today in Britain’s first Community Energy Strategy. Over 50 per cent of people surveyed...

£75m investment a ‘seminal moment’ for Bournville

GBCC Welcomes Investment Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) today welcomed the announcement that Mondelez is looking to invest £75 million in securing the long-term future of Bournville as the global centre of chocolate in the Mondelez group.   The...

Positive News for Economy

However BCC Issues Caution West Midlands business leaders welcomed today’s announcement by the Office for National Statistics that the unemployment rate for the West Midlands has fallen to 8.1 per cent in the quarter from September to November, down...

npower announces proposal to close one of three Oldbury offices

Business restructure forces npower to shut down one of its Oldbury offices npower has announced a proposed restructure of its customer service activities, focussed on delivering a more efficient, improved customer experience. Under these proposals, customers calling npower would continue to...