November 11, 2011 / Uncategorized / Duncan Tift
WHAT welcome news is Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to invest in the creation of 1,000 new jobs at its plant in Solihull. The news – following quickly on its announcement of a new £355m engine pla
October 19, 2011 / Uncategorized / Ian Briggs
QUESTION: What do you get if you cross a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, the head of a leading accountancy group, a leading economist and a financial services expert?
September 23, 2011 / Uncategorized / Duncan Tift
THE decision by the English Cricket Board to deny Edgbaston an Ashes test match in 2013 is a major snub to authorities at Warwickshire and a considerable slap-in-the-face to cricket supporters across
September 19, 2011 / Uncategorized / Duncan Tift
JAGUAR Land Rover's decision to commit its new engine plant to the West Midlands is a terrific feather in the region's cap and further underlines its credentials as a centre of global manufacturing ex
August 25, 2011 / Uncategorized / Marc Reeves
[caption id="attachment_1249" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The aftermath of Birmingham's riots"][/caption] I’M full of admiration for the way Birmingham quickly returned t
August 11, 2011 / Uncategorized / James Reed
ACROSS the region there are signs that the green energy revolution - for years put forward as a source of significant economic growth for Yorkshire - is finally starting to take hold. The go-ahead
August 7, 2011 / Uncategorized / James Reed
IT is just over a year since the Government gave notice it was abolishing regional development agencies and asking local authorities and business leaders to form local economic partnerships to help dr
August 1, 2011 / Uncategorized / James Reed
SO is Bradford's future as a Leeds suburb? That was essentially the suggestion put forward by Andrew Carter, from the Centre for Cities thinktank, when he spoke to the Leeds Chamber Business Forum
July 5, 2011 / Uncategorized / Ian Briggs
I MADE the mistake of visiting Sheffield last week. Well, let me clarify that. Wandering through the Steel City itself and visiting entreprenuers and successful business people who work and reside
June 29, 2011 / Uncategorized / James Reed
TWO separate events have laid bare the tensions at play between Leeds and its neighbours. Neil McLean, chairman of the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, is under fire from some quarte