SOME 36 Clinton Cards shops in the West Midlands are amongst those to be saved following the purchase of 397 of the firm’s retail outlets by Lakeshore Lendings, a subsidiary of a US card firm. 

The shops - including six in Birmingham, three in Solihull, three in Coventry, two in Dudley and two in Hanley - have all be spared the axe in the deal which will save 4,500 jobs around the UK.

Clinton Cards went into administration on May 9 and a week later administrator Zolfo Cooper said that 350 of the compa......for the full story register now for free or login below...