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New role for Roy at HSBC

Leading team: Roy Harris.

7:40am Monday 6th July 2009

HSBC Commercial Banking has appointed Roy Harris to a newly created regional commercial director position, leading its Midlands team to provide greater support for SMEs across the region.

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Call for Government to help constructors

7:20am Monday 6th July 2009

NEWS from the Office for National Statistics that the construction sector declined 6.9 per cent during the first quarter of 2009 should be evidence, if any more were needed, that the Government needs to do more to help the ailing construction industry, says the Get Britain Building coalition of construction businesses.

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Law students in cross-Channel exchange

Bon voage: From left, Thomas Bailey, Alexandra Morton, Satveer Pnaiser and Sophie Fenn.

7:10am Monday 6th July 2009

FOUR students from The College of Law in Birmingham are jetting off to France this month to gain first-hand experience of the legal industry on the other side of the Channel.

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GKN Wheels continues show sponsorship

Contunuing partnership: Keith Lister, purchasing director, GKN Wheels, Gary Tudor and David Eastham, sales and marketing director, GKN Wheels, outside the GKN President’s Pavilion, West Midlands Showground.

7:40am Sunday 5th July 2009

TELFORD-based manufacturer, GKN Wheels, rolled out the support for this year’s West Midlands Show, after agreeing a three-year sponsorship package with the show’s organisers.

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Builders concerned over housing funding

7:20am Sunday 5th July 2009

“CONFUSION” about how the £1.57 billion social housing programme will be funded must not be at the expense of taking money away from the refurbishment of social housing stock, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

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Landlords warned over ID fraud

7:10am Sunday 5th July 2009

LANDLORD Assist, a nationwide tenant eviction and rent recovery firm, is advising landlords to vet their tenants to minimise the risk of being exposed to identity fraud.

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Award win for Go Ape

Award win: Go Ape’s Marcus Falconer, marketing manager and Emma Gardiner, online marketing executive, with the trophy.

7:40am Saturday 4th July 2009

GO Ape High Wire Forest Adventure, which has a course in Wyre Forest, has won the Responsible Tourism award category in the TravelMole 2009 Web Awards.

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New Rushock base for distributors

Expansion: Tooles Transport’s new premises.

7:20am Saturday 4th July 2009

TOOLES Transport, a member of pallet network, Palletways, has expanded by moving into state-of-the-art new premises.

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Climate change talks essential - rural watchdog

7:10am Saturday 4th July 2009

RURAL watchdog body, the CLA, has stressed the magnitude of talks that are paving the way for a new international agreement on how to tackle climate change – set to be signed in Copenhagen in December.

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Free workshop for land-based industries

7:40am Friday 3rd July 2009

LANTRA, the sector skills council for environmental and land-based industries and Business Link West Midlands are hosting a free business development workshop next Friday, during the Royal Show.

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