| 'Draconian' parking charges slated | | 9:21am Monday 28th April 2008 | | LOCAL authorities are being urged to rethink their policies of charging excessive parking charges ahead of the local elections in England and Wales. |
 | Meaty treats pass national taste test | | 3:49pm Sat 26 Apr 08 | | TWO well-known Bewdley butchers are celebrating after they won awards for their sausages and a venison burger in a national competition. |
 | Stylish success for salon pair | | 12:33pm Tue 22 Apr 08 | | STYLISTS at a Kidderminster salon are celebrating after making it through to the final of a prestigious hairdressing competition. |
 | Contender homes in on bright future | | 11:44am Wed 16 Apr 08 | | IF success in business depends on being in the right place at the right time, then John Reed is heading for big things as his embryo company puts down its roots in Kidderminster. |
| Difficulties in Euro car market | | 9:33am Wednesday 16th April 2008 | | JATO Dynamics, a provider of automotive data and intelligence, today reports that after a strong start to the year, March proved to be a more difficult month for the European car market, with a drop of 9.7 per cent (175,738 units) compared to the same month last year, posting a total sales volume of 1,631,810 units. |
| NFU backs Brit biofuels | | 3:51pm Tuesday 15th April 2008 | | THE NFU has taken the opportunity of national Biofuels Day to draw a clear distinction between biofuels produced sustainably to what it calls the "British Model", that yield genuine greenhouse gas savings and biofuels produced elsewhere in the world with fewer environmental safeguards. |
| Ethel bids for final spot | | 3:41pm Tuesday 15th April 2008 | | ETHEL Fitzjohn, of Kidderminster, is hoping to fly the flag for the Midlands region in the 2008 HSBC Start-Up Stars Awards - an annual search for the UK's most promising start-up businesses and the inspirational entrepreneurs behind them. |
| West Mids championed in China | | 9:22am Tuesday 15th April 2008 | | MINISTER for the West Midlands, Liam Byrne, will be championing the region in China when he visits Shandong Province later this month. |
| 'Chameleons' in the workplace | | 1:53pm Thursday 10th April 2008 | | ACCORDING to a new study from business psychologists, OPP, the UK is top of the European charts for "workplace chameleons". |
| Firm has satisfied workers | | 8:44am Wednesday 9th April 2008 | | A HARTLEBURY-based company has been recognised for providing employee satisfaction. |
| New music noise rules | | 8:56am Tuesday 8th April 2008 | | THE British Tinnitus Association (BTA) is commending the start of a new Noise at Work Regulation for those working in the music and entertainment industry. |
 | Stylists make colour final | | 2:55pm Mon 7 Apr 08 | | STYLISTS at a Kidderminster salon are celebrating after making it through to the final of a prestigious hairdressing competition. |
| Brintons at homebuilding show | | 8:26am Monday 7th April 2008 | | BRINTONS Fine Carpets is exhibiting at the Homebuilding and Renovating Show this week at Birmingham's NEC,
The company will feature its chic stripes collection from Thursday to Sunday. |
| Corporate deaths law in force | | 9:07am Sunday 6th April 2008 | | TEN years after Government talks first began, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act will finally come into force today. |
| Vale completes development | | 8:47am Sunday 6th April 2008 | | STOURPORT-based Thomas Vale has recently completed a development of three prestigious, two-storey office buildings on a former brownfield site at Shenstone, near Lichfield. |
| New rules on staff talks | | 8:39am Saturday 5th April 2008 | | FROM today, companies and organisations employing between 50 and 100 staff will need to have systems in place to allow meaningful dialogue to take place between managers and staff, says the TUC. |
| Security group warns on ID fraud | | 12:07pm Friday 4th April 2008 | | IN the wake of last night's BBC One documentary on the increasing problem of identity fraud in the UK, the British Security Industry Association (BISA) is advising businesses to take preventative measures to protect themselves from identity fraudsters. |
| 'Don't panic' over rates move | | 10:31am Friday 4th April 2008 | | WORCESTERSHIRE property developers and agents need not panic over the Government's removal of rates relief on empty buildings, according to Worcestershire's Property Service (WPS). |
| Farm food to be showcased | | 8:32am Friday 4th April 2008 | | THE NFU is set to raise the profile of the Great British farmer at the Food and Drink Expo 2008 in Birmingham. |
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