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- Retailers help lift prospects for IT firm Sanderson
A push by retailers to improve efficiency in the economic downturn is translating into higher levels of business for Coventry IT specialist Sanderson Group. - Innovation award for racing car fire suppression system
A West Midlands racing car supplier is firmly in the fast lane after winning a top innovation award. - Some companies in the West Midlands view the internet as a waste of time
CYBER cynicism is taking a grip of West Midlands business as many employers fail to capitalise on the benefits offered by technology ? and even view the internet as a waste of time. - Birmingham on course to become a leading digital city
BIRMINGHAM'S drive to become a leading European digital city has received a major boost with the attainment of ?Living Lab? status from the European Union. - West Midland training company secures new Middle East deals
A hi-tech West Midland learning and development company is exporting its expertise to the Gulf ? with help from UK Trade & Investment. - Small companies could head for cyberspace
Nearly half of SMES in the UK would consider working entirely online as a ?virtual company? to beat the credit crunch, research shows. - Video conferencing flourishing in recession
As the recession tightens its icy fingers around the neck of the business community, companies study their balance books with increasing trepidation. A reduction in liquidity, squeezed budgets and increasing demands on employees? time all add up to a difficult outlook for business across the region. - Jane Hatton in line for major entrepreneur award
Jane Hatton hasn?t let her disability stop her running an innovative training business for the public sector ? and now she?s in the running for a top national award. - NS Optimum joins Microsoft on winners rostrum at Excellence Awards
One multi-national and one regional company are already in early festive mood ? after winning Chair?s Awards for Excellence at the ICT Excellence Awards in the West Midlands. - Yahoo founder Jerry Yang quits chief executive role
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the internet company to Microsoft for Ј32 billion - more than triple Yahoo's current market value. - Businessman hits out at lack of help from funds body
A West Midlands businessman has criticised regional development agencies for not doing enough to help fledgling companies. - Birmingham bioscience firm?s turnover increases by 26 per cent
THE Binding Site, a bioscience firm based in King?s Heath, has seen its turnover increase 26 per cent in the past year as the demand for its cancer diagnosis technology grows. - Phones 4u brought to book for mis-selling
Phones 4u brought to book for mis-selling - Science Minister Lord Drayson hails Birmingham's innovation
Birmingham is blazing a trail in the micro-technologies of tomorrow, according to the New Science and Innovation Minister. - Nanotechnology drives fuel efficient engine oil
A high-tech lubricant hailed the ?holy grail of vehicle oil? has been launched at an industry event at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. - Keele University firms in frame for Lord Stafford Awards
A pair of trail-blazing companies spun out from Keele University have been shortlisted for the prestige Lord Stafford Awards for innovation. - Software supplier Bynx broadens fleet management solutions
Warwickshire-based software supplier Bynx has made key partnerships and appointments, strengthening the Wellesbourne automotive sector supplier?s presence and bringing fleet management solutions to more organisations. - Hospital curtain idea puts Opal in frame for innovation award
Health curtain innovation is shortlisted for award - Tiscali may sell broadband business to BSkyB
Broadcasting giant is latest company in UK Tiscali takeover bid - Ingenious idea inspired by local nurses set to help save millions
A medical innovation born in the West Midlands is poised to play a crucial role in helping to save millions of lives across the world.