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Halliwells carve-up confirmed

Administrators BDO have officially been appointed to Halliwells - and details of the stricken law firm’s carve-up have been confirmed.

Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield

Start up numbers soar says survey

Research by direct marketing company Selectabase, suggests that the number of new businesses starting up in the UK is up by 19% compared to last year, at 240 start ups per day.

Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Selectabase

Manchester dominates office take up

Take-up of core office space in Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester was 805,000 sq ft, below the Q3 level of 1.1m sq ft. The first two quarters of the year each saw 500,000, according to GVA Grimley.

Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, GVA Grimley, Leeds, Manchester

Regional office market recovers

UK regional office take-up increased 150% in Q3 (July – September 2009), according to DTZ Research’s latest UK regional office market update.

Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham

UK regional office take-up leaps 150% in Q3, says DTZ

UK regional office take-up increased 150 per cent in Q3 (July – September 2009), according to agent DTZ’s research arm’s latest UK regional office market update.

Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham

City leaders call for high speed rail

Eleven UK cities have called for the development of a high-speed rail network that would drastically reduce journey times.

Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Europe, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Scotland, Sheffield

MG Rover - no criminal investigation

There will be no criminal investigation into the collapse of car maker MG Rover, it was announced today.

Inquiries into the collapse have cost £16m and taken four years to complete.

But the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) says it has no grounds for further investigation. Its reasons will be published in the next few days.

Birmingham, MG Rover, Serious Fraud Office

LDV in administration

Van maker LDV has gone into administration it was announced today.

The Birmingham-based group, owned by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, has failed to agree a rescue package,a week after Malaysian firm Weststar walked away.

In a statement on its website, LDV said it had been "forced to reapply for administration to protect the assets of the business".

Birmingham, Oleg Deripaska

LDV rescue collapses

The rescue of van maker LDV dramatically collapse today, after the Malaysian company Weststar pulled out of rescue talks.

Up to 6000 jobs at now thought to be at risk, including the 850 directly employed by LDV at Birmingham.

Workers were sent home today after LDV was forced to reapply for administration when Weststar pulled out of the deal.

Birmingham

Job losses hit provinces hard

Birmingham, Liverpool and Hull are the cities outside the capital worst affected by the rise in unemployment, a study by the Work Foundation indicates.

Birmingham, Liverpool

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