Staffordshire business news

Business news from the BBC web site:

Tycoon's 'small interest' in LDV
Billionaire businessman John Caudwell confirms he will approach administrators who are trying to find a buyer for LDV.

Fashion firm's profits down 95%
A Staffordshire ladies fashion business says pre-tax profits for the past six months are 95% down on the previous year.

Firms get help with credit risks
The chancellor unveils measures aimed at helping the UK's struggling firms, but business groups says more could have been done.

Government to consider JCB school
Plans by digger maker JCB to build an academy school are referred by councillors to the government.

Councils bid to save post offices
Council leaders say they are looking at ways they could save 37 post offices in from closure.

Region's housing boom 'is over'
The housing boom in the West Midlands is over, says one leading economist and several surveys.

M6 widening plans blighting homes
Homeowners in Staffordshire say a plan to widen the M6 motorway is already blighting their homes.

Concern over newspaper sell off
The future of several newspapers is in doubt as Trinity Mirror puts some regional titles up for sale.

Enterprise capital award for town
A Staffordshire town is named as the West Midlands Enterprise Capital for 2006.

Airport withdraws expansion plans
Officials at Wolverhampton Business Airport in Staffordshire withdraw current expansion plans.

Tycoon's phone business for sale
A mobile phone tycoon puts his multi-million pound landline business up for sale.

£5m project to prevent flooding
The Environment Agency is spending £5m to prevent the River Trent flooding in Staffordshire.

Work on business centre to start
Building work on a £13m business park in north Staffordshire is due to begin in February.

Taxpayers oppose planned increase
Seven out of 10 people questioned in a survey say they are not happy with a proposed council tax rise.

News in brief
An internet DIY mail order company is back in business after a staff shortage.plus more news in brief from Staffordshire.

Type of trainee teachers changing
Work-based routes into teaching are diversifying the profession, as Cambridge tops the university courses.

Businesses to work with students
Firms in Staffordshire are urged to take advantage of a scheme providing an opportunity for them to work with the best of the area's university talent.

Funeral held for restaurant owner
A Chinese restaurant owner found stabbed to death outside his Staffordshire business is laid to rest.

Road charges backed by businesses
Road pricing is favoured by the majority of West Midlands businesses according to a new survey.

Further arrest over shop murder
A fifth person is arrested by police investigating the murder of an off-licence owner found behind his shop.

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