Staffordshire business news

Business news from the BBC web site:

Protests over sports car school
Residents call for a public inquiry over revised plans for a sports car driving centre in Staffordshire.

Manufacturers given £4m loan fund
A £4m loan fund is announced to help small and medium-sized manufacturing firms across the West Midlands region.

GMB union regrets JCB job cuts
The GMB union says it regrets the loss of 400 jobs at Staffordshire-based, JCB.

JCB announces 400 more job cuts
Digger-maker JCB blames extreme deterioration in business confidence for its decision to cut 400 more jobs.

Number of jobless rises by 3,000
The number of people out of work in the West Midlands in the three months to September rises by 3,000.

Club hit by fans withdrawing cash
Port Vale FC says fans withdrawing money from savings accounts could cost the club thousands of pounds.

Loopholes clear couple's debts
As recession looms and more people find themselves in debt, it may often feel like there is no way out. But one couple managed to find loopholes in their credit agreements to avoid paying nearly £100,000.

Small firms fighting the downturn
The BBC News Website is tracking nine small businesses from across the UK to see how they are being affected by the economic downturn.

Posts lost at porcelain company
Forty jobs are cut at pottery maker Royal Worcester and Spode - a day after the firm went into administrations.

Royal Worcester in administration
The pottery firm Royal Worcester and Spode, which employs 388 people in the UK, goes into administration.

Agency boss confident over future
The boss of an estate agency which has closed most of its branches says he is confident about the future.

The M1 appreciation course
There's more to motorways than tarmac, tailbacks and tepid coffee served at tourist prices. To prove it a lecturer took a minibus of students on a day-long tour of the M1.

Heywoods hit by house sales slump
Staffordshire estate agents Heywoods says it has applied to be put into administration because of a slump in business.

Injunction bid to ban boy racers
A council and police apply for an injunction to ban boy racers from Stoke-on-Trent.

Downturn snapshot: Day's events
What's the real impact of the economic slowdown? In a special day of coverage BBC News is taking the temperature across the UK. You can keep track of all the main developments as they happen on this page.

Builders merchant plans job cuts
A Northamptonshire firm employing 14,000 people in the UK says jobs could go due to housing market problems.

Recorded crime rates are reduced
The number of recorded crimes in Staffordshire goes down by more than 6%.

JCB workers balloted over hours
Staff at JCB are to be balloted on whether to accept a shorter working week in an attempt to save their jobs.

Renewed job fears at digger plant
A union says more job losses are being considered at a JCB factory because of falling sales.

Q&A: Council funding at risk
Councils in England and Wales are worried about whether they will recover large sums of money invested in Icelandic banks which have collapsed.

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