Worcestershire business news

Business news from the BBC web site:

MP criticises energy firm charges
A senior MP says he believes energy companies are increasing customers' direct debit payments by more than is needed.

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

Eighty jobs go at aluminium firm
A number of jobs could be at risk as a manufacturing firm in north Worcestershire goes into administration.

Drivers rush to cut-price pumps
A village petrol station says it has been extremely busy since it cut its fuel price after the oil price dropped.

Action call over road accidents
Residents in a Worcestershire town are trying to set up a charity after a series of accidents on a busy road.

Bike sales boost Halfords profits
The car parts and bicycles chain Halfords says it is confident about profits despite slowing sales in the past three months.

Cameron's speech in full
The full text of David Cameron's speech to the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

'I wish these air battles would stop'
A mother's WWII letters to her son about life in the West Midlands are auctioned.

Council leader's £50 cab journeys
Worcestershire County Council admits spending £245 on taxis to take its leader home from meetings.

Roadworks blamed for 'poor trade'
Traders in a Worcestershire town say shoppers have been kept away by too many roadworks.

The plight of the bluefin
The Atlantic bluefin tuna is in a parlous state - does it represent a oceans-wide legacy of overfishing?

Metal thieves told to pay £1 each
Six members of a gang who stole metals from businesses across the Midlands have been ordered to repay just £1.

Home collapses as floods strike
A house collapses and several homes and roads are flooded as more heavy rain hits Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Winds and rain battering Britain
Flood warnings are in place in Wales and parts of England as heavy rain sweeps across the country.

Town evacuated after brook bursts
Parts of a Worcestershire town centre are evacuated as heavy rain falls in the West Midlands.

Jobs threat over factory closure
Up to 150 jobs are under threat after the announcement that a timber factory is to leave Herefordshire.

Timeline: The Johnson gang raids
A map and chronology of the most significant of the Johnson family's stately home burglaries

Firm plans 'hundreds of new jobs'
A developer wants to create a high-tech business park which could lead to up to 700 new jobs in Worcestershire.

The summer floods: What happened
A year after the floods which devastated large parts of north-east and central England and Wales, take a look back at the wettest summer on record.

Man stung by £78,000 e-mail scam
A widower loses £78,000 to e-mail scammers who told him a relative had left him £4.5m.

Latest

CORPORATEWEAR

Web site design and search engine optimisation

Personal Banking

Worcestershire business news