Around 1,300 staff at Wolverhampton-based Birmingham Midshires were celebrating big cash windfalls today after parent company Halifax Bank of Scotland revealed profits of more than £5.7 billion.
Two Shropshire towns are in line for a cash windfall of up to £25,000 each after being selected for a project to boost tourism. Two Shropshire towns are in line for a cash windfall of up to £25,000 each after being selected for a project to boost tourism. Bridgnorth and Much Wenlock have been chosen to get the cash. The awards are part of the Better Welcome for Market Towns Programme, funded by Advantage West Midlands. The idea is to come up with action plans to decide the best way of attracting more tourists to the towns, with the help of experts. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star
A Shropshire village will have a new community hall after its committee received a £125,000 windfall, allowing work to start on the building next month. A Shropshire village will have a new community hall after its committee received a £125,000 windfall, allowing work to start on the building next month. Today, Tilstock hall committee secretary Pearl Clawley confirmed the cash grant from the Bradbury Trust and said it means work on the new £245,000 building can all be done in one go. Plans to build the new hall have been in the pipeline for six years and while funding was in place for a January build the inside would have been finished off in stages if it was not for the grant. The hall will now be called the Tilstock Bradbury Village Hall. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star
Midland funnyman Jasper Carrott was all smiles today after netting £10.8m for his stake in Who Wants to be a Millionaire?Midland funnyman Jasper Carrott was all smiles today after netting £10.8m for his stake in Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The 61-year-old Brummie and his wife Hazel will get the windfall for their share in the hit show's maker Celador International. Dutch firm 2waytraffic, started by the team behind Big Brother, is paying an initial sum of £106m for the consortium of media companies behind Millionaire. Read the full story in the Express & Star
The Phoenix Four - former owners of collapsed car giant MG Rover - are set to become millions of pounds richer after clawing back £16 million from the taxman. The Phoenix Four - former owners of collapsed car giant MG Rover - are set to become millions of pounds richer after clawing back £16 million from the taxman. At the same time the Department of Trade & Industry as admitted that its inquiry into the MG Rover collapse was likely to drag on into next year. So far it has cost £6.9 million - around £12,000 a day since it was launched 18 months ago. The £16 million VAT windfall is revealed in the accounts for MGR Capital, a company that controlled a book of Rover car leases. Read the full story in the Express & Star
Stafford Rangers have been given a great chance to go in the hat for the FA Cup first round - and also collect a £10,000 prize. The Conference club's final qualifying mission will be at home to lower league opposition.
A £6.68 million cash boost is set to revolutionise the Black Country charity Beacon Centre for the Blind, the Express & Star can exclusively reveal.
Up to 70 jobs could be on the way to Shropshire after it was revealed today that a Telford firm is to wind up its base in Bolton.
