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Express & Star 13 Jan 10
An Aldridge man made sexually offensive remarks and sent indecent text messages to a series of women after dialling their mobile phone numbers, a court heard. Colin Crawford Boyd Logan told Walsall magistrates “I apologise for what I have done”. Sentencing was adjourned until 2 February…
Business news
Express & Star 7 Dec 09
Compensation may be offered to customers who suffered loss of their TV service because of a fault which hit thousands of Midlands homes. Company chiefs said that the problems had stemmed from a router failure, followed by a power cut, knocked out services in Dudley, Wolverhampton and Walsall, as well as parts of Birmingham, on Wednesday evening…
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Walsall Advertiser 7 Dec 09
Toddlers who spent weeks filling shoeboxes with Christmas gifts for soldiers in Afghanistan were turned away from a post office. Three and four-year-olds from Little Green Dragons Nursery visited the High Street branch in Brownhills, holding the decorated shoe boxes they had filled with items such as toothpaste, aftershave and magazines…
Business news
Express & Star 5 Dec 09
Television services across the Midlands were today still being hit by a fault which left thousands of homes without a picture. A router failure followed by a power cut has been affecting services for Virgin Media customers since Sunday…
Business news
Express & Star 07 Nov 09
Send Marketing an Aldridge based private mail company is snapping up scores of business customers from strike-hit Royal Mail – and most say they won’t be going back…
Business news
Tom Scotney B'ham Post 2 Nov 09
As crisis talks start up again today to try to prevent further strikes at Royal Mail, it has emerged one of Birmingham’s largest public bodies has dropped the organisation…
Business news
Express & Star 31 Oct 09
Royal Mail postal workers across the West Midlands were out on strike today as a fresh wave of action was announced for next week. The Communication Workers Union has served notice of a third wave of national walkouts next Friday and the following Monday (November 9) as around 77,000 delivery and collection staff took part in the industrial action across the country today…
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Express & Star 29 Oct 09
Thousands of mail workers are taking part in a fresh wave of strikes – amid warnings the bitter dispute could escalate into longer walkouts.
Billy Hayes, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, believes there is “every prospect” that industrial action will now be stepped up…
Business
Open Press 28 Oct 09
Walsall-based IT innovators, Cloud Net, have announced a new internet based phone system that’s being rolled out in the West Midlands prior to a UK-wide launch…
Business news
John Cranage B'ham Post 26 Oct 09
West Midland companies are being offered advice on dealing with the postal strikes. Business Link West Midlands, the regional support agency, has set up a page on its website offering practical suggestions for contingency planning to overcome the disruption to mail services…