Connecticut firm buys two Birmingham companies

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- Connecticut firm buys two Birmingham companies
- Birmingham Leeds and Glasgow hit hardest by UK job losses
- Birmingham City’s Liam Ridgewell has successful operation

Connecticut firm buys two Birmingham companies
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_BE5CDABFCCC84882AD77E378F45DFC29. (NYSE: PX) has acquired. Fowler Brothers of Birmingham Ala. and Service Gas Supply Inc. of Midlothian Texas.

Birmingham Leeds and Glasgow hit hardest by UK job losses
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–>Christine Buckley Industrial Editordiv#related-article-links p a div#related-article-links p a:visited {color:#06c;}London despite the much-reported cull in financial services jobs does notappear on the list of the ten UK cities worst hit by rising unemployment. Instead Birmingham which is at the centre of much of Britain’s car industryand big cities in the North and Scotland are taking the brunt of job cuts inthe current recession. Also badly hit are areas associated with traditional manufacturing which someargue have not fully recovered from previous recessions. According to analysis from the Work Foundation the employment think-tankBirmingham has suffered the biggest rise in the number of people claimingjobseeker’s allowance. In February the claimant rate in the city was 7. 3percent up from 5.
Related from Inkfeenz: Economic decline rates ‘easing’

Birmingham City’s Liam Ridgewell has successful operation
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Blues released a statement that paid tribute to the treatment Ridgewell has received from medical staff. The statement read: “We are pleased to report that the operation was a success and there were no complications. “The club would like to thank the surgeon and medical staff at Selly ak Hospital in Birmingham for their expertise professionalism and care in treating Liam. ”Meanwhile an FA regulatory commission were today set to decide whether to upheld Blues claim for wrongful dismissal concerning Maik Taylor sending-off in the Plymouth match. Blues submitted a written argument and DVD evidence in the hope that Taylor would not be banned for one match.

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