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Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, continued to bolster Dubai's position as the region's financial services capital during its 20th year.

Minister James Murray has warned of a "bumpy" road ahead in an aim to tackle inflation rates after an unexpected 3% rise, despite the economists forecast of 2.8%.

Leading national training provider, With-you Consultancy Ltd. have been crowned AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group’s (AIM) 2024 Quality Mark Centre of the Year for their transformative Peer Support and Supervision training, that is quality assured by AIM.

ISS announces 2024 financial results and 2025 outlook highlights financial performance update:

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, responded to the January Public Sector Finance statistics.

The London Blockchain Conference (LBC) will be hosting its second government event at the House of Lords, the second chamber/upper house of the UK Parliament on March 4.

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have expanded their Christmas Markets programme for Winter 25/26 from Birmingham Airport, by putting extra capacity on sale to Gdansk, in Poland.

In London's Canary Wharf the Chancellor met with some of the UK’s biggest financial services firms such as Aviva, HSBC and Schroders and urged them to work with development institutions including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and British International Investment.

A leading security company is in seventh heaven after winning its latest award at a packed event in Birmingham.

Emily Stubbs, head of policy at Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, said: “Today's data only highlights the mounting cost pressures facing businesses across the country - and the Chancellor's national insurance contribution increases will only add to the strain.

The Student Energy Group (TSEG) has been crowned the best 'Medium Business (51-250 employees)’ in the region for at the highly anticipated West Midlands Business of the Year Awards 2025.

One of the Black Country’s leading tyre specialists is on course for its best-ever year after expanding into an additional unit.

The Student Energy Group (TSEG) has been crowned the best 'Medium Business (51-250 employees)’ in the region for at the highly anticipated West Midlands Business of the Year Awards 2025.

As part of a joint investment with Northern, the new wheel lathe at the Allerton TrainCare Centre will make train maintenance more efficient.

On the sidelines of the inaugural annual global AlUla Conference for Emerging Market Economies in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia's Finance Ministry and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) co-hosted a high-level roundtable on ‘Working Together to Support Recovery in the Middle East's Conflict-Affected Economies’, with a focus on Syria, bringing together finance ministers of countries in the region, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria, the Managing Director of Operations at the World Bank Group and heads of other International Financial Institutions and the Arab Coordination Group.

Following the Chancellor’s announcement that the economy is growing modestly to confound expectations, Raj Kandola, Director of External Affairs at Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC), said: “The Chancellor will breathe a sigh of relief as the GDP figures confounded expectations, with the economy growing modestly.