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Freelance scribbler. Semi-retired hack.

Joined October 2013
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Partnership will bring benefits for businesses birminghambiz.co.uk/news/Par…
Owned, as I believe the young people say.
The kind of Twitter exchange so many of us want this morning.
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Surely that's a trick question? It's both.
The free school meals u-turn was inevitable. What should have been easiest political open goal this century, has turned into a nightmare for Tory party. Question is, are his advisors arrogant or just plain stupid?
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Can't think of a better successor than the estimable @JohnCorser_Star Lots of luck and best wishes. #bestmanforthejob
Taking over from @SPenfoldWM as @ExpressandStar #Business Editor today. He will be hard act to follow, but aim to keep up his good work for this area. teapawt.org/JohnCorser_Star
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Cheers @HLeather_Star and to everyone at @ExpressandStar Towers. Going to miss the old place.
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This is my last day at the @ExpressandStar after two and a half decades. It's been a roller coaster but I wouldn't have missed it. Thanks to everyone I've worked with or who has helped out along the way. Hopefully we'll run into each other in my journey to the dark side (PR)
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Wolverhampton Law Society Awards, string of deals on Wednesfield's Steelpark, £2.7m office sale in West Brom and images of a new luxury homes development in Stafford. All on expressandstar.com/news/busi…
Absolutely right. Top result for a top team. Proud to have been part of it.
Midlands Media Awards newspaper of the year Express & Star 👍
Theresa May's Brexit deal: for or against? Now it's sparked calls for a confidence vote from her own party. Have your say on the big issue of the day in our online poll: teapawt.org/ExpressandStar/status/…
Do you support Theresa May's Brexit deal? The @expressandstar wants to hear from you! Vote here:
21%Yes
79%No
482 votes • Final results
Replying to @MartinatTDL
@MartinatTDL Simon Penfold at the Express & Star here. I understand you are in Hong Kong on business but if you have any comment on the latest Brexit deal, we'd like to include it in our coverage.
What do you think of Theresa May's brexit deal? Thumbs up or thumbs down? Have your say in our online poll: expressandstar.com/news/poli…
What do you think about Theresa May's Brexit deal? Have your say and vote now in our special online poll expressandstar.com/news/poli…
Another four @houseoffraser stores at shopping centres run by Merry Hill owner @intugroup will close in the New Year after failing to secure rescue deals with @SportsDirectUK owner Mike Ashley expressandstar.com/news/busi…
It's time to start sorting out your entries for the Express &Star Business Awards 2019. Read all about it here: businessawards.expressandsta…
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BREAKING: Unemployment in the West Midlands has risen in recent months, new figures from the @ONS reveal, up 9,000 between July and September to 142,000 compared to the previous three months. But it is still down by 13,000 on the figure for the year before. More follows...
See tomorrow's @ExpressandStar for a special 16-page launch supplement for the Express & Star Business Awards 2019, with details of sponsors, categories and how to enter. In business in the Black Country or south Staffordshire? Then make sure you're a part of it. #ESBA
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Nah. They're just pretending to listen to the ramblibg old git in the corner
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Fingers crossed #BCCCAwards
Good luck to @MNAmedia in the social impact category tonight! 🤞🏻😀🎊 Excited to be here representing @ExpressandStar
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