Local MP amongst group seeking to end corporate anonymity.

Richard Lutz takes his pew for Christmas technicolor mayhem at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Mad O'Rourke's Pie Factory launches takeaway service.

A design team, based in Longbridge, wins a European electronics industry accolade at the Elektra Awards 2011

Crescent to stage production of adapted classic.

BE at Home invites online audience participation.

West Midlands Railway reminds passengers to make only essential journeys this Easter.

Active Black Country Coordinator proves #ThisGirlCan for International Women’s Day 2020.

Centrick unlocks virtual viewings to tackle COVID-19.

Production cuts will be most in premium product portfolio as companies expect consumers to curb discretionary spending as the impact of the Covid-19. Manufacturing orders fall by up to 40% year on year as they expect much of current stock to remain unsold till then, company executives said.

Production cuts will be most in premium product portfolio as companies expect consumers to curb discretionary spending as the impact of the Covid-19. Manufacturing orders fall by up to 40% year on year as they expect much of current stock to remain unsold till then, company executives said.

Native Instruments has announced the release of three expansions for its Massive X flagship software synthesizer. Rush, Pulse, and Scene each contains 150 presets for the synth tailored toward a certain sound, created by expert sound designers who were involved in the development of Massive X and the creation of its factory library. Made for […]

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UVI has announced that its BeatHawk music app for iOS is available as a free download for a limited time. BeatHawk is a complete portable music production studio for iOS. Create beats, sample, layer melodies, sequence, mix, arrange and perform songs with a blazing-fast workflow and sleek hardware-inspired user interface. It comes packed with high-quality […]

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EndeavoxFX has announced the release of Pantastic, an audio effect plugin that is designed to place audio naturally in the stereo field without compromising mono compatibility. Panning is a simple effect that is easy to take for granted. It is one of the fundamental mixing tools. However, the conventional method for panning is anything but […]

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Plugin Boutique is offering 68% off on the Tape Synths expansion pack for Beat’s free Zampler rompler plugin. Names like Mercury, MiniMoog, Roland SH-101, JP-8000 or Juno 60 get Beat very excited!. But this isn‘t even the full list of synths they used for our latest soundbank. For authentic flair Beat recorded some of the […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced an exclusive sale on the Mandoline by Cinematique Instruments, offering a 30% discount on the virtual instrument featuring the sounds of a flat back soprano mandolin from Ireland, tuned like a violin in G-D-A-E. Our main focus was to create an Mandolin instrument which delivers a natural and organic feel. Our […]

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Xhun Audio has announced the release of Tribe Tronics, a collection of 63 multi-genre presets for the LittleOne software synthesizer designed for Experimental Techno and EDM productions. Tribe Tronics will play a central role in your next Experimental Techno and EDM productions! This fourth installment of a series (after Electro Punks, Tension Peaks and Hot […]

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Splice has launched some new samples and presets on its Splice Sounds label. Mario Luciano Sample Pack Vol. 2 — Musician, composer, and arranger, Mario Luciano is back with his second volume of sounds for Splice. Using 100% all-analog keyboards, instruments, and vintage mixing equipment to craft his samples, you’ll find some truly unique gems […]

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Plugin Boutique has launched a sale on the VirtualCZ software synthesizer, offering a 40% discount on the plugin that recreates the unique synthesis engine of the Casio CZ synths. The CZ series are digital synths that use a technique known as Phase Distortion – a close relative of Frequency Modulation (FM) made popular by Yamaha’s […]

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The post pandemic society will witness a change in consumer behavior and overall lifestyle. It is estimated that consumers will be extremely cautious with their spending. The spending on luxury, travel, hospitality, and movies, fine dine, white goods, expensive gadgets, among others and see a drop.

While withdrawing its forecast for two- to three-year sales growth, Domino's said U.S. same-store sales were up 7.1% in late March and much of April, as diners under lockdown ordered home delivery more often.

Currently, Toonz Retail runs 107 stores across India and in the coming year it is looking to come up with stores in Rajkot, Raiberali, Lucknow among other cities.

The range has been launched offline as well through its 4 brand stores in premium hospitals across Delhi and NCR.

Amazon, FirstCry and J&J’s BabyCenter among those seeking info to offer tailored content, discounts; move may violate proposed data law.

Irish people are repaying Natives peoples for their help during the 19th-century potato famine by contributing to a GoFundMe for COVID-19 relief.

Navajo Nation officials talked Friday about how federal aid related to the coronavirus pandemic could help with pressing needs like water and housing.

With already three stores in Bengaluru and one in Chennai, the company now plans to open two new stores in Hyderabad with an investment of Rs 5 crore, it said. In the next 12 to 18 months, WoodenStreet further plans to open 4 additional stores in South India, along with a third store in Hyderabad.

The Mumbai-based startup is currently in talks with local furniture players in the country. It is looking to add 8-10 new partners every month and take the count to a total of 150-180 suppliers by the end of 2020.

Matthew Ferrari is an epidemiologist and associate professor of biology at Penn State who studies infectious diseases and how they spread across populations. He uses mathematical and statistical tools to understand patterns of disease incidence. He talked with WPSU's Cheraine Stanford about the new coronavirus, what we know, what we don’t and what it means for our community and our country.

The coronavirus pandemic could delay the removal of a 72-foot long fishing vessel that has been grounded for weeks on a beach on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The scallop harvesting boat is considered a safety hazard as curious people climb aboard its rusting hull. The Virginian-Pilot reported Saturday that removing the abandoned boat could cost more than $60,000. The boat’s owner is responsible for its removal. But the owner lives in Texas. Stay-at-home orders have limited travel between states. Visitors are also banned from coming to the Outer Banks. The ship ran aground during a storm on March 1 near Oregon Inlet.

Analysts have largely cut their FY20 earnings forecast for the Tata Group firm by 4-10 per cent.

While early movers like Rolex, Omega and Tag Heuer entered India in early noughties, a clutch of global luxury watches like Panerai are now placing bets on the Indian market, keeping in mind a longer investment horizon. In a bid to create a deeper connect with the Indian consumers, Panerai launched two MS Dhoni special edition watches on Wednesday.

Exports to Hong Kong, the sector's biggest market, plummeted 41.3 percent, while exports to France fell 48 percent, and those to South Korea were down 46.2 percent.

There are nearly 100 such gaming cafes currently and less than 1000 non-exclusive cafes, said Vamsi Krishna, Head of Consumer Marketing, South Asia, NVIDIA.

Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Allahabad Bank, Union Bank of India, and Bank of Maharashtra have jointly lent close to Rs 4,000 crore to the two Rotomac Group companies.

Rotomac Exports and Rotomac Global, firms promoted by banking-fraud accused Vikram Kothari, will now be auctioned by the bankruptcy court.

India imports 45% of completely built units of consumer durables from China and it also imports nearly 70% of the components for television, and other consumer durable products. The price increase by suppliers at a time when demand is drastically down has hit the sector hard, said the presentation by Ficci to the government.

Having suffered an unprecedented sales decline of 6-7 per cent in 2019-20, the industry will be up against challenges in both supply and demand sides due to the coronavirus pandemic, Panasonic India and South Asia President and CEO Manish Sharma said.

The world’s largest publicly traded toymaker, which has licenses for popular franchises such as “Frozen” and the “Avengers,” said US goods produced in China could drop to about 50% by the end of 2020, from just under two-thirds currently.

It costs Rs 5-6 crore per store to set up and over the next three years, the company will spend Rs 50-60 crore on The Collective portfolio, its brand head, Amit Pande, said. “We want to double our footprint and our monobrand portfolio will also see growth. However, those (mono-brand) stores cost much less at about Rs 2-3 crore per store to set up.”

Good Earth is now a prominent go-to destination for home decor enthusiasts and interior designers alike as it offers something for everyone.

The offers are on luxury products such as watches, cars and shoes, just as many other players also join the ‘lockdown bandwagon’.

India’s gross import of rough diamonds had declined by 13.43% to $12.39 billion between April 2019 and February 2020 from a year earlier.

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The Indian unit of Unicharm Corporation has moved within striking distance of market leader Procter & Gamble in the Indian diaper market.

Omni-channel kids wear retailer Toonz Retail India has announced a partnership with Tariq Albassami Group for entering the Gulf Cooperation Council region.

612 League sells its products through 48 EBOs and 450 points of sales across the country. "We will also increase our points of sales to 800 in 4 years," he said.

Offline traders' body CAIT has argued that e-commerce companies are misinterpreting MHA's new lockdown guidelines and "twisting (them) in their favour to misguide the various state governments and authorities and to create unnecessary confusion." The government has extended lockdown till May 17. It, however, gave some relaxations for business activities and people's movement within areas with limited or no COVID-19 cases.

The Centre, in its revised guidelines on May 1, had allowed “standalone shops” to operate in the red zones, while it restricted operations of e-commerce companies to sale of essential items only.

The business is split in three verticals, services, products and skilling. The services which include slimming and diet planning is the oldest and most known.