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Milestone marked by new productions.

Dementia Awareness Week in Coventry starts with a song and dance.

We spoke to funeral director Kate Spohrer about her work during this difficult time.

"Stay home and celebrate VE Day" says ambulance service.

Brian Donaldson talks to comedican Nick Helm.

Bring Your Own Baby Comedy presents virtual comedy show.

Richard Lutz points to the books he enjoyed in 2019. And the ones he’d rather forget. 

Light to shine on historical Smethwick landmark - with a little help from its friends.

Jessica Harris rambles through a quiet but distinctly alive Birmingham.

National Military Service Museums to bring nation together in Virtual VE Day Festival.

Upwards of 90,000 people expected to attend Digbeth festivities.

Stephen Pennell looks over a photographic record of the coolest neighbourhood in Britain.

Get ready for a weekend of free performances in Digbeth.

First participants confirmed through the Birmingham Weekender in Digbeth Open Call.

Conservative group call for travel tax to be delayed following vehicle checking "fiasco".

Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday with the Everything to Everybody Project.

Andy Munro ponders on a lengthy spell without a trip to St Andrews.

Aston Villa defender to take on Wolves star in charity FIFA 2020 match.

Fund raising by fire security company helps charities.

Top-end property specialists launch in West Midlands and Warwickshire.

Dave Woodhall on Villa's annual defeat at home to Manchester United.

Volunteers prepare and deliver meals during Ramadan.

The Caring Foundation donates meals to West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Gabby Agbonlahor and Ian Bell amongst host of stars raising funds for childrens hospice.

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.

The capital infusion comes at a time when risk capital investment activity has almost ground to a halt because of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, which, in turn, has forced vertical ecommerce companies such as Nykaa to conserve cash, given the steep plunge in discretionary spending by consumers.

Assam cabinet held its meeting on Friday through video conferencing. Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said the 25 per cent hike will add Rs 1000 crore to the government's kitty.

Expressing the sentiments of the industry, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said the 'logout' movement cemented the belief that the industry needed to take back control.

Under the e-token system, customers are given specific time for purchasing alcohol so that there is no violation of social distancing norms by people queuing up outside liquor stores.

Deals on grocery and FMCG had evaporated days before lockdown in March last week when panic buying had started.

The Naukri JobSpeak is a monthly Index which calculates and records hiring activity based on the job listings on Naukri.com website month on month. The objective is to measure the hiring activities in various industries, cities, functional areas and experience levels.

According to staffing company Genius Consultants '9th Hiring, Attrition and Compensation Trend 2020-21', around 81 per cent of the respondents have shown interest to carry on with existing manpower and retaining them.

The survey was conducted by MindMap Advance Research with 560 India Inc. employees across small, medium and large enterprises in major metro cities of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

The plan, which has been in the works for months, is likely to be part of the stimulus package, that is expected to be announced shortly.

The survey which covered over 1,300 HR professionals across sectors, aimed to understand the impact of the lockdown on the country’s employment scenario. More than 72% hiring managers said companies are devising new job roles that will be limited to remote working only.

In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, CAIT had urged the government to allow traders to pay salaries as per a mutual agreement between the employer and the employee or allow them to pay 30 per cent of the salary to meet their livelihood needs.

In April, Zomato initiated a voluntary salary reduction programme, which also offers affected employees’ additional stock in lieu of the cash cut from their pay cheques.

He said the position of MSMEs was "worst" as they were now engaged in a "battle for their survival".

A negative list will clearly spell out what’s not allowed, allowing other activities to resume.

Recruitment experts at Manpower, KellyOCG, PeopleStrong, and Xpheno predict that even as many sectors see widespread layoffs, there will be a silver lining in sectors like edtech, ecommerce/internet, transport and logistics, as well as pharma that continue to hire.

The move came after Future group firms defaulted on loans taken against the pledged shares of Future Retail in March, which also impacted its share price.

The five southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala together consume as much as 45 per cent of all liquor sold in the country, the report by Crisil said. While Tamil Nadu and Kerala top the list in revenue percentage terms at 15 per cent each, for Kerala the tax on liquor is its single largest revenue source.

Major retail chains including Viveks, Shahs, Girias, Vasanth and Co are among the signatories of the letter, which fears job losses might start impacting one lakh of families, besides a steep drop in direct and indirect tax revenues to the state.

The order directed pubs, clubs, bars and lodges to allow only one customer to enter their respective premises at a time and leave soon after purchasing liquor at the maximum retail price (MRP).

Recruitment experts at Manpower, KellyOCG, PeopleStrong, and Xpheno predict that even as many sectors see widespread layoffs, there will be a silver lining in sectors like edtech, ecommerce/internet, transport and logistics, as well as pharma that continue to hire.

Ueberschall has announced the release of Latin Brasil Beats, a new title in the Multitrack Drum Loop Series which provides the authentic vibrance and groove of Latin rhythms. The library is built from 10 GB of sample data and contains more than 3,800 individual loops divided into sixteen performance-based folders. Each folder features multiple parts […]

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UJAM has announced the release of its new virtual electronic drum instrument Beatmaker VICE, a plugin that features drum machine samples from the 1980s processed to 21st century sound standard. The instrument allows you to produce nostalgic beats that pack a punch with ready-made patterns and proprietary mix and effect automation. Inspired by some of […]

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