The commercial importance of local newspapers should not be underestimated, according to Shropshire businessman Paul Graham.

Businesses have just a few days left to submit their entries for the 2012 Shropshire Business Awards. The deadline for entries to the prestigious annual awards passes on Friday, and organisers are asking that companies which have not yet submitted their application do so soon.

Catch up with our live analysis of Chancellor George Osborne’s speech as Shropshire business leaders debated the impact of the 2012 Budget.

A report into a crisis which engulfed Shropshire Chamber of Commerce’s bosses last year has cleared the body of any wrongdoing, it was revealed today.

The Shropshire Star, along with Shropshire Chamber of Commerce, launches this year’s Shropshire Business Awards. Visit the Shropshire Business Awards website to apply for an award

Shropshire business experts were on hand today to answer the big financial questions in a special webchat, following Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement.

The rise of a Telford manufacturing firm continues apace, with the company launching a search for at least 20 new members of staff.

Hundreds of people from Shropshire’s business community gathered to celebrate the best the county has to offer last night.

A search was launched today for the top boss of the new local enterprise partnership tasked with supporting business in the region.

In our live Q+A on a career in sales last week, our panel of experts answered your questions on getting a job in sales, improving your selling ability and enhancing your career.

Vince Cable today launched a vicious attack on rampant capitalism as he unveiled new laws to rein in reckless and greedy City fat cats.

Eighty new jobs are expected to be created across Shropshire and up to 100 safeguarded with cash from a council fund.

A Shropshire MP has called for everything to be done to “achieve the best outcome” after meeting workers at a factory threatened with closure.

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Oswestry’s markets need to attract younger traders and customers if they are to have a strong future, a council report into their fight for survival says.

A Shropshire man, who launched his own specialist furniture firm over ten years ago from the back of a van, now works with some of the UK’s top architects and interior designers.

It’s always tough if you didn’t manage the grades you need for university, but have no fear – our three success stories show that you don’t need a degree to do well.

Following the recent publicity given to companies offering consumers ‘free’ solar panels that will save them money on their home electricity bills, a Shropshire-based solar energy expert has warned that homeowners will lose out on tens of thousands of pounds under the generous-sounding deals.

A huge Shrewsbury-based MINI dealership which began trading 18 months ago from a sleek state-of-the-art purpose-built black building, is going from strength to strength.

Nearly 2,000 jobs have been created or safeguarded and more than 1,700 businesses helped thanks to the Rural Regeneration Zone, a conference heard.

Rebecca Whitfield, who combines running her business Kidzears with raising her first child, opens up her diary from a crucial week, selling at the Baby Show at Birmingham’s NEC.

WHEN the BBC unveils its high-tech election night graphics on Thursday, millions of viewers will be treated to the computer wizardry of a Shropshire company.

TELFORD-based Jackloc Company, which manufactures window restrictors, has appointed one of the UK’s leading online child safety distributors to sell its products, as part of a campaign to raise awareness in the domestic market.

More than 75 people turned out for the Craven Arms Business Fair which relaunched the area’s Business Network.

Shrewsbury-based Hometyre Group was set up in 2008, with bosses hoping to create five trading franchised outlets in their first year.

ONE Shropshire company is signalling the way forward out of recession for small manufacturing firms with innovative products and a bid for new routes to market.

Shropshire women working in business can take advantage of a networking opportunity.

TWO titans of world snooker have put on an exhibition match for their fans, backed by a Telford firm.

With unemployment figures at their highest for ten years, Women in Rural Enterprise (WiRE) are encouraging women to see the situation as a real opportunity to start their own business.