Midlands Business Insider reveals its Power 100 - the most powerful players in the Midlands economy. We also have an exclusive inteview with the head of Jessops, as he turns the troubled Midlands camera retailer around, and we look at the prospects for the region's huge aerospace industry.
The head of Alliance Boots did not even make last year’s Power 100. Yet in just a year Stefano Pessina has shot straight in at number one. Kurt Jacobs and Sam Metcalf discuss the thinking behind this year’s Power 100.
The high street is dead. Tell that to David Adams who parachuted into stricken camera retailer Jessops last year and embarked on a mission to save the company. He’s only just begun, says Sam Metcalf.
Pity poor aerospace? Never! It might be an unsung hero in the Midlands, but as other areas of manufacture decline it powers on, says Sam Metcalf.
