FOR the second week running the bus strike over a pay claim was causing great inconvenience to passengers in Bromsgrove and Droitwich. The Midland Red company said staff were demanding a 19 per cent rise on top of their present £169 a week salary. However, some staff disputed the figures claiming their wage was more like £85, the higher figure was made possible only by excessive overtime.
LESS than a week after fire destroyed a large part of the HSF Precision Mouldings factory in Bromsgrove, production had started again. The 20-strong workforce had, along with contractors, worked around the clock to repair and clean the premises. The company, which made plastic injection mouldings, had been one of the first to come to Aston Fields.
BROMSGROVE could soon get a long awaited arts centre, it was revealed. In his speech at the town's civic dinner, district council chairman Councillor Tom Dilkes said part of the North East Worcestershire College building the council had bought for £1m had a 300-seat theatre. Without too much expense it could be adapted to meet Bromsgrove's pressing need for such a facility, he said.
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