City Boys Move to the Greener Grass ; Escalating Rents and Increasing Traffic Congestion Are Contributing to More Businesses Quitting Birmingham City Centre in Favour of Greener Climes. Duncan Tift Looks at the Exodus of Firms to the Countryside

Birmingham Post › April 12, 2007

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Kerst Ward gazed out of his office window on to landscaped pools which are home to a thriving population of wild fowl and said: "You don't get that view at Five Ways."

The chance to work in such an environment is one reason why more and more firms are choosing to leave the city behind them and search for a better life in the Midland countryside.

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City Boys Move to the Greener Grass ; Escalating Rents and Increasing Traffic Congestion Are Contributing to More Businesses Quitting Birmingham City Centre in Favour of Greener Climes. Duncan Tift Looks at the Exodus of Firms to the Countryside

But aesthetics are not the only reason - there is also the fact that it makes good business sense.

New research completed for the West Midlands Regional Assembly's annual monitoring report suggests that the shift by businesses to the shire counties shows no signs of aba...

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