Birmingham ranked second in the UK
Birmingham has been ranked as having the highest quality of life of any UK city outside of the capital in a new study by Mercer, a global HR firm.
Santa Stroll takes place this weekend
Brindleyplace and Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust are on the hunt for people to take part in the charity’s Santa Stroll event taking place this weekend
Late lunch and laughs at thestudio
A Birmingham meeting space is opening its doors and celebrating Christmas with a ‘late lunch and laughs’ event, starring critically acclaimed comedian, Tom Craine.
Birmingham Science Park’s Dr David Hardman elected as new Chair of UKSPA
Dr David Hardman MBE, CEO of Birmingham Science Park, has been elected by members of the United Kingdom Science Park Association to be its new Chairman.
Birmingham business backs report focus on quality apprenticeships
Leading Birmingham-based building services provider J S Wright has welcomed a House of Commons report suggesting that quality and not just quantity should be the focus for apprenticeships.
Medical Charity Doubles Your Donation to Save Mothers’ Lives
Medical charity Ammalife kicks off donation campaign with deal to double your offer to help save lives
The economics of regeneration
Alan Clawley writes: “We are not alone in being sceptical about the ability of the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and the RZ to rescue developments like Paradise Circus.”
South Africa War Memorial rededication ceremony
The somewhat controversial South Africa War Memorial in Cannon Hill Park is to be rededicated at a ceremony on Saturday, 8th December.
Four small steps
Dave Woodhall looks back on Villa’s week.
King of the Boro
Andy Munro reports on a fevered Friday night at St Andrews.
Fumo Shines with Gold Award
Fumo cocktail bar and Italian ‘cicchetti’ restaurant in Birmingham city centre has struck gold in the national PAPA Awards 2012.
How LOW can you get?
Minnesotan slowcore band Low are making a welcome return to the Glee Club Birmingham on Wednesday 24th April 2013, as part of a UK tour.
Fundraising dinner in Birmingham as West Midlands Muslims respond to medical crisis in Gaza
Islamic Relief volunteers and the Muslim community in the West Midlands have teamed up to organise a fundraising dinner in Birmingham this Sunday
What’s on at The Sun on the Hill
A new one for us. The Sun on the Hill on Bennetts Hill has an eclectic offering on Sunday 2nd December
Blackpool Tangoed by Captain Fantastic
Blackpool in November. Andy Munro’s watching the Blues.
Orphaned and abducted art: Who owns, Who knows, Who cares?
The prestigious Ironbridge Lecture will this year be delivered by cultural object law specialist, Professor Norman Palmer QC on 5 December 2012.
Thoughts on a dead poet
Laurence Inman remembers how he first engaged with TS Eliot.
Donkey Christmas Fair in Sutton Park
Sutton Park’s Donkey Assisted Therapy centre is inviting local people to its Christmas Fair on Saturday 8th December from 10.30am to 3pm.
Meet Birmingham Showcase declared “very informative and very relevant”
Meet Birmingham, the city’s official business tourism programme, welcomed 25 leading national buyers to its second annual Showcase event last week, impressing visitors with a comprehensive overview of the region’s conferencing credentials.
Birmingham Pub Theatre Bags UK Premiere of Off-Broadway Hit
A pub theatre in Birmingham City Centre will be bringing 2011’s hit off-Broadway Christmas comedy to Birmingham theatre-goers this Christmas for its European Premiere.
Birmingham event highlights dangerously inadequate preparation for disasters
As world leaders are soon to debate the effects of climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Islamic Relief is teaming up with the University of Birmingham for an event on November 29.
Workers reject strike action at Birmingham Airport
Workers at Birmingham Airport have rejected strike action, following a ballot by Unite over pay, which resulted in the majority of workers refusing to strike.
Lessons from London, the road to Rio
International sports legacy experts will convene at the University of Birmingham this week to discuss the rationale behind hosting global mega-events and their lasting impact.
Rampaging Rams
Blues were TV stars on Saturday night. Or not, as Andy Munro explains.
Rain tries to stop play
Dave Woodhall reports from a waterlogged Villa Park.
Leonard Lord: The biography of a Brummie tycoon
Quite apart from being the man who really made the Mini, Birmingham tycoon, Leonard Lord, was, arguably, the most important British industrialist of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Edwyn Collins on tour again
Remarkable musician Edwyn Collins will be heading out on tour again next year, returning to Glee Club Birmingham on Sunday 21st April 2013.
Local stories and memories needed for centenary celebrations
Birmingham Repertory Theatre will celebrate its 100th birthday in February 2013 and as part of the plans to mark the landmark anniversary are asking for local people’s treasured memories of the theatre.
Rocking around The Jam House this Christmas
Birmingham’s legendary live music venue The Jam House has a Christmas calendar ‘jam packed’ with activities bigger than Santa’s sleigh – and designed to build up an appetite both on and off the dance floor.
There are historic cities and then there’s ‘Birmingham, its people, its history’
Alan Clawley believes Birmingham doesn’t capitalise on its historic assets and suggests a better way to make more of them.