A service which enables people at risk of getting dementia, or who are newly diagnosed, to continue to do the things they enjoy has been launched by Alzheimer’s Society in Birmingham.
Alan Clawley looks back at the controversy surrounding the old and new Birmingham Libraries.
Coverage of Birmingham City Council’s meeting this afternoon can be found here starting at 13:30 today, apparently.
Birmingham City Council officials have written a report to the Cabinet stating that the 40-year-old Central Library building is not only vacant but ‘obsolete’ as well, reveals Alan Clawley.
Alan Clawley is really struggling to garner a useful reaction from Birmingham City Council.
Wheelie bins are hitting the streets of Birmingham in a campaign funded by tax payers. John Duckers has come up with other ideas for those pesky plastic uber bins.
Birmingham City Council is on the hunt for local heroes who have made a real difference to the lives of people in Birmingham.
Volunteers recently helped rejuvenate a garden for pupils at Broadmeadow Junior School in Kings Norton.
The number of foreign investments into Birmingham has risen by more than half in the last 12 months as a result of the city’s continued drive to attract more inward investment
Operation Black Vote unveiled Birmingham’s new generation of civic leaders at a media launch of their Civic Leadership Programme last week.
Visit Birmingham has unveiled a new tourism campaign designed to boost the region’s cultural profile
Birmingham has unveiled the first glimpse of an interactive 3D map at MIPIM, which brings its new economic zones to life.
Birmingham joins other cities to promote the UK’s inward investment potential
A number of changes to waste collection services have been announced by Birmingham City Council in its 2013/14 budget
A national Rally to Restore Confidence took place last week to encourage professionals working across all platforms within the built environment that 2013 is a year for positivity
Alan Clawley wades through the gloom and doom of budget cuts and asks why Sir Albert Bore is predicting the end of local government as we know it.
It has been claimed that budget cuts are likely to lead to increased inequality.
Alan Clawley claims that reports of the imminent destruction of John Madin’s library are way off the mark and that the campaign to save it goes on.
Alan Clawley scans a Birmingham landscape with a highly critical eye.
Leading businesses across Birmingham are joining forces once again to attend the world’s leading real estate show next year.
Alan Clawley spots a confusing, yet festive, dichotomy.
The Forum for the Built Environment is holding a national Rally to Restore Confidence in building
A series of infomercials featuring a range of practical ‘do-it-yourself’ tips have been launched as part of Visit Birmingham’s ‘Open for Christmas’ campaign
Alan Clawley believes history shows that the Council just can’t cope with anyone who displays too much passion for the past.
The Planning Committee will be considering Argent’s Paradise Circus Planning Application on Thursday 20 December 2012.
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.”
The somewhat controversial South Africa War Memorial in Cannon Hill Park is to be rededicated at a ceremony on Saturday, 8th December.
Agencies throughout Birmingham are working to stamp out bogus fund raising.
The winners have been announced in Birmingham City Council’s (BCC) internal awards programme – the Chamberlain Awards
A social worker has been nominated for a community award in Birmingham City Councils’ (BCC) annual recognition initiative, the Chamberlain Awards.