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Birmingham City Council

ICE Awards 2014
Commercial Property
Institution of Civil Engineers 2014 West Midlands Awards
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Labour in push to create 'tech city' for the region
Economic Development
Plans are being drawn up for a new enterprise zone to replicate the success of London’s Tech City in Birmingham.
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Digbeth business leaders outline concerns over HS2 in letter to Birmingham Post
Economic Development
Calls for Paternoster Place – a major promenade linking the city core with Eastside – to be fast-tracked to stop Digbeth from being cut off
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British Council for Offices Annual Conference: At a glance guide
Commercial Property
The membership body is returning to Birmingham for its 2014 conference
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Council misses the bus again when it comes to what's right and wrong
Opinion
The city council has raked in about £1.7 million through the £60 fines since putting up ten enforcement cameras in September.
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Birmingham joins 'Core Cities Cabinet' to call for greater freedom from London
Economic Development
Sir Albert Bore joins council leaders in Glasgow to sign key declaration seeking radical shake-up of way º£½ÇÊÓƵ is run
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£10 million plan to turn former Sutton council house into luxury apartments
Sutton Coldfield
Birmingham developer Anthony McCourt eyes ex-council building for new residential development
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Birmingham's garden tax 'is only issue' on doorsteps for Tories
Economic Development
Election trail sees opposition hammering Labour on green waste
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Chiltern Railways and Carillion among backers for Birmingham HS2 College bid
Economic Development
The internationally-recognised Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education at the University of Birmingham also forms part of the £20 million bid for the national high speed rail college
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Visitor centres to be axed as focus switched to web
Economic Development
Inward investment body Marketing Birmingham is closing visitor information centres in New Street and at Birmingham Airport to focus its service online amid budget cuts.
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Boost for Sutton Coldfield break-away campaign
Economic Development
The ongoing campaign to secure a devolved town council for Sutton Coldfield has been given a £5,000 boost.
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Council is 'stalling' on equal pay settlements
Economic Development
Last year the council halted an employment tribunal and agreed to settle some 11,000 claims from staff who had been underpaid.
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Lord Whitby: New Street cuts 'ruining my dreams'
Birmingham New Street Station
Lord Mike Whitby, who successfully campaigned for government funding to deliver the New Street Gateway scheme six years ago, has lashed out at changes to the scheme
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New Vox conference centre at Resorts World Birmingham
Economic Development
The ICC Birmingham is set to open the Vox Conference Centre at Resorts World – which will be one of the largest leisure and entertainment centres of its kind in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ in Europe
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Trojan Horse: Gove is "playing politics" over Birmingham school plot claims, says Liam Byrne
Economic Development
• Michael Gove accused of running scared over school plot claims linked to academies • Parents are frustrated that Oftsed is sitting on results of inquiry • Islam helps pupils succeed - but there must be no "religious schools by the back door", says MP
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Lord Whitby defends Conservative conference bill
Economic Development
Former Birmingham City Council leader urges Labour-run authority to push for more political conferences instead of withdrawing and leaving Manchester and Liverpool an open field
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Photography exhibition of John Madin architecture on display at Custard Factory store
Enterprise
Madin was a significant figure of post-war architecture whose Brutalist style of building design continues to divide opinion
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Experts criticise latest design changes to New Street Station
Birmingham New Street Station
Latest furore surrounds a revised planning application to retain and extend the old Navigation Street footbridge over tracks and platforms on the northern side of the station
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Questions asked as 95% of Birmingham events budget spent on Conservative Party Conference
Economic Development
The deal to bring three Conservative Party conferences to the city was agreed under the previous council regime, led by Lord Whitby, but new leader Sir Albert Bore has vowed to put an end to such events
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Eastside plans for HS2 college and Unite centre
Economic Development
A college for apprentices and a training centre for trade union Unite could provide another boost to Birmingham's Eastside area
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Birmingham Conservative councillor calls party 'undemocratic' as he stands down
Economic Development
Commercial lawyer Alan Rudge, who was first elected to the Birmingham City Council chamber in 1976, was replaced as candidate last summer following a furious bust-up with regional officials over new selection processes
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Tributes after Stechford mosque founder Haji Fazal Ellahi dies
Economic Development
Haji Fazal Ellahi started campaigning in 1990 for a place of worship in the community and held a number of meetings with then Yardley MP Estelle Morris
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Solihull Council appoints former Salford boss as chief executive
Economic Development
Nick Page replaces Mark Rogers who left Solihull in February for a new role as chief executive of Birmingham City Council
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Three Trojan Horse investigations 'increases the confusion'
Economic Development
Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood is now calling for a swift and coordinated inquiry by the Department for Education, Ofsted and Birmingham City Council
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