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Birmingham City Council

A council whitewash over the bus lane ticket enforcement fiasco
Opinion
An independent expert on traffic enforcement had decided that the bus lane enforcement locations responsible for issuing the vast majority of £60 fines since September had 'inadequate' warning signs.
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Birmingham City Council to cancel 18,000 bus lane tickets
Economic Development
Deputy leader admits council got it wrong over roadside warning signs
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New era of co-operation for Birmingham and Black Country
Economic Development
Sir Albert Bore said a new era of co-operation had begun, as he spoke alongside representatives of Local Enterprise Partnerships from both Birmingham and the Black Country
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We'd have sold Birmingham NEC without austerity cuts, council leader claims
Economic Development
In what could herald the start of a council asset sell off, estimates suggest officials could realise more than £300 million from the sale of the NEC Group
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MIPIM 2014: Record showing from Greater Birmingham
Commercial Property
A total of 27 partners will join the Greater Birmingham team at the world’s largest real estate show taking place in Cannes, France, from March 11 to 14
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Call for West Midlands councils to pool resources
Economic Development
Labour council leader Sir Albert Bore called for greater co-operation at the city-region level to not only offer strategic economic leadership but cut duplication and inefficiency at a time of shrinking public sector budgets
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Birmingham Day: Civic leaders and local enterprise partnerships pledge to work together
Economic Development
“We can re-emerge as the nation’s second economy and, most importantly, the most significant economy outside London.”
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NEC put up for sale by Birmingham City Council
Economic Development
Sir Albert Bore says says council cannot afford investment or capital funding needed to grow the NEC Group.
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Jobs boost with £15m green business programme
Economic Development
The Green Bridge Supply Chain Programme will run over the next two years to support businesses in the environmental green sector, and those wishing to diversify into that sector
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Birmingham Day manufacturing showcase at House of Commons
Manufacturing
The theme will be the important role played by niche manufacturers, to dispel the myth that manufacturing is dead or in decline
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Birmingham Day March 2014: Profile - More Canals Than Venice documents 100 facts about city
Manufacturing
Film documents 100 facts about Birmingham
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Birmingham Day March 2014: Introduction from Gisela Stuart MP
Manufacturing
In the past two decades manufacturing’s share of the economy has fallen from 20 per cent to 10 per cent and there is an agreed consensus nationally that the economy needs to be rebalanced in favour of manufacturing
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Capita contract published in part
Opinion
After considerable public pressure the Capita Service Birmingham Contract has been partly published.
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12-week termination clause revealed as Birmingham's Capita contract is published
Economic Development
The long-suspected details of a ‘termination at will’ clause emerged after a redacted version of the Service Birmingham IT contract was published online after a local campaign
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City council publishes redacted Service Birmingham contract
Economic Development
An online petition set up to force the council to put the Service Birmingham contract in the public domain attracted more than 400 signatures
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Gatecrasher creditors will get nothing despite £2m owed
Economic Development
A progress report into the ‘pre-pack’ administration of the Birmingham-based nightclub group reveals that 233 creditors have been left out of pocket to the tune of £2,081,840
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City council denies sitting on £60m RGF funding
Economic Development
The lack of progress distributing cash provided by the Treasury was revealed in a report from the National Audit Office (NAO), the official auditor of Government accounts
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Government offers to subsidise Dunlop Motorsport for city move
Manufacturing
Business Minister Matthew Hancock made the offer publicly in the House of Commons
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City council leader comes out in support of Dromey and Harman
Economic Development
Labour councillor Sir Albert, who has worked alongside the pair for decades, says “no-one” believes they had links to paedophile rights campaigners, as claimed by the Daily Mail
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City council vows not to switch off the lights
Economic Development
Birmingham says it will not follow in the footsteps of Dudley Borough Council which will switch off some street lamps in a bid to save £100,000 a year
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Housing benefits bill hits £1.2bn a year in West Midlands
Economic Development
Private landlords raking in £6m a year from subsidised rent payments
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Oh, recession, how I miss you - misery was so much more fun
Opinion
We're out of recession, though the recovery isn't looking much different at the moment.
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Birmingham City Council must find £88m for pensions black hole
Banking & Finance
Council’s battered balance sheet is set for a further £88.5 million blow with a huge bill to plug a pension fund deficit.
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Landmark Birmingham building sold to Chinese in groundbreaking deal
Colmore Row
The Grade II-listed 130 Colmore Row was bought from the city council by a group of factory owners from Hangzhou
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