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West Coast Main Line 'could reach crisis point', warns city council transport official
Economic Development
Stark warning from transport officials who say  new high speed rail line was “vital for growth and jobs”
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Sell Birmingham - don't talk it down, Sir Albert Bore told by former council deputy
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council leader urged to start selling Birmingham instead of talking about hardship
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New £2m clubhouse opens at Pype Hayes golf course
Economic Development
Former building was destroyed by arsonists in 2009.
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Pop guru Pete Waterman joining HS2 taskforce
Economic Development
Coventry-born entrepreneur will join senior figures from business, academia and local government on the panel
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Council makes £16 million profit from parking charges in three years
Economic Development
The local authority said all the money generated was ploughed back into improving facilities
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Colmore BID gains support as application for new term outlined
Colmore Business District
The application for a new term, beginning next April, has been outlined to members of Birmingham City Council Cabinet
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Calls for Moseley to be more like Brighton than Bournville as battle looms over suburb's future
Moseley
Critics of a vision for Moseley, laid out in the Moseley Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), claim it focuses too much on policing and conservation rather than rejuvenating its daytime economy.
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A big job to rebuild trust of Birmingham children’s services
Opinion
Peter Duxbury is the fourth Birmingham strategic director of children’s services to leave his post in just four years
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New head of Birmingham’s failing children’s service department calls for urgent action
Economic Development
Strategic director Peter Hay was appointed to run children’s services after the departure of Peter Duxbury by “mutual consent”
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Anger as council sinks Moseley Road baths restoration plans
Economic Development
Friends of Moseley Road Baths put together a now scrapped bid for £5 million Heritage Lottery Fund investment
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City Council praised for ditching fur-lined robes
Economic Development
Authority pledges that none of its robes contain fur – and there are no plans to use the controversial lining
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Birmingham City Council looks to sell NEC to pay debts
Economic Development
The NEC Group could be sold to help pay Birmingham City Council’s giant equal pay bill.
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Companies ‘need to fail’ for city to compete
Economic Development
The counter-intuitive statement came as evidence showed that more successful city economies have businesses springing up all the time and a competitive climate that means many to go to the wall
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The proposed sale of the NEC Group is hardly a secret
Opinion
The NEC needs investment to keep up with the modern exhibition market and that the council has not got the capital funds needed.
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Shops braced for major EDL rally
Economic Development
Supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) are planning to stage a static protest in Centenary Square, on Saturday (July 20)
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Major weekend of arts events to celebrate opening of Library Of Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
4 Squares Weekender arts events will take place in Birmingham city centre in September
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No silver bullet but a few shots could fire up education for business
Opinion
In Birmingham and the West Midlands we have a long tradition of making a real difference through a continuous ethos of innovating, designing and making products and services that improve quality of life.
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Council in call for part-ban on Chinese lanterns
Economic Development
Councillors call for action after Chinese lantern was to blame for major blaze in Smethwick last month
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Councillors briefed on NEC sale
Economic Development
Sale mooted as cabinet agrees private report setting out future options for the NEC Group
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Birmingham picks up fringe benefits with new arts festival
Retail & Consumer
A new arts festival arrives in Birmingham and its creator is confident it will catch the imagination. Roz Laws reports.
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Warwickshire CCC delays payment on £20m council loan
Economic Development
Failure to land Ashes Test means club forced to ask for holiday in repayment of loan
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Call for free parking to boost Birmingham retailers
Economic Development
Councillors back retail queen Mary Portas's plans to boost income for shopkeepers in non-urban areas
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Walsall Council leader dismisses West Midlands LEP proposal
Economic Development
Forthright response after Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore suggests local enterprise partnerships in the region should merge
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Birmingham's Village Green Preservation Society
Opinion
Neil Elkes believes that the newly-designated ‘village green’ in Bevington Road, Aston is more of a ‘small strip of grass’.
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