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David Kuczora: Queensway naming - true legend or urban myth?
Opinion
Rather than correct our monarch, the city decided to instead append "Queensway" to every road on the route.
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Dense housing 'obstructs Birmingham's cultural aspirations'
Economic Development
Plans to build thousands of new houses in Birmingham will send 'shudders down the spine' of anyone who enjoys the city's mature garden suburbs a leading Conservative has said.
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Jewellers' investment preserves Anglo-Saxon treasure
Economic Development
Artefacts dug up on the same site as the Staffordshire Hoard have been saved for the nation after an appeal gained a donation from the same jewellers who made the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding ring.
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Pioneering car share scheme launched in Birmingham
Economic Development
Birmingham has become the second Ƶ city to launch a pioneering car sharing scheme which allows people to walk up to a car, get in and drive off.
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The research claiming the deficit row could be academic
Economic Development
West Midlands councils have had their budgets cut by £76 million this financial year.
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Birmingham Post Letters To The Editor - Friday May 10
Economic Development
This weeks Birmingham Post Letters To The Editor on Friday May 10.
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Neil Elkes: Extending the costs to all
Economic Development
The average growing family living in a three-bed semi or terrace in the suburbs may be considering that it's about time to look at an extension, after all the publicity surrounding permitted development rights.
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Locomotive firm steaming ahead with £100,000 grant
Economic Development
A Birmingham firm which restores historic locomotives and runs steam trains on the Ƶ rail network is aiming for further growth after securing a grant to expand its facilities.
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Birmingham enjoys record levels of foreign investment
Economic Development
Foreign investment in Birmingham has soared by 52 per cent in the last year – with more than 2,200 jobs created as a result – as the city continues to buck a Ƶ-wide fall.
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Crackdown on door-to-door charity collections in Birmingham
Economic Development
A crackdown on door-to-door charity collections will be mounted in Birmingham in a bid to stop good causes from losing out on cash.
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Council leader Sir Albert Bore to quit as Birmingham hospitals chairman
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore is to stand down as chairman of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust, according to reports.
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Why Birmingham's football teams can't compete with Manchester's
Economic Development
With Manchester United winning the Premier League with games to spare and Aston Villa suffering the worst season in decades, the difference between the two conurbations’ footballing achievements has never been more stark.
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Birmingham's Big Brum Open Top Buz facing funding shortfall
Economic Development
The battle to secure the future of Birmingham's only open-top bus sightseeing tour - which is threatened by a funding shortage - has won high-profile backing.
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Bureaucracy concern of Birmingham SMEs chasing council contracts
Economic Development
Small and medium sized businesses could miss out on Birmingham City Council contracts thanks to an "unnecessarily bureaucratic" new policy designed to help them, it has been claimed.
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CBSO launches programme based on sound business sense
Economic Development
The chief executive of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra says it has taken an entrepreneurial approach after unveiling its “broadest ever programme” for its 2013/14 season.
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Birmingham sitcom star Jo Enright goes back to her past for new show
Retail & Consumer
Actress Jo Enright talks about how real-life work experience has helped prepare her for a role in new sitcom The Job Lot.
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Birmingham Post Letters To The Editor - Friday May 3
Economic Development
This weeks Birmingham Post Letters To The Editor on Friday May 3.
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Neil Elkes: What price the city jewels?
Economic Development
Former Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby set a few hares running some years back when he suggested that some of the city's assets could be sold to wealthy Arabs.
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Call for public artwork in Birmingham to rival Angel of the North
Economic Development
A £1 million fundraising drive has been launched to commission an iconic piece of public art for Birmingham that could rival the famous Angel of the North.
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More than 3,000 jobs created so far at Longbridge development
Economic Development
Developers have reached a key milestone in plans for 7,000 Birmingham jobs to be based at the former Rover site at Longbridge.
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SMEs may be put off Birmingham City Council Contracts says Tory
Economic Development
Small and medium sized businesses could miss out on Birmingham City Council contracts thanks to an “unnecessarily bureaucratic” new policy designed to help them, it has been claimed.
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Finance Birmingham recruits five new faces
Economic Development
The funding arm of Birmingham City Council, has appointed five new members of staff over the last two months.
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Birmingham City Council targets major sporting events
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council is targeting big events like the Rugby World Cup and international art exhibitions in a bid to transform the city’s profile.
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Great tastes straight from Birmingham's streets
Retail & Consumer
Birmingham's next generation of chefs are turning their backs on restaurants to run burger vans and snack shacks, writes Mary Griffin.
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