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Southside BID hoping to become Birmingham's Covent Garden
Birmingham City Council
Shops, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues vying to become Birmingham’s answer to Covent Garden will begin voting next months on whether to accept the Southside Business Improvement District proposal.
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Birmingham social services missed chances to save Khyra Ishaq, says report
Economic Development
A seven-year-old Birmingham girl starved to death after a catalogue of "missed opportunities" by social services and other professionals, a serious case review has found.
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Election 2010: The battle for Birmingham Selly Oak
Economic Development
A bitter battle is being waged among candidates for Birmingham’s Selly Oak seat, writes Local Government Correspondent Neil Elkes.
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Election 2010: The battle for Birmingham Selly Oak
Economic Development
A bitter battle is being waged among candidates for Birmingham’s Selly Oak seat, writes Local Government Correspondent Neil Elkes.
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Watchdog questions Birmingham City Council's ability to deliver cost cuts
Economic Development
A local government watchdog has challenged an upbeat report on Birmingham City Council’s ambitious business transformation project.
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Birmingham City Council plans to outsource service delivery is privatisation by another name
Economic Development
It is easy to see why politicians, from all political parties, are uneasy about privatising local government functions.
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Power to the people
Economic Development
Chris Game reveals how ‘sortition’ could be the answer to shaping policy in the Ƶ
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Clive Dutton's sharp exit raises questions about Birmingham Council employment contracts
Economic Development
Local government moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform, but there will be people in Birmingham today wondering about the wisdom of the city council handing its chief officers contracts of employment requiring only three months’ notice of intention to leave.
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Birmingham a model for other authorities, says leader Mike Whitby
Economic Development
Local government officials from across the world are making a point of visiting Birmingham to discover how once-failing public services have been transformed, city council leader Mike Whitby has claimed.
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Tax law change could spur £1bn Birmingham regeneration
Economic Development
The British Property Federation is calling on the government to free up its stance on local government borrowing so councils can spend on regeneration even as the recession cuts off sources of finance
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Repairs to fire damaged Pype Hayes golf clubhouse could cost £1m
Economic Development
Repair work to a Birmingham golf club house destroyed in an alleged arson attack is likely to be around £1 million.
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£90m question remains over Be Birmingham quango
Economic Development
Staff from Birmingham City Council seconded to work for a £90 million local government quango cannot be named because doing so would breach the Data Protection Act, a town hall official has claimed.
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Mike Whitby looking to have last laugh on leadership challenge
Economic Development
Local government correspondent Neil Elkes finds Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby carrying on regardless, despite facing a threat to kick him out of office
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Whitby pleaded with Government to grant West Midlands city region status
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has revealed how he pleaded with Local Government Secretary Hazel Blears to approve proposals for a powerful West Midlands city region.
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Birmingham councillor slams council housing finance system
Economic Development
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter from Ian Wright MP (Minister for Communities and Local Government) published in the Birmingham Post on March 5 and feel compelled to respond and set out the facts.
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Skills black hole sees Birmingham jobs going to outsiders
Economic Development
Thousands of new jobs coming on stream in Birmingham over the past seven years have done little to combat high levels of unemployment and social deprivation among people living in the city, a new study has found
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Carillion lands £193m contract for Birmingham Library
Birmingham City Council
The proposed £193 million Library of Birmingham took another step towards becoming a reality with the announcement that Carillion has been appointed official contractor to the project.
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Stealth taxes targeting empty business premises
Commercial Property
David MacMullen, director of Pettifer Estates, explains why the empty business rate is an issue beyond the commercial property sector.
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Examining both sides of climate change in the city
Economic Development
How radical should Birmingham’s response be to climate change will be the theme of tonight’s Lunar Society debate at the Town Hall.
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Councils told to work together for more independence
Economic Development
Councils in the West Midlands must share money and “sovereignty” in order to receive more freedom from Whitehall, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has told civic leaders.
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NEC Arena to be renamed as LG Arena after £28m makeover
Economic Development
South Korean electronics conglomerate LG has been revealed as the major sponsor behind a £28 million makeover of Birmingham’s NEC Arena which is to be re-built and renamed the LG Arena.
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Brum's central library - should it stay or go?
Retail & Consumer
Birmingham Central Library is far from a classic and it's time it was flattened, says Arts Editor Terry Grimley.
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Birmingham council slammed over response to Khyra's starvation
Economic Development
Labour MP Khalid Mahmood said he was amazed that Birmingham City Council had not agreed to demands for it to launch an inquiry into the death of Khyra Ishaq in Handsworth
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Just think what we could do with £200m from the Wholesale Markets
Economic Development
Birmingham's biggest land sale for decades - disposal of the Wholesale Markets - could be finalised within weeks, netting the city council more than £200 million.
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